non-fixie 

Cleaned and serviced a pair of Lyotard 460D pedals:



I love those, so whenever I come across them at jumble sales and the like, I scoop them up. Which means I have another pair that needs the same treatment:

mstateglfr 

Slowly building a '92 Cannondale t700 touring frame. As spares, i have everything needed except for shifters and the correct sized shim for the front derailleur.
piecing it together a little bit every few days.

in between, I am building a new mtb for my oldest daughter. It's a NOS frame from '09 with 26" wheels thatll be great for fit over the next few years.
a mix of new and old components I pulled off one of my old mtbs.
setting up hydraulic disc brakes from scratch without knowing what adapt are were used is...slow going.


I just want to get back to my simple cannondale!

jjhabbs 

Repacking hubs and building wheels!

non-fixie 

Nice setup. Especially when some force is needed, such as for removing BB cups on old bikes. I use a Tacx T3075 - which basically works the same way - for that very reason. Did you secure the trainer to the chest?

+1 on liking these Gitanes, BTW.

brandenjs

jimmuller 

What am i doing C&V-related today? Ah, reading Bike Forums!

noglider 

This week, I've been riding my 1974 Raleigh International everywhere. Yesterday, I had my commute plus errand and rehearsal, totaling 25 miles. Today, it's the standard 13 miles for commuting.

rjhammett

I volunteered as a bike mechanic at Cycles For Change ( a non-profit) today as I do on most Wednesdays. I was rebuilding a mid '80s League Fuji which they will sell to help keep the place open so they can continue doing good in the community.

Slightspeed

I got the old Peugeot out for 10.5 miles today. Just under 9 miles yesterday. Here in Southern California the winds, fire and smoke have not been good for riding. We were lucky on the fire, nearest was 5 or 6 miles downwind from us, but we could see flames at night from northwest San Fernando Valley. One bike club friend lost everything when his mobile home burned on Molholland Highway. If you know George Chester, there is a GoFundMe site to help him out. George is a great friend to our club, and a physical trainer who helps young racers climb the pro racing ladder. Here is a link to the GoFundMe for George: (I can never get the url "paste" to work)

https://www.gofundme.com/6e4egx4?fbclid=IwAR13UR9LmNNc5nx3qpxWPZPhTrXlMXIROTKRyAdfZkjJnAub5umxQhjCHBcGo.&nbsp

malcala622 

@Slightspeed Be safe out there during the fires. Luckily I'm 50+miles from them but the air quality is still impacting us over here. I'll contribute for sure to the page.

malcala622 

Put the Shimano 600 brakes and FD on this Bianchi build for a friend. Thanks @deux jambes for the parts

SteelThisBike

Trying to decide between Brown and Honey and B 17 or Professional for a saddle for my Stowe. The bike is a subtle maroon/grey color with Shimano Tricolor gear. I'm thinking Honey might pop too much.

malcala622 

@SteelThisBike post a pic of your bike. We can help

deux jambes

SteelThisBike

Here's a pic, but spoiler alert I already ordered the Honey B-17:

malcala622 

Its getting harder to find steel bianchi in celeste. I hear a certain BF member is stock piling them in his garage.

Slightspeed

Thanks so much for the kind wishes, and the donation. Hope to ride out in Simi Valley tomorrow. Almost every other road we ride has been impacted by fires, either this year or last year. They just got new guard rails up around Lake Casitas from last year.


George Chester with his young rider developnent team, he's in front center, right.

RiddleOfSteel

Installed a new (used) cartridge type headset in the '74 Paramount. Cups are in so far, as of this writing, with the final assembly of them to come soon. I'm also cleaning and polishing the paint as it was used for rain duty for a little bit before I took it offline. Get some gloss into it, which I can see in the fork. I'll post pictures at some point. As far as rebuild plans, I don't know yet. The '80 Trek 410 is performing quite well and I don't want to break that up just yet. I think I'll mock some non-traditional components up for the Paramount and see how it looks.

Dean51 

Removed a badly pitted bearing cup from a Campy Record hub.

Here is the offender....one of the worst I've seen.


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Here is the tool for the job. I made this puller a few years ago.....'copied a design I saw on the web.


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The "lips" of the puller fit inside the ID of the bearing cup. Once inserted, tightening the allen head bolt draws in a cone that expands the "lips" for a tight fit to the ID of the bearing cup.


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With a tight grip on the bearing cup, I use a hodge podge of spacers between the hub and the large nut. Tightening the large nut pulls the bearing cup out of the hub.


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merziac

Great work, well done! I have always thought a pilot bearing puller would do the trick for this as well.

malcala622 

Put the head tube decal on the Bianchi Squadra today. Sick as a dog the past 2 days so I got time on my hands.

crank_addict

In from a very chilly AM ride on the Gazelle SS, poured a cup of jo and started on this build..

scozim 

First snow of the year this morning so after my haircut I headed to the LBS to get a couple of brake cables for my PH10L project. The owner was there and I asked if he had any old Suntour long cage rear derailleurs since I decided to put a triple crankset on the errand bike.. He showed me the box of old stuff in the back and said "the Suntour, if any", will probably be at the bottom. Lucky me I found a V-GT (missing the lower jockey wheel which is no big deal as I can make it work with parts derailleurs I have). Then I see a bag in the box that says Sachs. I pull it out and it's a NOS Sachs Centera long cage derailleur. Not the lightest but I may put it on the the project bike and keep it French. Then the owner says "wait a second". He walks back to a shelf and pulls something off and goes "oh, it's a short cage". Of course, my curiosity is up now and I ask what it is. He brings over a NOS (sealed package) Suntour V rear derailleur. Again, not the lightest, but it's NOS. One of the guys that worked at the shop in the 1960's and early 1970's had brought it in. He'd been hanging on to it for probably 45 yrs. Total for the day was $25 for two NOS derailleurs and the V-GT.

Maytag

well, with all these nice and shiny treasures, not sure if my recent project fits in.
On of my recent bike hunts included a Canadian made Leader, just your standard run of the mill steel touring bike I am guessing late '80 early '90s. 1/2 of the crank was gone, no tires and the rest worn to the point that I decided to use whatever parts I had around and salvaged from other bikes to make a little vintage inspired roadster. Replaced many steel parts with aluminum (crank, stem, handlebar, seat post, brake levers) reduced the drivetrain to a 1x5 with a 44T chain ring and slapped some paint on. It weighs around 30lbs. Rims are chromed, made in Netherlands, tires are some Continentals.I think I stayed under 80 bucks for the whole built. Now since it's ready it has rained every day, so I can't take it out yet.
spent the rest of the day polishing the Schwinn approved parts and painted frame and fork.

Slightspeed

Went to the Encino Velodrome Swap Meet this morning looking for new rims. No rims, but came home with a long sleeve Jersey and a new rain/wind jacket for those chilly California mornings. This afternoon, I got the old Super Course out for a quick ride before tomorrow's Pasadena Vintage ride.