BOX DOG JOURNAL

Today I spent the day rebuilding a Fuji Sagres. It’s a lovely little mixte that I built with black accessories, and would make a perfect townie for a person around the 5″ height range. Here’s a little insight into my day:

• Woke Up, had a cup of coffee, rode to work
• Ate some pizza
• Worked on the Sagres most of the day
• Wrote this blog post
• Probably going to have a beer later

For those you unfamiliar with the idea of Sagres, it is actually a port town in Portugal with a rich cultural history. Early Sangres history is basically about rad tall ships and cartography, and later seems to be about tourism and beer. I’m not totally sure how to wrap that all up conceptually in this particular mixte, but I think they are all around an odd mix of things and make a funny backstory to this bicycle.

For the Sagres bicycle I:

• I stripped the bike to check the alignment and integrity of the frame
• Installed a new IRD sealed cartridge bottom bracket
• Trued both wheels
• Overhauled both hubs
• Installed new tubes and Panaracer tires
• Polished the crank arms and installed new Sugino 38t & 48t chainrings
• Replaced the worn out freewheel on the back wheel with a new Shimano 5 spd
• Installed a new SRAM PC830 chain
• Installed a new Tange 1″ threaded headset
• Installed new handlebars, Shimano Cantilever Levers and some black grips
• Ran new cables and housing
• Installed new brake pads

The bicycle measures out at about 50cm and will be retailing for $615. If I were to purchase this bike I would probably add a Black Brooks b17 and a silver Crane bell just to finish making the bike look rad/classic. Is there a word for some this that is classy/classic/rad looking? Rassic? Classid? Oh, wait, its Sagres!