The C&V esoteric component thread - 🔩
10-22-24 | 01:32 PM
#152
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Campagnolo Porta Catena shift lever setup to shift the chain off the freewheel to a catch attached to the inside of the dropout for ease of wheel removal supposedly.
10-22-24 | 02:14 PM
#154
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10-22-24 | 05:08 PM
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Great until I jump on the bike so equipped after riding "conventional" RD-fitted bikes -- and getting the first couple of shifts wrong.
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10-23-24 | 10:01 AM
#156
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Bikes: 1967 Paramount; 1982-ish Ron Cooper; 1978 Eisentraut "A"; two mid-1960s Cinelli Speciale Corsas; and others in various stages of non-rideability.
Cinelli-specific rear brake cable hanger, made by Universal. I paid a stupid amount of money for this.
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10-23-24 | 01:48 PM
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10-23-24 | 02:04 PM
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10-23-24 | 03:45 PM
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Bikes: 1967 Paramount; 1982-ish Ron Cooper; 1978 Eisentraut "A"; two mid-1960s Cinelli Speciale Corsas; and others in various stages of non-rideability.
Cino Cinelli was a great designer and I love his bikes, but there are times when his proprietary designs are a bit of a nuisance.
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10-23-24 | 05:28 PM
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Larry:1958 Drysdale, 1961 Gitane Gran Sport, 1974 Zeus track, 1988 Masi Gran Corsa, 1974 Falcon, 1980 Palo Alto, 198? Vitus 979. Susan: 1976 Windsor Profesional.
10-23-24 | 11:38 PM
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But it does happen to me. It shouldn't -- some bikes are Campy NR, and one is Suntour Superbe, but one other has a Shimano Nexus 8 IGH that's "backward", and another is on a Simplex 543. And I do sometimes need a shift or two to realize "oh, yeah, pull back for taller gears". One presumes those on fixed gears -- "uh, not a problem ...for us! "
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10-24-24 | 12:08 AM
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Seatpost that allows the effective ST angle to be adjusted while riding:
The bike it's on was custom built in '72 by Singer for Jerry Collier, who assembled it with lots of esoteric parts he'd collected over decades, so no telling when the post was made. '50s maybe? I hung out with Jerry a lot in the '70s (and drooled on this bike) but if I ever asked about the seatpost, I don't remember what he said.
I wouldn't be surprised if Daniel Rebour drew it BITD. Check Heiko Strömer's Rebour archive maybe?
The bike it's on was custom built in '72 by Singer for Jerry Collier, who assembled it with lots of esoteric parts he'd collected over decades, so no telling when the post was made. '50s maybe? I hung out with Jerry a lot in the '70s (and drooled on this bike) but if I ever asked about the seatpost, I don't remember what he said.
I wouldn't be surprised if Daniel Rebour drew it BITD. Check Heiko Strömer's Rebour archive maybe?
19530711 Le Cycle Vol 08 No 16 p007 19531001 Le Cycliste 1… | Flickr
19531128 Le Cycle Vol 09 No 01 p017 19540301 Le Cycliste 0… | Flickr
10-24-24 | 05:26 PM
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It is from 1953. It is easy to find in the files, as "Mahe" only comes up twice, when you search for it:
19530711 Le Cycle Vol 08 No 16 p007 19531001 Le Cycliste 1… | Flickr
19531128 Le Cycle Vol 09 No 01 p017 19540301 Le Cycliste 0… | Flickr
19530711 Le Cycle Vol 08 No 16 p007 19531001 Le Cycliste 1… | Flickr
19531128 Le Cycle Vol 09 No 01 p017 19540301 Le Cycliste 0… | Flickr
I love the exploded view — I could make one of those! Maybe I will.
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10-25-24 | 05:58 PM
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10-25-24 | 06:00 PM
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Also, I made a thread on tbe Original Plastic Bicycle a while ago. There are no pics outside of the advertisements of this bike.
Original Plastic Bicycle
MOMBAT: The Original Plastic Bike History
Original Plastic Bicycle
MOMBAT: The Original Plastic Bike History
