Show your cool bike component
11-09-17, 08:38 PM
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Show your cool bike component
What bike component do you have that is unique, well made, pretty, shiny or just plain cool?
My entry is an Ofmega Premier rear derailleur. Not real valuable but really well made. A quote from Velobase speaking of Ofmega Premier components: "The build quality of all of the components is very high, with some authors stating that, at the time, even Campagnolo couldn't match it.".
My entry is an Ofmega Premier rear derailleur. Not real valuable but really well made. A quote from Velobase speaking of Ofmega Premier components: "The build quality of all of the components is very high, with some authors stating that, at the time, even Campagnolo couldn't match it.".
11-09-17, 08:52 PM
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I'll play. The Simplex rear derailleur I've had in my French parts box for over 20 years, and the Maillard Course aluminum freewheel I picked up at the swap meet last weekend. For the longest time I had no idea what that RD was, but it seemed too special to just throw on whatever. After adding it to Velobase I eventually learned that it's a Raidexport from the early-to-mid-'60s. I doubt I'll ever come across a bike which is both appropriate and early enough to use it on, but I can hope. The freewheel will eventually go on my MKM with full 2nd-gen DuraAce and tubulars.
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Ambrosio adjustable-reach stem -- Major Taylor in reverse, adjusting from the rear instead of from the front. Original equipment on some of the higher-end Capo bicycles ca. 1960.
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
11-10-17, 08:35 AM
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Late 70s vintage Pino Moroni bottom bracket, titanium spindle, aluminum bolts:
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Simplex Tour-de-France derailleur
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As far as mine... I think it's the Suntour Command Shifters modified to 10 speed-
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I hate tossing just about anything, so I repurposed this old cottered steel crank on a Motobecane Nomade. The chainring is a thirty-tooth Spécialités TA ring.
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That's awesome you got it to fit!!!
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Odyssey Pitbull cam brakes on my Raleigh Technium Citysport Citylite, about 1987. These probably replaced a Mavic drum brake.
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Pino (Moroni) Detroit skewers. Titanium and aluminum. For some, 118 grams for the set makes up what they lack in appearance.
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Some will disagree, but I think the Maillard Helicomatic system is pretty "cool," and obviously ahead of its time. Mine is Spidel branded.
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I have a SunTour Rollercam front brake, which I really like, on my mountain bike.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
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Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
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this is not my hub, but it is exactly like the one i just laced up. 1954 aluminum shell aw hub. makes my bike 6 ounces lighter... maybe, but waaaaaaay cooler.alloy aw.JPG
11-10-17, 10:01 PM
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Speaking of evolutionary dead ends, here's my set of Bridgestone self centering brakes.
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11-10-17, 10:48 PM
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1982 Sugino Guines crankset
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Definitely unique!
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I figured there were more people here that are component dorks!!!
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11-10-17, 11:04 PM
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How about a NOS Campagnolo 41T 144mm BCD chainring instead?
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I got this old thing...
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I'm with you. As an engineering solution I think they're superior to cassette freehubs, and would be vastly more so with a little refinement.
11-11-17, 04:42 AM
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My NOS Topline crankset......
Still waiting for that American custom frame build to use it on.....
I dunno, Tesch, Eisentraut, John Howard, A Fuso??....I guess it will come when it comes, like most of my projects....
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