To a vintage bike guy, happiness is.....
04-20-17, 11:43 AM
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Shifting is fun!
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04-20-17, 12:42 PM
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A rigid MTB and springtime single track. 
...and getting out on the beauty queen for the first time since the winter salt hit the roads.
...and getting out on the beauty queen for the first time since the winter salt hit the roads.
04-20-17, 03:37 PM
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04-26-17, 01:22 PM
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Getting a dirty, filthy, greasy, neglected bike for a "song" on CL and tearing it down/cleaning it up/degreasing it to find that the paint is in MUCH better condition than you had any right to hope.
04-26-17, 01:36 PM
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04-26-17, 02:01 PM
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04-26-17, 02:08 PM
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For me, a perfectly adjusted square taper bottom bracket makes me happy. Clean bearings, new grease. I think it's the smell of the grease that sparks a lot of fond memories of bikes repaired and moved along to people who loved and appreciated them.
-Shin
I think it's the smell of the grease that sparks a lot of fond memories of bikes repaired and moved along to people who loved and appreciated them.-Shin
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04-26-17, 02:17 PM
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43 mph on my Pinarello.
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/1665675348
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGOVykpMfM4
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https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/1665675348
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGOVykpMfM4
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04-26-17, 04:24 PM
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Though I love to build and ride my bikes, I am at the top of the "havingfunladder" when I find my new favorite bike. Last year, it was an all chrome Torpado Luxe and this year, so far, a Quintanna Roo. And, if all goes well, a Peugeot PX-10E will come my way before long.
Yesterday, a seventies something Unival road bike came my way for less than a half case of beer. All I really wanted was the Suntour Barcon set, but the bike is proving interesting. I am happy!
Pictures as soon as Mother Nature will permit(burr, pooey-stinko)!
Yesterday, a seventies something Unival road bike came my way for less than a half case of beer. All I really wanted was the Suntour Barcon set, but the bike is proving interesting. I am happy!
Pictures as soon as Mother Nature will permit(burr, pooey-stinko)!
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04-26-17, 05:35 PM
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Walking into this room each day....
... and picking whatever meets your fancy for that day's ride.
... and picking whatever meets your fancy for that day's ride.
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Steel is real...and comfy.
Steel is real...and comfy.
04-26-17, 09:21 PM
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^^^^^^ This. I will add the condition: when it's dry up here!
Also:
When a paint and/or build comes together like you imagined it.
The smell of the old formula of Phil Wood bike grease as it was the stuff I used the first few years starting this whole bike thing.
The sound of a nice vintage freewheel when coasting.
The feel of perfectly adjusted and buttery smooth hubs (7400 Dura Ace) that you just overhauled.
Also:
When a paint and/or build comes together like you imagined it.
The smell of the old formula of Phil Wood bike grease as it was the stuff I used the first few years starting this whole bike thing.
The sound of a nice vintage freewheel when coasting.
The feel of perfectly adjusted and buttery smooth hubs (7400 Dura Ace) that you just overhauled.
04-26-17, 09:50 PM
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Finally being able to afford decent tubulars.
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04-27-17, 11:57 AM
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Finding an all chrome something or other in my size...
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04-27-17, 03:02 PM
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... getting a thumbs up at a stoplight from a guy in full kit on a modern bike because he noticed the shiny Schwinn Super LeTour on my bike rack.
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05-10-17, 03:22 PM
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05-10-17, 04:19 PM
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What i love about old bikes is that usually there is nothing really wrong with them. they need grease and some parts may be stuck but almost always they can be brought back to life with nothing more than a few cables and a lot of love.
I got a thrill when I took my first Campi hub apart and saw how beautifully finished the axle and cones were. I was in awe the other day when the custom bike I was cleaning up had a Phil rear hub. I swear when I spun it it took 10 minutes before it came to a stop. love it when everything is back together and I ride it for the first time and see what a great ride it has.
Sometimes I scratch my head when I see a part that is ridiculously over engineered or just plain weird.
And I even love the stone age engineering of the Schwinn Varsity . I think the Ashtabula crank and bottom bracket may be the simplest most bullet proof bit of engineering ever to grace a bicycle.
And last but not least, the Raleigh Sport with it's 3 speed Sturmey Archer transmission that hasn't changed much since the 1920's and its steel wheels that are unbreakable is truely a hundred year bicycle.
I got a thrill when I took my first Campi hub apart and saw how beautifully finished the axle and cones were. I was in awe the other day when the custom bike I was cleaning up had a Phil rear hub. I swear when I spun it it took 10 minutes before it came to a stop. love it when everything is back together and I ride it for the first time and see what a great ride it has.
Sometimes I scratch my head when I see a part that is ridiculously over engineered or just plain weird.
And I even love the stone age engineering of the Schwinn Varsity . I think the Ashtabula crank and bottom bracket may be the simplest most bullet proof bit of engineering ever to grace a bicycle.
And last but not least, the Raleigh Sport with it's 3 speed Sturmey Archer transmission that hasn't changed much since the 1920's and its steel wheels that are unbreakable is truely a hundred year bicycle.
05-10-17, 04:58 PM
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05-10-17, 05:13 PM
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