Rejigged the Pompino to be a local shopping/pub/town trips bike.
It's now got a SA 2-speed kick-operated coaster brake hub: kick back to change gear, back-pedal to brake. No cables, so it's no more cluttered than when it was fixed.
I also replaced the old burned-out roller brake bit of the dynohub with one with a cooling fin
I've now fitted a
Hebie Chainglider chaincase for the full 21st Century Roadster effect
It seems to meet with feline approval, and now she won't even get oily !
It's totally enclosed; that casing floats on the chain in a kind of sea of oiliness, and I can pop to the pub and not get my trousers oily - plus the transmission is entirely shielded from the winter grot. Should last ages.
Here's the encased back end:
and here's the front:
I got a bombproof Goldtec 38 tooth 1/8 ring for £15 (bargain) and with a 22T sprocket on the back that gives me a 64" rolling gear and a mid-40s gear for the steep bits.
There's a little bit of whoosh from the chaincase when it's being ridden, but no more so than tyre noise on a wet road, and the drag is pretty imperceptible. Given that it has an old Shimano dynohub and Marathon Plus tyres, anyway.
It's now got a Supernova E3 Triple front light, with the multimount bracket. That involved drilling through the fork crown to fit, but it's a good place to mount it.
edit: Oh yeah, and single-sided SPDs, with a platform on the other side for use with civvie shoes if needed.
That bike's come a long way in 7 years or so:
What's original: frame (not forks); handlebar stem; headset & bearings; rack; chaintugs; pedals.