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05-27-26 | 10:47 AM

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What artist with ANY standards would use a single-wall rim?

05-27-26 | 11:46 AM

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Coincidentally enough, I was just cleaning out bike crap from my basement (trash amnesty day tomorrow!) and found a Viscount alu fork. I like the idea of the toilet paper holder.

05-27-26 | 11:51 AM

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05-27-26 | 12:19 PM

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I just looked up those derailleurs on disraeligears. Yeah, they look lousy, especially with the explanation on those pages.

The folded sheet metal rear derailleur performed as poorly as it looked. Huret must have some secret sauce to make their folded sheet metal derailleurs function well.

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What did they use for front derailleurs in those days?

The Lambert front derailleur was a push-rod mechanism much like the Campagnolo Valentino front derailleur.

05-27-26 | 12:19 PM

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What artist with ANY standards would use a single-wall rim?

He made these in about 1960.

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05-27-26 | 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by nlerner

Coincidentally enough, I was just cleaning out bike crap from my basement (trash amnesty day tomorrow!) and found a Viscount alu fork. I like the idea of the toilet paper holder.

What?! There is a trash amnesty day? What does that mean? Is that were you bring out your dead?

Do you ride around the neighborhood shopping for bikes?

05-27-26 | 05:40 PM

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Learning about how big companies put undue pressure on small companies makes me angry. They are already doing better than the small ones. They are not content to "win" on merit, they also have to injure others on the way. It's the same story these days only much worse.

They want the whole pie.

05-27-26 | 05:41 PM

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What?! There is a trash amnesty day? What does that mean? Is that were you bring out your dead?

Do you ride around the neighborhood shopping for bikes?

Years ago, I lived in Maplewood, NJ, and we called it Bulk Trash Day. You could put out things that are not allowed any other day. People put out so much valuable stuff that others would come from other towns to pick through our trash. And it was on Bulk Trash Day that I found my 1971 Raleigh Super Course.

05-27-26 | 05:53 PM

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Curbside shopping. The best prices, some assembly required.

05-27-26 | 07:04 PM

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What?! There is a trash amnesty day? What does that mean? Is that were you bring out your dead?

Do you ride around the neighborhood shopping for bikes?

Well, that's on Allston Christmas or 1 September, the traditional college-student move-in/move-out /lease turnover day in the Boston area. I've lived here for 34 years and have never actually done the rounds to look for bikes left behind on that day, but there are stories.

For my town's trash amnesty (twice per year--near Memorial Day and Labor Day), everything needs to be bagged up, so one would need serious bike mojo to determine if there's a bike in that bag. I put these two Columbia frames in one bag:

Then again, none of my neighbors seems to have put out any additional bags, so perhaps I'll be dragging all of this back to my basement tomorrow evening.