Thread: Handlebar bag rack finished today
View Single Post
Old 11-28-23 | 04:58 PM
  #38  
Portlandjim's Avatar
Portlandjim
Full Member
Titanium Club Membership
 
Joined: May 2023
Posts: 367
Likes: 2,283
From: Big Sur California

Bikes: 1946 Holdsworth Cyclone, 1969 Cinelli SC, 1972 Raleigh Pro, 1973 Merz road bike, 1974 Alex Singer Sportif, 1974 Merz track bike, 1975 Teledyne Titan, 1976 Ritchey road bike, 1977 DiNucci built Merz track bike, 1977 (?) Exxon Graftek, many more!

Originally Posted by repechage
Detailed parts. No economies of scale there other than task memory
The pin and receiver tolerance is a killer, diameter (ID and OD), the spacing distance and parallelism on both parts. Because these parts are brazed, they don't stay where they should be after they cool. There is zero market for these parts in any case. Every bicycle is different, with a different stem position and design. Almost a requirement that to be any good they must be one off custom designs. One reason those old "constructeur" bicycles cost so much.
Portlandjim is offline  
Reply
0