Vintage technology you appreciate the most
05-26-17, 02:38 PM
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Vintage technology you appreciate the most
Reynolds 531 tubing
lugged frame construction
High flange hubs
Half-step with a granny cranksets
lugged frame construction
High flange hubs
Half-step with a granny cranksets
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05-26-17, 02:45 PM
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Aluminum rims
Skinwall tires
Quick release hubs
Fork tips with no lawyer lips
Skinwall tires
Quick release hubs
Fork tips with no lawyer lips
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05-26-17, 03:29 PM
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Roller chain.
Pneumatic tires.
Chrome plating.
Ball bearings.
Brent
Pneumatic tires.
Chrome plating.
Ball bearings.
Brent
05-26-17, 03:58 PM
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iron, carbon, and oxygen
05-26-17, 04:16 PM
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price
05-26-17, 04:19 PM
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Columbus SLX, downtube shifters and Campagnolo Super Record.
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05-26-17, 04:35 PM
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Two words: lugged steel.
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05-26-17, 04:39 PM
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What??? Only 2 wheels?
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ball bearings
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05-26-17, 04:59 PM
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long term maintainability, put another way (arguably) slower rate of obsolescence than modern bikes
05-26-17, 05:05 PM
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Retrofriction. Superior to indexed shifting IMHO.
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05-26-17, 07:21 PM
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Disraeli Gears
Brooks saddles
Selle Italia Turbo Saddles
Reynolds 531
Long point lugs
Wrap-over (and semi-wrap-over) seat stays
Thin seat stays
Mafac Professional centerpulls
Weinmann centerpulls
Universal centerpulls
Maillard 700 hubs
Two-bolt seat posts
Vintage Sturmey Archer hubs
Simplex Retrofriction
Suntour Cyclone 1st vintage
Suntour New Winner freewheels
T.A. and Stronglight cranks
Weyless stuff
Cotton bar tape
Chromed clamp-on fixtures
Selle Italia Turbo Saddles
Reynolds 531
Long point lugs
Wrap-over (and semi-wrap-over) seat stays
Thin seat stays
Mafac Professional centerpulls
Weinmann centerpulls
Universal centerpulls
Maillard 700 hubs
Two-bolt seat posts
Vintage Sturmey Archer hubs
Simplex Retrofriction
Suntour Cyclone 1st vintage
Suntour New Winner freewheels
T.A. and Stronglight cranks
Weyless stuff
Cotton bar tape
Chromed clamp-on fixtures
05-26-17, 07:24 PM
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Great list, @Charles Wahl.
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05-26-17, 07:46 PM
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And I will narrow that down to Simplex reftrofriction.
05-26-17, 07:50 PM
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05-26-17, 07:57 PM
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Lugged steel / lugs x1000
Horizontal top tubes ...I guess not really technology...
More aggressive road/race geometry - deeper BB drops, steeper HT angles (74°+), if my stable is anything to go by
DT shifters (includes indexed SIS and Suntour Power mini-ratcheting shifters)
Mavic MA2 (polished) or MA40 rims
7400 Dura Ace and 6400 600 Tricolor
Suntour Superbe and Superbe Pro
Freewheels and their sound when coasting
Cinelli stems and bars
Brooks saddles
Horizontal top tubes ...I guess not really technology...
More aggressive road/race geometry - deeper BB drops, steeper HT angles (74°+), if my stable is anything to go by
DT shifters (includes indexed SIS and Suntour Power mini-ratcheting shifters)
Mavic MA2 (polished) or MA40 rims
7400 Dura Ace and 6400 600 Tricolor
Suntour Superbe and Superbe Pro
Freewheels and their sound when coasting
Cinelli stems and bars
Brooks saddles
05-26-17, 08:01 PM
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Sport touring bikes with all their versatility
Bike builders that cared about what they built
"Standard" diameter steel tubing, especially the great ones - 531 and Columbus variants, with a special fondness for SLX
Pretty lugged frames
Beautiful paint and chrome
Leather saddles
Square taper bottom brackets
No lawyer lips
Two-bolt seatposts
Bike builders that cared about what they built
"Standard" diameter steel tubing, especially the great ones - 531 and Columbus variants, with a special fondness for SLX
Pretty lugged frames
Beautiful paint and chrome
Leather saddles
Square taper bottom brackets
No lawyer lips
Two-bolt seatposts
05-26-17, 08:10 PM
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Dfrost's list is the best so far, especially leather saddles. When these went out of style, the comfort of saddles went downhill and never recovered (until the relatively recent reemergence of suspended leather saddles).