About Me

Welcome to Patches' Cyclery. My name is Patrick 'Patches' Murphy and I work as a bike mechanic. Well known for my excessive dropping of tools, with a love for the unconventional. If you like the look of anything on the site, or would like your bike worked on email me at patchescycles@gmail.com

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Ricardo for Christmas

This is Shauna's Christmas present, a nice Columbus, Ricardo, with Columbus drops. 27.0 seat tube diameter, who knows what kind of steel that is?
Double plated fork crown. So tight we had to machine our own brakes. Tried a double pivot, but was unable to achieve enough drop safely, so the single pivot Shimano 105 were used. this picture illustrates just how tight it was. We had to file the bottom of the brake so that it would not rub.

Hand built by Patches. The Patches difference, highly polished bling, full service and even lined the Zeus logo with the valve hole perfectly.

Ricardo 53cm square
Columbus mystery tubing
Hand built 36 hole wheels, Zeus hubs with great original dust caps, Velocity deep Vs, Radial front, 3-cross rear
Zeus Bottom Bracket in a short 109
G.P Seat Post
NJS Pedals
Capagnolo Road Cranks that were filed to clear the chain stays.
Build made possible from the help of Commuter Cycles, www.commutercycles.com.au




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