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01-16-23, 06:29 PM
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Kona Kapu - lugged frame
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01-17-23, 07:22 AM
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Great thread, interesting read.
Top: 1961 Capo Sieger with all original components, including Ambrosio adjustable-reach stem.
Bottom: Capo-brand derailleurs and shift lever on an all-original 1953 Capo Sieger.
Interesting study of early 1950s to early 1960s evolution (sidepull brakes to centerpulls, bandspring and direct lever derailleurs to parallelogram and pushrod)
Top: 1961 Capo Sieger with all original components, including Ambrosio adjustable-reach stem.
Bottom: Capo-brand derailleurs and shift lever on an all-original 1953 Capo Sieger.
Interesting study of early 1950s to early 1960s evolution (sidepull brakes to centerpulls, bandspring and direct lever derailleurs to parallelogram and pushrod)
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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
"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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01-17-23, 07:25 AM
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Double dingle speed, 17-21 fixed cog, 17-21 Freewheel, 46x42 chainrings, Same chain.
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01-17-23, 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Wildwood
1959 Hugo Rickert touring.
Rollers on top of BB for ‘smoother’ RD & FD shifting.
Rollers on top of BB for ‘smoother’ RD & FD shifting.
The chainguard.
01-17-23, 09:27 AM
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The soft tail on a 1998 Moots YBBeat. The tail allows for about an inch and a half of travel and depends on the flex of the titanium stays. It’s not a long travel but it’s enough to take the sting off impacts.
I bought and built this bike for bikepacking in the Colorado mountains. It works like a dream.
I bought and built this bike for bikepacking in the Colorado mountains. It works like a dream.
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Stuart Black
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
Days of Wineless Roads. Bed and Breakfasting along the KATY
Twisting Down the Alley. Misadventures in tornado alley.
01-17-23, 10:45 AM
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Wow, rack eyelets even! What's the likelihood of those non-replaceable bushings wearing out?
Originally Posted by cyccommute
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01-17-23, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by JacobLee
Wow, rack eyelets even! What's the likelihood of those non-replaceable bushings wearing out?
The bushing is completely replaceable and has been replaced on this bike after the braze-on were added. Moots sells the YBB rebuild kit for $60. It’s a trivial job to replace it.
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Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
Days of Wineless Roads. Bed and Breakfasting along the KATY
Twisting Down the Alley. Misadventures in tornado alley.
Stuart Black
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
Days of Wineless Roads. Bed and Breakfasting along the KATY
Twisting Down the Alley. Misadventures in tornado alley.
01-17-23, 07:47 PM
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01-17-23, 09:31 PM
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Some years back, I spotted a Raleigh SuperCourse fork on eBay for not much money and figured it would be useful at some point (it was). It came with this attached:
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01-23-23, 08:31 AM
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Here's an interesting mountain bike stem off of an 88/89 Haro Extreme. What makes it unusual are the bosses for a water bottle, plus the front brake cable passes right through the stem pinch bolt.
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01-23-23, 09:53 AM
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I had a custom steel stem made to match my road bike.
I have yet to install it as it weighs more than double the aluminum one that’s on there!
I have yet to install it as it weighs more than double the aluminum one that’s on there!
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