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Still, I'd grab that '53 Dawn he has listed up there if it was a 23". Sadly, everything he has listed is a 21.
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Picked up the Sports today, gave it a quick wipe and she’s looking pretty good, looks like the hub says 78 to me. Has the original Raleigh tires on it.
the also had a Duneit that’s up for auction but wasn’t in as good of shape
the also had a Duneit that’s up for auction but wasn’t in as good of shape
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Clever or Stupid?
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**I missed the part where it says he can't use his legs....
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**I missed the part where it says he can't use his legs....
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The 78/12 is a pretty safe sign it's probably a '79. Come to think of it, I know these were all two-tone, but I can't recall seeing the late two-tone Coffee variant until now. Looks very nice.
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Clever or Stupid?
You BE the Judge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_P29hX3yxc
**I missed the part where it says he can't use his legs....
You BE the Judge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_P29hX3yxc
**I missed the part where it says he can't use his legs....
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Hmmm...I would assume 1984 with the release of “This Is Spinal Tap.”
However, I don’t recall ever seeing photos of him riding an English three-speed bike, though he has been credited as the inspiration for the 11-speed bike (which is, of course, one better than a ten-speed).
However, I don’t recall ever seeing photos of him riding an English three-speed bike, though he has been credited as the inspiration for the 11-speed bike (which is, of course, one better than a ten-speed).
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Hmmm...I would assume 1984 with the release of “This Is Spinal Tap.”
However, I don’t recall ever seeing photos of him riding an English three-speed bike, though he has been credited as the inspiration for the 11-speed bike (which is, of course, one better than a ten-speed).
However, I don’t recall ever seeing photos of him riding an English three-speed bike, though he has been credited as the inspiration for the 11-speed bike (which is, of course, one better than a ten-speed).
FF to 3.00
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It scares me a little that you'd know that...
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Believe it or not he appears on an episode of American Bandstand (1979) with Lenny and Squiggy from Laverne and Shirley....
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Yeah....
When Spinal tap came out my friends and I were in a band and must have seen the movie 10 times.
A few of years later I was working in the film business on a movie with...
Christopher Guest!
The movie was terrible (Sticky Fingers) but we had some good conversations.
When Spinal tap came out my friends and I were in a band and must have seen the movie 10 times.
A few of years later I was working in the film business on a movie with...
Christopher Guest!
The movie was terrible (Sticky Fingers) but we had some good conversations.
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Hmmm...I would assume 1984 with the release of “This Is Spinal Tap.”
However, I don’t recall ever seeing photos of him riding an English three-speed bike, though he has been credited as the inspiration for the 11-speed bike (which is, of course, one better than a ten-speed).
However, I don’t recall ever seeing photos of him riding an English three-speed bike, though he has been credited as the inspiration for the 11-speed bike (which is, of course, one better than a ten-speed).
How about beside an English 3 speed?
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Sounds like a challenge for someone daft enough to come up with an AW hub chained to an eight speed cluster. Three plus eight = genius! It goes to eleven!
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That's very pretty....what do you call this?
Lick my bike pump?
Yes, we young men could watch that film ad infinitum.
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Except the hub would act as a triple crankset; each of the three speeds in the hub combined with each of the eight on the cluster equals 24.
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(Ok, ok...you’re absolutely right. But this a reference to a scene in the movie This is Spinal Tap when a dim-witted band member [Nigel Tufnel, as referenced earlier] tries to explain that his amps are louder than normal ones ‘cause the scale on the volume knob goes to eleven instead of just ten. Same dim-witted character who, with his equally dim-witted band mate, says “It’s such a fine line between stupid and clever” which set all of this off!)
Now...enough of dim-build English band members and back to English three-speed bikes! 😁
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“................But this one goes to 11.”
(Ok, ok...you’re absolutely right. But this a reference to a scene in the movie This is Spinal Tap when a dim-witted band member [Nigel Tufnel, as referenced earlier] tries to explain that his amps are louder than normal ones ‘cause the scale on the volume knob goes to eleven instead of just ten.
(Ok, ok...you’re absolutely right. But this a reference to a scene in the movie This is Spinal Tap when a dim-witted band member [Nigel Tufnel, as referenced earlier] tries to explain that his amps are louder than normal ones ‘cause the scale on the volume knob goes to eleven instead of just ten.
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I suspect ‘cause he has a hard enough time with addition...multiplication is WAY out of his (extremely small) wheelhouse! 😉
