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10-04-15 | 07:28 AM

Homebrew01

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Classic Lightweights

Just stumbled upon this cool site. I think people have mentioned it before, but I finally took a look.

Classic Lightweights

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10-04-15 | 08:12 AM

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I like this section. Brooks saddles - blocking and butchering!
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10-04-15 | 08:42 AM

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I like this section. Brooks saddles - blocking and butchering!
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Yeah... I come back and read that page occasionally and try to get a little more out of it than I had the last time. But instead, every time I read it I find myself believing a little less. Too much of it reads "I heard there was a guy who did blah blah blah ..."

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10-04-15 | 08:56 AM

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Best list of vintage bike stuff links.

Velo-Retro: Links

10-04-15 | 09:53 AM

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Best list of vintage bike stuff links.

Velo-Retro: Links

and I notice that this has a link to your Flickr photos.. very wonderful!!

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10-04-15 | 03:01 PM

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have you seen this note in a recent Cambridge Lightweight News (p7)

10-04-15 | 07:26 PM

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Best list of vintage bike stuff links.

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I had the privilege of taking a vintage bicycle ride with Chuck when he visited Fallbrook a number of years ago. He was riding a 1950s Hetchins, if I recall correctly, with a very close-ratio 2x4 half-step. As we headed up the first hill, he commented, "There are no low gears."

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