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10-11-24 | 03:32 PM

#101

sloar

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From: Elwood Indiana

Bikes: they change so much I'm tired of updating this

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Originally Posted by Trakhak

If anyone is wondering what repechage and I are talking about when we mention Altenburger brakes (which long predated Shimano's versions of dual-pivot brakes), here's a photo, borrowed from this thread:

I have a Weinmann dual pivot caliper.

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10-11-24 | 04:46 PM

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From: 700 Ft. above sea level.

Bikes: Not as many as there were awhile ago.

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Originally Posted by nlerner

I don't think it's just youngsters who are moving away from C&V bikes. At age 64, I've become less and less interested in riding those old beasts.

Same here. I still like working on my old road bikes and love the look but as I get older and less flexible they just aren't much of a thrill to ride I've realized. Earlier this year I thought my riding days might be near an end due to issues with mounts and dismounts but then I finally finished a couple newer projects with modern frame geometry, increased stand over room, wider bars and fatter tires. I can get on and off them with confidence and I enjoy the ride much more. I recently brought these 2 into the fold and I am enjoying them immensely.

TREK Marlin 5 with extensive mods.....

Marin Fairfax SC5 built from a NOS frame...

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10-16-24 | 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Trakhak

I remember vividly the shock when a member of our local bike club showed up to a ride in the fall of 1964, proudly showing off his recently purchased top-of-the-line Atala, equipped with the first truly complete Campagnolo gruppo any of us had ever seen: Campy was now making brakes! And those brakes were, astonishingly, side pulls! Heresy!

it was a long time ago but not that long, the Campagnolo brakes made it into very limited release in 1968. The first run having no identification on the arms, there were some that had a formed steel arc with Campagnolo stamped in.

10-16-24 | 10:56 PM

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repechage

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Originally Posted by Steel Charlie

Depends on your life expectancy.

All too aware. My in-laws lived to their mid 90’s. Wife’s Mom outlived her by a few months.
‘As Kurt Vonnegut wrote, So it goes.

10-17-24 | 09:16 AM

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SirMike1983

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From: New England

Bikes: Old Schwinns and old Raleighs

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Originally Posted by Steel Charlie

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Depends on your life expectancy.

Someone came to my office who had recently turned 80 and she noted that she was on her way to visit her mother in a rest home because her mother demands to be visited twice per week. I asked her how old her mother was and she replied, "103". You never know!

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