Seabass_First

I have these weird cranks for which chainrings presumable are harder to find that unicorn farts... but they are cool!

tricky 

Cool knife. What is it?

Both of my C&V bikes are off the beaten path so to speak. Or at least I don't find much about them on the web. Mid-eighties (84, IIRC) Claud Butler Italia and a mid-eighties Mongoose ATB. I also have some Ofmega Mistral hubs and a crank that for some reason I have kept in my parts bin. I know there are much more obscure parts and bikes out there, but they are odd ball and special to me.

TimmyT 

Those are 116BCD Nervar cranks. There are plenty of steel rings available for these. Your local bike co-op should have a box full of them. Aluminum rings are harder to find, but they are around.

Seabass_First

Mistral are my FAV i have a set on my newest build.. can you post a picture of the hubs? never seen those in the wild..

Seabass_First

Oh.. ok... well then... guess im not a special as my mom told me i was...

Chombi

Stronglight PR300 pedals.....

Not really an "oddball" to me because of its rarity, super lightweight (125 grams each) and admittedly odd looks, but more of an "oddball" to me because it is made by Stronglight.who were never really known as pedal makers.....

Little Darwin

I do have an odd-ball that I bought from another forum member a few years back.

I have a Free Spirit, with double butted Reynolds 531 frame and fork. Not much other than the frame and fork is original. Seeing a 531 frame that has such a relaxed geometry is odd enough, but then knowing that it was sold by Sears adds to the oddness factor.

Plus it has always struck me as strange to have the name Ted Williams associated with cycling. Does anyone know if he ever even rode a bike? I just did a Google image search for Ted Williams Bicycle, I see pictures of bicycles, and pictures of Ted Williams, but none of Ted Williams on (or with) a bicycle. However, it is kind of neat that the first person pictured on the search page (I haven't looked to figure out why) is Sheldon Brown.

thumpism 

Because he was such a sports icon (for a ball sport, wasn't it?) he got to be the sportsspokesperson for all of the Sears product line.

My own oddball stuff is a crank spider for a Williams crank. That crank was on a chrome-plated Meteor (English) road bike and I replaced the stock spider with huge rings with a 40-52 Nervar ring set for normal riding. It also featured 32 hole front and 40 hole rear wheels.

I had NOS Weyless hubs still in the cylindrical box with its included cloth but gave them to a friend.

Still have a NOS Benelux 9-speed adaptor set for a Sturmey-Archer hub in the box.

Zeus (Spanish) track pedals still in the box.

Dura-Ace 10 (the '80s track stuff, not 10-speed) chain whip in the little sleeve.

Ideale 6 ladies' leather saddle. Everyone has a Brooks, right?

I'll add more as I find or remember them.

Wish I'd kept my beautiful, all-original 650B Raleigh Portage in my size.
Wish I'd kept the lovely, white Helium (built by Peugeot) 650B mixte with curved tubes, white tires, 4-speed derailleur, curved white plastic guidonnet brake levers and wingnuts.

Ex Pres 

I have some Sachs/Huret ARIS parts, both Rival and New Success. Still haven't found enough pieces to call either a group yet. I'd like to use them on a period-correct frame, but am a little disappointed in how much these components weigh, particularly as compared to the old Huret - Major drillium time?

JohnDThompson 

Agreed. That was a common BCD back in the day; many manufacturers made rings that would fit that pattern:


Source: Sutherland's 4th Edition

cyclotoine

My early 1970s "Corky" Gulbransen frame... yeah? Who? He went on to be a champion wooden water fowl carver.. what? He was an apprentice who carried the torch from Dick Power... yeah there was a bike builder in New York in the first part of the 20th century named D!ck Power. Corky was mainly active in the 1960s and stopped building sometime in the 1970s.

Metacortex

There is currently a complete set of those cranks with chainrings on eBay: Nervar 170mm 3 Arm Crankset 52042 Vintage French Cycling Gear | eBay

Seabass_First

Crazy... any idea if THOSE^ are the original chain rings? (EDIT: yeah on second look they must be original... the 6 holes above the chianring bolt holes threw me off) You all mention that 116 is a common as mud, fair enough, but wouldn't three arm SPECIFIC chainring would be a bit more niche?

nlerner

I have two entries:

A set of Weinmann center pull brakes with metal, not wire, straddles:



A J.A. Stein fixed cup tool:

Ed.

Well, bike wise:



My Radball bike.

Tool wise:



A BBBBT. (AKA A Bob's Best Bottom Bracket Tool)

Otherwise:



A Monitor Super Cam (Before PB did a marvelous cleaning job upon it , but no 'after' photos to share)

Then, of course, there's the never-been-used wooden rim hiding behind the Walther.

eastcoaststeve

I'm an oddball kind of guy....




Nobilette stem:







Crazy stem:





Paragon big ring:









Grips:






Mountain bike:






Vintage trials:









and for Ed.:








Steve

Fahrenheit531 

Awesome thread, gentlemen.
More of this!

iab

NIB 1937 FB hubs

FB 003 by iabisdb, on Flickr



Vittoria dropouts

Vittoria Dropouts 1 by iabisdb, on Flickr



FB spindle

FB 006 by iabisdb, on Flickr



1939 Ambrosio aluminum stem

Ambrosio Stem 1 by iabisdb, on Flickr

poprad

I used an NOS Sachs-Huret Aris for this build, it shifts like chambering a round in a Colt .45. Solid and with authority. I've probably got 5k or so miles on it, haven't had to adjust it once...and it's indexed.
[IMG]P1010703 by mtypinski, on Flickr[/IMG]

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[IMG]Late Fall ride by mtypinski, on Flickr[/IMG]

You'll note the non-drive side, valvestems askew, odd gear choice shot. Much like using a Columbus steel fork on this build I'm embracing the hipster ironic norm-challenging milieu...or something.

poprad

My favorite rare component:

[IMG]P1240055 by mtypinski, on Flickr[/IMG]

Owned 'em for a couple of years, then donated them to the best bike museum ever:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/766369...7629788991396/

Where we had a C&V meetup back in 2012:

https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...14-july-2.html

The Golden Boy 

That's a nice looking bike and a really pretty, and unique setup.

Your description of ARIS shifting is similar to that authoritative "CHUNK" that I associate with 6 Speed Accushift shifting.


I don't think I've got anything particularly odd or unique- stuff that I regard as "cool" for whatever reason- but not particularly rare or attention grabbing.

OldsCOOL

This is in my "odd ball" category and falls short in the "jewel" category. Here is my top shelf, rarely seen fattbutt comfort seat that will never grace one of my racers.....

Bianchigirll 

My Brother has a Ted Williams shotgun from sears.

Bianchigirll 

Beautiful Fuji, I always wanted a New Success Group. OH I assume your referring to chambering a round of .45ACP into a Colt Model 1911 semi auto rather than sliding .45 Colt or more correctly ".45 Long Colt" into the cylinder of a SAA?

poprad

Quite right...although I didn't expect the subtleties to be so quickly pointed out here! In my world there is only one .45, and that's a 1911 variant. Although I don't want to hijack this thread with a rant about pistols.

The S/H Aris rear shifts with such satisfying authority that the first time I used it slamming a round into a .45 was the first thought that came to mind. Especially on downshifts, you can just bump the shift lever and get an immediate *chunk* as it drops into the lower cog. Very satisfying when doing intervals on hills!