Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 3,520
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From: Colorado Springs, CO
Bikes: 1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo (frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame), 1974 Peugeot UO-8
Originally Posted by
RobbieTunes
Examples of problems I've seen at the last 4 centuries:
1-Corncob cassettes on rolling hills, quads of stone after about 50 miles. Depends on the rider, preventable.
2-FD's out of adjustment, inability to use the small ring, big ring, and tossing chains inside and outside.
These two got me on my very first century so many years ago...
I had a 13-21 freewheel. The first 60-miles were flatter than a pancake. Then the rollers started. Man that was a pain in the ...
And then the cage on the front derailleur loosened up and got twisted up in the chain. I got it loose but I was stuck on the little ring after that. $#@%#$ Valentino derailleur!
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1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo(frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame),
1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame),
1974 Peugeot UO-8, 1988 Panasonic PT-3500, 2002 Bianchi Veloce, 2004 Bianchi Pista