Ur Best Vintage Bike Part or Accessory that no one else Has
01-09-15, 07:20 PM
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Wouldn't say nobody else has Weyless pedals, but these are rare, too (also on the same bike):
01-09-15, 07:22 PM
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Not super cool, but I guess.........not so common either.....
In the years I've already been fishing around eBay for Vitus stuff, I only encountered this once...... and I bought it!...
In the years I've already been fishing around eBay for Vitus stuff, I only encountered this once...... and I bought it!...
01-09-15, 07:38 PM
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This a locker from late 30's.
I am sure it's not unique, but it is rare. Missing the key
I am sure it's not unique, but it is rare. Missing the key
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01-09-15, 08:09 PM
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Here's a couple rare ones from me:
I have a 1977 Schwinn Paramount P-15 with factory braze-on brakes, only two known of.
Here's my Sparta Cornwall, can't find much about it in Holland, let alone the USA.
and here's a restoration I did on a 194? Schwinn New World, the chainring is a hand-cut 65-tooth.
Also, I don't have any pictures of it but I have a 1917 Davis Sewing Machine Co. truss frame, also one of the only ones I know of.
I have a 1977 Schwinn Paramount P-15 with factory braze-on brakes, only two known of.
Here's my Sparta Cornwall, can't find much about it in Holland, let alone the USA.
and here's a restoration I did on a 194? Schwinn New World, the chainring is a hand-cut 65-tooth.
Also, I don't have any pictures of it but I have a 1917 Davis Sewing Machine Co. truss frame, also one of the only ones I know of.
01-10-15, 10:33 AM
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I had one of these! I took it off the bike when the magnetic pickup stopped working, but I then had it velcroed to the dash of my car for a rally timer for a few years. It finally succumbed to LCD bleed and battery leakage. I liked how the clamp was off center so the computer would be centered over the handlebar.
If you look at the width of this (what others call a "laptop") thing, it had to be offset at the clamp in order to be centered over the handlebar or would not allow hand placement on the bar tops.
Coincidentally, seems about the same size as current i-phone type devices, though positioned laterally and not "all screen". I think it fits in with the "sport" level of bike better than as racing hardware, though I found it useful while training on the U09 Super Sport.
01-10-15, 03:38 PM
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I guess that all of the custom stems made by Salsa and others qualify as rare, unique actually.
01-12-15, 11:46 AM
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Neat stuff M A V! It might have been only a few months ago but I was biting the screen for a similar Paramount on fleabay. The frame was just a tad large for where I'd plan to ride it. Make it a cross' road drop bar mountain climbing crazy geared/ graveler out of it and have a little fun dropping in on the ATB crowd.
01-18-15, 03:47 PM
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[QUOTE=gaucho777;17456923]I didn't realize Ambrosia and 3ttt were the same company, either. Thanks for that info. Here's a picture of my 3ttt adjustable ("regolabile") stem on my equally obscure Ron Kit-badged Speedwell Ti:
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I'm so digging that 3ttt track stem.
Found this first gen ttt in a bucket of schtuff at a swap meet. Guessing its circa 1962-65?? A few gouges in it but I'm going to leave it as is, no polishing. Some of these older parts look just right with that ally patina.
(BTW: In the thread title 'Ur'...... translate German- meaning 'original')
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I'm so digging that 3ttt track stem.
Found this first gen ttt in a bucket of schtuff at a swap meet. Guessing its circa 1962-65?? A few gouges in it but I'm going to leave it as is, no polishing. Some of these older parts look just right with that ally patina.
(BTW: In the thread title 'Ur'...... translate German- meaning 'original')
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01-20-15, 10:30 PM
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Salsa....
Before Ross Shafer founded Salsa, he worked a few years for Santana. Fillet brazed frame building and these stoker stems. Circa 1980. This one will always stay with frameset and color matched.
Before Ross Shafer founded Salsa, he worked a few years for Santana. Fillet brazed frame building and these stoker stems. Circa 1980. This one will always stay with frameset and color matched.
01-29-15, 08:06 PM
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My Berthet Lyotard pedals and installed on my PX10
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