I've seen it happen, yup. Not pretty. I pay REAL close attention to that limit screw when I set up an RD.

found a huffy at goodwill for $7.41.

convienently attached were a set of schwinn 26 in three speed wheels with a 1970 Sturmey Archer aw hub and a very pretty chrome front schwinn labeled low flange hub. thinking of building them into 27" wheels and putting together a three speed px-10

How about slapping a freewheel on it and making it a 30 speed?

is that even possable? the old SA sprocet is held on with a snapring like the old coaster brake hubs. would be cool to do it if possable

If I recall correctly, Sheldon Brown did this with a bike. http://sheldonbrown.org/otb.html

it would be possable if you could find the right old parts. with ebay it may be possable but with the local bike shops.....no way!

**rant mode on**
took new to me 1986 miyata myn bike in to see if they could confirm how to adjust the old dia compe canti brakes as I had never done it on anything that old. apparently neither had thay. one comment was"I have only worked on v-brakes...nothing like that" idiots
**rant mode off**

besides,im trying to think simple on this one! cool idea,just not right for me

I hear that. Otherwise, I'd have a 30 speed or two myself. V-brakes, cantilevers - both those inventors should hang their heads in shame.

Found a rusted out cheapo DB mountain bike in the trashheap yesterday. One of the brakes had been replaced with SHIMANO Deore XT Rear Linear Pull V-BRAKES. Pulled it along with the Ritchie seat and post, and front and rear altus derailleurs. The rest went back in the heap. It had other good parts on it, but I was feeling lazy yesterday.

Not as great as my previous finds, but worth a mention. Will be great for spares or for my next restoration project.

I was looking for a rear wheel, found this Colnago Super and took it home. After all I did not need the wheel so decided to cleanup the Colnago a little. Replaced spokes, repaired flat tire, straighten rim, adjust rear derailer. It is in a reasonable condition, but the paint under the top bar has partly gone and first rust is coming due to storage of previous owner.

It has 5 speed Suntour, the brake handles on the bar are Shimano 600 and probably replacements.

How old would this bike be?

Maarten

That Colnago looks from mid-late 70's

I am sorry, but it doesn't looks like a Colnago. Absolutely...

Bike looks like late '70s, early '80s. Absolutely not a Colnago; neither Super nor any other model...
Someone put Colnago decals on, 'cause the Colnago name has impressed people for years. Very cool CLB brakes though!

I confirm. I think there are thousands of not original Colnagos on the market

Update on that SGP -

Removed the chainwheel protector, added a Sora RD, suede saddle and alu alloy 27"s with 1 1/8" rubber. Man, this is a nice riding bike. I sailed around in 42/16 for an hour after I built it back up - I just couldn't stop. (I shifted once in a while, but I find a sweet spot and go...) Pics in the AM.

I got my Velox installed! Yay! It's sooo nice, but I still need to finese a few things (cable stretching, and I might end up taking out a chain link or two...).

Very cool brakes. But, no, not a Colnago. I've been studying 'em for a while. Supers and Mexicos have a little spikedy detail on the side of the head lugs on all of the older ones that I've seen. And some embossing of the top of the fork crown...and always a clover cutout on the bottom bracket. I think that the older ones had a pointy bottom on the clover; the newer ones had a flat bottom on the clover. And I've never seen a Colnago with fender eyelets. A good paint job, though. and really cool brakes.

Generally I do too, but I recently got a Gitane with a really snazzy set of maillard hubs - and an equally snazzy drilled out aluminum maillard spoke protector. I'm actually thinking about leaving it on!

Thanks all for the help. Too bad for the "colnago", but bought it for the wheels originally and it cost me almost nothing. About the brakes; I had never seen these brakes before. What makes them special?

Maarten

CLB made some of the lightest weight brakes of their time, and they were uncommon here in the USA.

My catch of the day,,
A couple of free 1977 raleigh grand prix.
One small mens, and one mixte.
pics of the mixte below. Notice the original clear "packaging wrap" on the handle bars. the original bar tape is bright white underneath.
-Steve

FREE...!?! Too cool... LUCKY!

I was offered them last fall by my boss's wife, but didn't take the time to look. When he asked me to take his trash out, I saw them hanging in the garage. I had to ask again for them. Definately considering keeping the mixte for my wife. But then I couldn't sell the mens and break up the pair. Just blows my mind the original condition of these, especially the handle bar wrap. (no need to take the time to take it off just for a couple spins in the driveway).

I know nothing about vintage bikes, but I came across this Magneet at a thrift store. I do know that I can't find a whole lot of info on it, only 1 small thread in BikeForums. I saw the cool seat, the crazy wingnuts, and the Made in Holland sticker and I couldn't pass it up! It set me back $35 US, which is a lot compared to some places, but I live in an urban area and we pay a premium here for beater bikes. You cant lock your good bike anywhere if you want to keep it. Now I'm thinking if it gets stolen, I'd sure be bummed. This is my second backup beater bike. The first one is a Panasonic, and I love that one too.

ya. bikes are like dogs. It followed me home, can I keep it? I'd wondered where perjohn seats came from; I have a new one in the stack of seats in the garage, but it came without a bike underneath it.

For the last two weeks, I've had an ad in the weekly, free (the paper, not the ads) local paper. I got my first "valid" hit - someone with an old (1980?) Peugeot Grand Sport. I go and look at it - nothing all that special, but everything works smoothly. I figured I could part it out and possibly double the $25.00 I paid for it.

I get it home and as soon as he heard it was a Peugeot (they make cars too - which makes it desireable to him), my son says he wants it. It's dirty, but the decals and paint are remarkably good. The lad claims he'll clean it, but now I need to lay hands on an appropriate crank puller. Only the French would engineer a crankset where the outer chainring is integral to the crank! :rolleyes:

This means I should have a spiffed-up Follis ready to put on the block soon.

No pictures - the wife comes home in 7 days, so we have to work fast.