Sexy
09-05-23 | 12:42 PM
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Sexy
I was looking for pedals (to put on my bike with toe clips). After a while, I caught my self saying, "sexy" to some old SR pedals. Dang, I've been around bicycles parts too long when I say that. Anyone thought that way?
09-05-23 | 01:45 PM
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Depends on which SR pedals...
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09-05-23 | 02:23 PM
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09-05-23 | 02:24 PM
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That's the word Richard Ballentine used to describe the original version of the Austro-Daimler Vent Noir in (I think) the 2nd edition of Richard's Bicycle Book. And that I remember this 40-odd years later is telling.
09-05-23 | 09:01 PM
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Some folks need to get out more often.....Just Sayin 
Best, Ben
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09-06-23 | 07:41 AM
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A friend brought his new bike over to my apartment once (about 1987) and it was all C-Record. I said "Wow, that is a SEXY crank". My roommate laughed.
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09-06-23 | 08:26 AM
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cover art
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09-06-23 | 08:36 AM
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09-06-23 | 08:53 AM
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Richard's Bicycle Book Richard's bicycle book: Ballantine, Richard: 9780330242035: Amazon.com: Books
anybody's bike book is Cuthbertson (with a final chapter by Al Eisentraut) Anybody's Bike Book: A Comprehensive Manual of Bike Repairs: Cuthbertson, Tom, Morall, Rick: 9780898159967: Amazon.com: Books
Ballantine passed in 2013
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anybody's bike book is Cuthbertson (with a final chapter by Al Eisentraut) Anybody's Bike Book: A Comprehensive Manual of Bike Repairs: Cuthbertson, Tom, Morall, Rick: 9780898159967: Amazon.com: Books
Ballantine passed in 2013
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09-06-23 | 09:00 AM
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09-06-23 | 09:19 AM
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Check the girth on that sucker!
09-06-23 | 09:46 AM
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Richard's Bicycle Book Richard's bicycle book: Ballantine, Richard: 9780330242035: Amazon.com: Books
anybody's bike book is Cuthbertson (with a final chapter by Al Eisentraut) Anybody's Bike Book: A Comprehensive Manual of Bike Repairs: Cuthbertson, Tom, Morall, Rick: 9780898159967: Amazon.com: Books
Ballantine passed in 2013
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Ballantine passed in 2013
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09-06-23 | 09:55 AM
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09-06-23 | 09:59 AM
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Unless he's in the circus, what's the point of adjusting the rear mech when the bike is upside down?
09-06-23 | 10:11 AM
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The only pedals I'd mutter that about from my youth are the SunTour Superbe X bodies. I ran those for more than a few years.
09-06-23 | 10:12 AM
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09-06-23 | 08:28 PM
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