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Part 1 and 2 found at the Epicurean Cyclist. A good representation of one culture going in the right direction at a time when the US was building up an infrastructure for the automobile. Cycling with the British Rail part 1 Cycling with the British Rail part 2 For all intensive purposes, the Sekai is DONE! The paint job is crap but then I wasn’t expecting it to look professional – maybe a little better than I got but not professional. Eventually I might have my friend Paul Evans powder coat it for me… when I have more money than I know what to do with that is.
The rear wheel is a little skewed (the freewheel wobbles ever so slightly) but for an old bike, it’s very rideable. I also had some trouble with the chain and had to take a link out making the chain too short. I’ll pickup another from my LBS tomorrow.
I wrapped the bars with cloth tape hiding the brake cables giving it a little bit of a modern look along with the Tektro levers that I swapped out for the linears on Beth’s Surly. The original stem I had to hack off, then notch so I could grip the quill with a vise to get it out of the head tube. Luckily I found (and stole) another but shorter one from an old Schwinn I found in the basement.
I will probably ride it around like this for a while but was also thinking I might turn it into a fixie just for fun, not that I’m interested in fixies at all (way to many long steep hills around here) . It was definitely a good learning experience though and I’m now thinking about my next project… maybe a mid 80s Trek tourer (420, 520, 620 or 720) series.
The 1910 Pierce Chainless Bicycle from the Pierce Cycle Company is one of the coolest and most unique bikes I have ever laid eyes on. I had no idea that struts were used near the turn of the 20th century much less thought of. The Pierce looks so much like something you might see today on the city streets (minus the shaft drive) among the sleek and elite.
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