New to Hercules, Need Advice
04-04-07 | 09:18 PM
#26
Super Course fan
Joined: Sep 2006
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From: Lost on the windswept plains of the Great Black Swamp
Awesome! ,
One of these days I'll get started on mine.
One of these days I'll get started on mine.
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I have a white PX-10, a Green Dawes Galaxy and an Orange Falcon, now I'm done.
I have a white PX-10, a Green Dawes Galaxy and an Orange Falcon, now I'm done.
04-05-07 | 03:44 AM
#27
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Joined: Jan 2005
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From: On the road-USA
Bikes: Giant Excursion, Raleigh Sports, Raleigh R.S.W. Compact, Motobecane? and about 20 more! OMG
Originally Posted by TheHercules
Another day, another update! Got the bike back from Hyland cycles and $64 later I have two lovely new tyres, HD tubes, and the brakes adjusted! Simultaneously, my dad calls to let me know the NOS SA shifter had already arrived from NY! 
So I drove by, picked up the shifter (will install it later), and took the bike on its maiden voyage. Well, little trip up and down the block on the hard plastic seat that'll also be replaced in the next couple days!
So I drove by, picked up the shifter (will install it later), and took the bike on its maiden voyage. Well, little trip up and down the block on the hard plastic seat that'll also be replaced in the next couple days!
How flat is it where you ride? And how many teeth on the rear cog? If you have any hills at all you will be hurting if that thing still has the factory cog on it
I would recomend a 20t or 22t and if you live in the mountains a 24t might not be out of the question. They are available from various sources and dead easy to swap out.Aaron
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"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
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Webshots is bailing out, if you find any of my posts with corrupt picture files and want to see them corrected please let me know. :(
ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
