What are you doing today(C&V bicycle related)?
12-10-18, 09:48 AM
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What??? Only 2 wheels?
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Cheers and B'day Greetings!
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12-11-18, 04:57 PM
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Shifting is fun!
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Picked up this because of its wheels. Sturmey Archer AW wide range 3-speed rear and Maillard high-flange front hub, both laced to Weinmann 16 X 622 aluminum rims. Just what I need for a clubman-type build I have been wanting to do for a long time. 
12-12-18, 10:20 AM
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@ascherer, I've considered using a down tube or bar-end shifter on a non-indexed front derailleur. I don't think it would make shifting much slower than with a brifter. The advantage of brifters is mostly in the rear.
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12-12-18, 12:28 PM
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@ascherer, I've considered using a down tube or bar-end shifter on a non-indexed front derailleur. I don't think it would make shifting much slower than with a brifter. The advantage of brifters is mostly in the rear.
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1987 Mercian Pro, 1985 Shogun 500, 197? Falcon San Remo, 1972 Peugeot PX-10, 1972 Schwinn Paramount P13-9, 1971 Peugeot PX-10, 1971 Raleigh International, 1970 Raleigh Professional Mark I
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1987 Mercian Pro, 1985 Shogun 500, 197? Falcon San Remo, 1972 Peugeot PX-10, 1972 Schwinn Paramount P13-9, 1971 Peugeot PX-10, 1971 Raleigh International, 1970 Raleigh Professional Mark I
Curator/Team Mechanic: 2016 Dawes Streetfighter, 1984 Lotus Eclair, 1975 Motobecane Jubile Mixte, 1974 Raleigh Sports, 1973 Free Spirit Ted Williams, 1972 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Philips Sport
12-12-18, 04:41 PM
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Oh right. Graphic artists can't do stuff like that.
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12-12-18, 05:29 PM
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1987 Mercian Pro, 1985 Shogun 500, 197? Falcon San Remo, 1972 Peugeot PX-10, 1972 Schwinn Paramount P13-9, 1971 Peugeot PX-10, 1971 Raleigh International, 1970 Raleigh Professional Mark I
Curator/Team Mechanic: 2016 Dawes Streetfighter, 1984 Lotus Eclair, 1975 Motobecane Jubile Mixte, 1974 Raleigh Sports, 1973 Free Spirit Ted Williams, 1972 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Philips Sport
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Curator/Team Mechanic: 2016 Dawes Streetfighter, 1984 Lotus Eclair, 1975 Motobecane Jubile Mixte, 1974 Raleigh Sports, 1973 Free Spirit Ted Williams, 1972 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Philips Sport
12-13-18, 04:59 PM
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12-14-18, 09:48 PM
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Got the Torelli back from my LBS. Had the BB and fork threads chased and cleaned.
Installed the following:
Shimano 600 6207 headset
Shimano 600 6207 FD
Shimano 600 6207 shifters
Elite Ciussi red cages
Installed the following:
Shimano 600 6207 headset
Shimano 600 6207 FD
Shimano 600 6207 shifters
Elite Ciussi red cages
12-28-18, 08:20 PM
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Installed Dura Ace 7400 shifters I got in the mail today from @rccardr
I'm happy to get them but it took a bit of cursing and yelling to get them installed. Being a bit tired riding home from work didnt help.
Theyre pretty sweet
I'm happy to get them but it took a bit of cursing and yelling to get them installed. Being a bit tired riding home from work didnt help.
Theyre pretty sweet
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12-28-18, 08:42 PM
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Done.
Just put the fenders on this Motobecane Randonnee.
Taiwan Motobecane. Just a great riding bicycle!
12-28-18, 09:23 PM
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aka: Dr. Cannondale
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Installed Dura Ace 7400 shifters I got in the mail today from @rccardr
I'm happy to get them but it took a bit of cursing and yelling to get them installed. Being a bit tired riding home from work didnt help.
Theyre pretty sweet
I'm happy to get them but it took a bit of cursing and yelling to get them installed. Being a bit tired riding home from work didnt help.
Theyre pretty sweet
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12-29-18, 05:57 AM
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Need to center-punch the broken face of one of the cotter pins on my 1952 Rudge Aero Special. The left-side pin came out using the Mark Stonich cotter Pin press, but not the right side. I'm going to try to drill out the center of the pin, then hammer-beat it some more to see if the remaining shell just collapses.
BB needs a clean-out and inspection. If I can I'd like to replace the chainset with a TA Cyclotourist single speed. For a single chainring I think I need a TA 311 spindle mounted in the original British pre-BSC cups, which thread 1 ⅜" x 26 tpi, versus BSC 1.375" x 24 tpi. Or maybe use a Velo Orange threadless BB.
BB needs a clean-out and inspection. If I can I'd like to replace the chainset with a TA Cyclotourist single speed. For a single chainring I think I need a TA 311 spindle mounted in the original British pre-BSC cups, which thread 1 ⅜" x 26 tpi, versus BSC 1.375" x 24 tpi. Or maybe use a Velo Orange threadless BB.
12-29-18, 09:27 AM
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smelling the roses
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After my ride, I plan to begin organizing my parts stash, simply so I can find what I'm looking for when I'm looking for it.
12-29-18, 10:57 AM
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After eleven days of trying to get a set of tires for my Bianchi in Jamaica, I finally succeeded. Installed the biggest tires ever on my bike (700c x 38 with a max pressure of 50 psi) and then took the filthy steed out for a spin. Ah, feels good to be up and riding, again...
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12-29-18, 12:07 PM
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Not exactly C&V, but I put on the KlickFix mount and Cambium on the Della Santa.
Riding later on my off topic Blackborow.
Going to Surly brewery to have a beer or two....
Riding later on my off topic Blackborow.
Going to Surly brewery to have a beer or two....
12-29-18, 12:32 PM
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I stripped the spokes out of a tubular rim to get my Legnano branded hub out to clean, service and polish. I've had the bike since new, 54 years ago, and somehow over the years, the original Legnano branded hub rear wheel got switched with one with a Normandy hub. It used to be my race bike, and 20 years ago, I switched to another set of clinchers with mismatched Campy hubs. Following a recent Ebay find of a Legnano branded Campy rear hub, I'm ready to build a better looking clincher wheelset. Even in California, too cold to ride, so I decided to get on with the wheel project. Undecided about new rims, still looking.
Old scruffy original front hub (20 years hanging on the garage wall).
Shiny "new" 1960 Ebay rear hub.
Old scruffy original front hub (20 years hanging on the garage wall).
Shiny "new" 1960 Ebay rear hub.
01-01-19, 07:41 AM
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This is winter changeover time. The two trainers came down from the loft, along with the Moto Mirage, Babe the Blue Oxen and my Gitaine frankenbike. The training wheel for my Cannondale came down too. It goes on my R600 to use on the rollers. All the tire pressures were topped up and the chains lubed.
Then it was "night night" time for my summer bikes. The Raleigh, Crescent, Nishiki and the Voyegeur each went up in the sling for a cleaning and inspection. I noted things that needed doing (ex: OH front hub, touch up a paint nick), either now or in the spring. Now each one gets carried up those long stairs to the loft to be packed away (from the wet, the muck and the salt of winter) until the spring rains have sanitized the roads and trails. Bitter sweet time.
Gotta take a long ride today to keep my head going forward.
Then it was "night night" time for my summer bikes. The Raleigh, Crescent, Nishiki and the Voyegeur each went up in the sling for a cleaning and inspection. I noted things that needed doing (ex: OH front hub, touch up a paint nick), either now or in the spring. Now each one gets carried up those long stairs to the loft to be packed away (from the wet, the muck and the salt of winter) until the spring rains have sanitized the roads and trails. Bitter sweet time.
Gotta take a long ride today to keep my head going forward.
01-01-19, 07:58 AM
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I think that was our 'high' for yesterday! LOL
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01-01-19, 08:26 AM
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It is too cool in the garage to work on anything for long and I don't have the stuff I need here anyway. I am continuing the reorganization work on my tool box which has not seen any reorganization since 1991 or so. While do it I am wondering if there are tools I should divest myself of as I have not used them since employed in a shop, the Park BB tools for those thun Campagnolo BBs for one, 36mm and 40 mm HS wrenches, maybe my C-Record hub dust cap tool... 
The bottom middle chest is new in October. Currently my workbench is a Pier One Directors chair with a small piece of plywood on top of the seat. I actually find this setup pretty handy on the road.
Trying to sort and organize my Allen or "L" wrenches
Old sticker
Andre', You would not believe some of the stuff in there!
Old Oakley sticker from when their glasses were cool
If this old toolbox could talk. I think it was with me through 6 shops, including my own ill fated shop, a few races as team mechanic, driver and schlepper, and a charity ride mechanic a time or two.
The deeper drawer on the new middel chest allows for better organization of the big wrenches. The crank arm is a tool I use for adjusting BBs. It has a single key release in it allowing me to fasten to the NDS to adjust the bearings.
The bottom middle chest is new in October. Currently my workbench is a Pier One Directors chair with a small piece of plywood on top of the seat. I actually find this setup pretty handy on the road.
Trying to sort and organize my Allen or "L" wrenches
Old sticker
Andre', You would not believe some of the stuff in there!
Old Oakley sticker from when their glasses were cool
If this old toolbox could talk. I think it was with me through 6 shops, including my own ill fated shop, a few races as team mechanic, driver and schlepper, and a charity ride mechanic a time or two.
The deeper drawer on the new middel chest allows for better organization of the big wrenches. The crank arm is a tool I use for adjusting BBs. It has a single key release in it allowing me to fasten to the NDS to adjust the bearings.
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“One morning you wake up, the girl is gone, the bikes are gone, all that's left behind is a pair of old tires and a tube of tubular glue, all squeezed out"
Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk
01-01-19, 10:15 AM
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Looking a little bit morbid today, BG.
