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Originally Posted by JacobLee
(Post 21965564)
I don’t usually pull things out of the metal pile at the dump because I don’t like getting yelled at, but I figured it was worth the risk for a Nitto Bullmoose bar.
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Originally Posted by eom
(Post 21933079)
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Originally Posted by rustystrings61
(Post 21938015)
The T.A. Professional 3-pin crankset took an odd-sized chainring bolt with a standard width head but a smaller threaded body. They're pretty pricey when you find them. I suspect a previous owner lost some parts and substituted some other bolt with washers for the replacement.
I had one that just would not unscrew. Both parts would turn in the crankarm. I broke a Campy pin spanner on it. I took it to a machinist friend; he drilled a little hole through the back-side flange, though the flange of the nut, through the arm, but *not* into the outer-side flange of the screw. The he turned the bit around and stuck it in the hole to lock the nut to the crankarm and THEN it uncsrewed. ALWAYS GREASE YOUR THREADS. *Always*. |
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On my last two Saturday rides I had seen this “Bike Lane” sign knocked down on the side of the road. The vehicle that hit it had sheared the post in two. I brought it home in my car today and plan to put it on my shop wall after I straighten it out a bit. I realized I should be glad that I wasn’t riding along this stretch of road when the motorist drifted onto the dirt shoulder and took out the sign. Auberry Road is one of the most popular roads for cyclists in Fresno County, a road I’ve ridden at least a thousand times over the years, and a number of cyclists have been struck and killed on it, including a friend who died last May. |
Originally Posted by Straightblock
(Post 21972811)
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On my last two Saturday rides I had seen this “Bike Lane” sign knocked down on the side of the road. The vehicle that hit it had sheared the post in two. I brought it home in my car today and plan to put it on my shop wall after I straighten it out a bit. I realized I should be glad that I wasn’t riding along this stretch of road when the motorist drifted onto the dirt shoulder and took out the sign. Auberry Road is one of the most popular roads for cyclists in Fresno County, a road I’ve ridden at least a thousand times over the years, and a number of cyclists have been struck and killed on it, including a friend who died last May. Nice find.....after a few presses with 2x4's it will be good to go! :thumb: Best, Ben |
Originally Posted by Straightblock
(Post 21972811)
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On my last two Saturday rides I had seen this “Bike Lane” sign knocked down on the side of the road. The vehicle that hit it had sheared the post in two. I brought it home in my car today and plan to put it on my shop wall after I straighten it out a bit. I realized I should be glad that I wasn’t riding along this stretch of road when the motorist drifted onto the dirt shoulder and took out the sign. Auberry Road is one of the most popular roads for cyclists in Fresno County, a road I’ve ridden at least a thousand times over the years, and a number of cyclists have been struck and killed on it, including a friend who died last May. |
Originally Posted by Nubra
(Post 21975113)
REALLY wish you had just contact DOT here in CA and asked them to repost it. They are much more likely to send a crew with a post, than they are to make a new sign and then put it up. If it is as dangerous as you say, we need every reminder to vehicles that we are on the road! :50:
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Originally Posted by Straightblock
(Post 21975190)
I emailed the county road maintenance department identifying the location. Hopefully when they're out filling potholes it'll get replaced.
The cost of the sign and if the county will pony up $ to replace it. How will pothole people know it is knocked down if it is not there? Do pothole fillers actually put up signs? I sent you a PM. |
Originally Posted by Nubra
(Post 21975113)
REALLY wish you had just contact DOT here in CA and asked them to repost it.
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I don't believe they would re-install a damaged sign like that one. it shouldn't be hard to get them to replace it, just by reporting it.
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Originally Posted by MiloFrance
(Post 21920672)
Some of you will know Emmaus, Some not. Basically a thrift store. Picked this up early in the week. B Carré, 1970, possibly Gilbert Bellone's Sonolor Lejeune team bike, there's another thread about it.
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Originally Posted by due ruote
(Post 21977003)
[MENTION=384627]MiloFrance[/MENTION], can you add a link to your thread? Thanks.
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Not bicycle related (yet) but I picked up a 60's Husqvarna Combina 19E sewing machine for free!
A fully mechanical industrial-ish machine that should have no problem going through heavier material. Cast iron case with lots of stylized 60's plastic. I did replace the incandescent lightbulb with an LED version because a 25W light so close to your hand gets hot very quickly. Besides, 2W for more light than a 25W lightbulb ever produced is a win in my book. It needs some work but will be used to make a new cloth chaincase for the tandem this year. Though I will need some practice first. XD The upper and lower thread tension is fully manual and I think it needs some oiling. http://i.imgur.com/4altzRK.jpg |
Classy!
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Not quite saved from the dump, but certainly from moldering away in an outbuilding! I first met this bike c.1999 or so when I saw it locked up with a flat tire on campus. It also had the last name of one of my student workers, and it emerged that it belonged to his uncle. I wound up buying it and getting the story. Allegedly, it's a c.1971 Mercian that was hit by a car and repaired by Mike Melton c.1972 during his tenure working for Joe Azar in Columbia, SC. When I got it, it was a rusty dog's breakfast of a bike, but I had a strange deal going with Jim Cunningham of CyclArt wherein I traded him a raft load of old French tandem bits in poor shape for this frame to be prepped, dents filled, braze-ons added and a nice hunter green powder coat. I then built it up for a friend and sold it to her for a very reasonable price. In 2009 she was in the first two miles of a local benefit ride when someone half-wheeled her, taco-in the front wheel and sending her to the ground. She quit riding after that and the bike sat unrepaired for years - until I ran into her husband while grocery shopping. I mentioned I was looking around for my 13-year-old son's next bike and asked if she had considered parting with the old Mercian. She decided to simply give it to me, and today I picked it up.
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...91449f112e.jpg Your eyes aren't deceiving you - that's a Nervex Professional top head lug with what appears to be some sort of Bocama lower head lug. I suspect the original lower lug was damaged in the crash. https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...23b7ecf70d.jpg The powder coat looks nice and shiny underneath the dirt. It's certainly a diminutive thing! https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...31e5d37d18.jpg I'm hoping the only thing bent here is the handlebars. https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...247dcce1ea.jpg Pity about the wheel - that's a Mavic MA. I bet I can swap this and the surviving rear out for a set of Sun CR-18s and re-use the DT butted stainless spokes. I'll go start a thread about this bike so I can update it as I make it roadworthy again. |
Local pick up. Pretty clean Lotus. Needed tubes and tires and all I had were these cross tires. Shakedown ride this evening and all seems good. My first experience with aluminum. Tune up should be easy. Green tape on top tube because the cable guide needs reriveted to the top tube. If that’s possible.
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Originally Posted by rustystrings61
(Post 21985270)
Not quite saved from the dump, but certainly from moldering away in an outbuilding! I first met this bike c.1999 or so when I saw it locked up with a flat tire on campus. It also had the last name of one of my student workers, and it emerged that it belonged to his uncle. I wound up buying it and getting the story. Allegedly, it's a c.1971 Mercian that was hit by a car and repaired by Mike Melton c.1972 during his tenure working for Joe Azar in Columbia, SC. When I got it, it was a rusty dog's breakfast of a bike, but I had a strange deal going with Jim Cunningham of CyclArt wherein I traded him a raft load of old French tandem bits in poor shape for this frame to be prepped, dents filled, braze-ons added and a nice hunter green powder coat. I then built it up for a friend and sold it to her for a very reasonable price. In 2009 she was in the first two miles of a local benefit ride when someone half-wheeled her, taco-in the front wheel and sending her to the ground. She quit riding after that and the bike sat unrepaired for years - until I ran into her husband while grocery shopping. I mentioned I was looking around for my 13-year-old son's next bike and asked if she had considered parting with the old Mercian. She decided to simply give it to me, and today I picked it up.
Your eyes aren't deceiving you - that's a Nervex Professional top head lug with what appears to be some sort of Bocama lower head lug. I suspect the original lower lug was damaged in the crash. https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...23b7ecf70d.jpg The powder coat looks nice and shiny underneath the dirt. It's certainly a diminutive thing! I'm hoping the only thing bent here is the handlebars. Pity about the wheel - that's a Mavic MA. I bet I can swap this and the surviving rear out for a set of Sun CR-18s and re-use the DT butted stainless spokes. I'll go start a thread about this bike so I can update it as I make it roadworthy again. |
Picked up this 1993 Cannondale R400 at an auction last night. Looks to be all original but storage was not nice to it. Somebody seemed to be using some gold paint around it so there are some spots and overspray here and there, but should clean up nicely. For $46 I'll take it.
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These are the seller's pix - it needs tires, tubes, a different saddle, bearings overhauled and rear wheel trued, but for $40 I don't think I did too badly! I need it like I need a hole in the head, but need is never what it's about, is it? Maybe I'll just mothball it until the next Clunker Challenge ...
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I posted earlier about finding this next to the co-op's dumpster and Charles Wahl PMed me asked if I'd be willing to help him acquire it. Feeling uneasy about grabbing a junk bike not actually in the dumpster I phoned the co-op. Since they have such odd hours I expected to have to leave a message and maybe never hear back but a young lady answered immediately and told me that anything in or near the dumpster was okay to take, so I got myself right back down there and grabbed it. Charles and I will figure things out from here. 23" Nishiki Backroads from about '85.
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...8d5a3a3bdc.jpg https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...b846518d9f.jpg While I was near the dumpster I saw this and would have ignored it except that it had two good Continental City Ride tires in size 26 x 1 3/8, just what I need for my Raleigh Sports. The little bike itself is really kind of neat and I really wish I had some use for it. Sears Free Spirit, ladies' step-through with 26 x 1 3/8 wheels, all steel components so it's very basic but it has a lugged frame of decent construction; not crimped stays but slotted fork tube ends and stays with brazed dropouts. ESGE brake bridge. I suspect it was made by Puch. Hated to leave it there. https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...4f5b00e8d2.jpg I'll find a use for these. https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...b5a8d3b062.jpg |
Originally Posted by hazetguy
(Post 21998693)
a friend of mine picked this up for me today.
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...9ab0816a7f.jpg Ross Signature Triad 508 That is a beauty, what dump/s are near you.....BTW, how's the M.W. doing? :innocent: Best, Ben |
Originally Posted by hazetguy
(Post 21999088)
it's a 'catch of the day', not a dump score. and it's not at my house yet.
no microwave here either. :( Roger that, I was watching the oven and heard the timer go off and had to get the Swansons and made a mistake, but still might want to dumpster dive at the dump! :p Best, Ben |
A fistful of dollars got me this. A 1972 Atala (Record?). All Campy NR. Needs a bit of love!
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Originally Posted by thumpism
(Post 21997391)
I posted earlier about finding this next to the co-op's dumpster and Charles Wahl PMed me asked if I'd be willing to help him acquire it. Feeling uneasy about grabbing a junk bike not actually in the dumpster I phoned the co-op. Since they have such odd hours I expected to have to leave a message and maybe never hear back but a young lady answered immediately and told me that anything in or near the dumpster was okay to take, so I got myself right back down there and grabbed it. Charles and I will figure things out from here. 23" Nishiki Backroads from about '85.
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Originally Posted by GregU
(Post 22000820)
Nice Westy!
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