Upgrade or Downgrade - You Choose...
05-26-18, 04:54 AM
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Upgrade or Downgrade - You Choose...
I have been riding this Norco Magnum SE, with a dented down tube, as a junk bike, used in bad weather or bad road conditions...
I scavenged the 600 stuff and passed it on to a new home but then, regretting this, I installed more 600 stuff and put it back into junk service...
Then, at the request of another party, I married the Norco to this...
The union, in my mind, upgraded both, ending up with a nicer looking Marinoni that goes into a box tomorrow...
And my nold (new+old) junk bike but I have to get an eight speed chain, today, between yard sales, before the junker and I can do a cottage road lap, or two...
Perhaps I am loosing my mind, but I don't mind!-)
Now, at last, I can get to some of my pet projects (proper derailleur for Atala Pro, Torpado head set and clincher wheels on Torpado, Legnano hubs and head set on Legnano, and, then start spending time and money on my Rabeneick - all to be fitted into spaces between chopping fire wood and digging foundation holes, of which there are only three to go)...
I scavenged the 600 stuff and passed it on to a new home but then, regretting this, I installed more 600 stuff and put it back into junk service...
Then, at the request of another party, I married the Norco to this...
The union, in my mind, upgraded both, ending up with a nicer looking Marinoni that goes into a box tomorrow...
And my nold (new+old) junk bike but I have to get an eight speed chain, today, between yard sales, before the junker and I can do a cottage road lap, or two...
Perhaps I am loosing my mind, but I don't mind!-)
Now, at last, I can get to some of my pet projects (proper derailleur for Atala Pro, Torpado head set and clincher wheels on Torpado, Legnano hubs and head set on Legnano, and, then start spending time and money on my Rabeneick - all to be fitted into spaces between chopping fire wood and digging foundation holes, of which there are only three to go)...
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05-26-18, 05:26 AM
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What??? Only 2 wheels?
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So if you marry a Norco to a Marinoni do you end up with a Norcononi or Marinorco? Is that the choice we have to make?
I've always been bothered by the aesthetics of converting a nice road bike to a utilitarian bike. For example, my Gran Sport currently carries fenders, bottle generator lights, rear rack. To my mind it it should be a let's-go road bike, but I do need a bike for wet commuting and carrying stuff occasionally (and my sweetie insists on the fenders part). On the other hand, if a bike is agile, light, and tight for the road then it is still good, though a bit heavier, for errands and commuting. Better commuting on a heavy'ed-up light bike than on a heavy'ed-up heavy one.
I've always been bothered by the aesthetics of converting a nice road bike to a utilitarian bike. For example, my Gran Sport currently carries fenders, bottle generator lights, rear rack. To my mind it it should be a let's-go road bike, but I do need a bike for wet commuting and carrying stuff occasionally (and my sweetie insists on the fenders part). On the other hand, if a bike is agile, light, and tight for the road then it is still good, though a bit heavier, for errands and commuting. Better commuting on a heavy'ed-up light bike than on a heavy'ed-up heavy one.
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05-26-18, 07:02 AM
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I'm not a fan of the Arabesque 600 stuff- so...
While I think the logos on the 105 stuff is kind of gaudy- the shape is nice.
While I think the logos on the 105 stuff is kind of gaudy- the shape is nice.
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05-26-18, 08:17 AM
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Randy your retirement sounds exhausting! 
That Marinoni is lovely and i'm sure it will hold its own in Spain.
That Marinoni is lovely and i'm sure it will hold its own in Spain.
