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Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-21-13, 06:39 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,761
Posted By old_racer

Over forty years ago as a broke college student...

Over forty years ago as a broke college student my solution was to use a large washer. I filed a notch in it to act as a stop and drilled a hole for a small bolt and nut the stopped against the...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
06-23-09, 07:18 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 4,298
Posted By old_racer

What I found years ago when coaching young riders...

What I found years ago when coaching young riders was that the bike makes a little difference while the rider makes a big difference. Unless you are on gas pipe or the grearing does not work, give...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-11-09, 07:03 PM
Replies: 8,244
Views: 555,594
Posted By old_racer

I was hoping that the youtube video would show it...

I was hoping that the youtube video would show it in action.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
02-25-09, 10:35 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,142
Posted By old_racer

I think a PX10 would have a Reynolds 531 tubing...

I think a PX10 would have a Reynolds 531 tubing decal on the seat tube and sewup tires.
What does crank look like?
My guess is that it is a UO8, but the experts will be able to tell you for sure.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
02-21-09, 09:29 PM
Replies: 216
Views: 18,074
Posted By old_racer

My first bike was a black thing from J.C. Penney....

My first bike was a black thing from J.C. Penney. I assume it was something like 16” wheels. I guess I had expressed a strong desire for it in the store. I was about five, so I assume I threw a...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
02-06-09, 06:54 PM
Replies: 8,244
Views: 555,594
Posted By old_racer

If its use was as wall art, it would not affect...

If its use was as wall art, it would not affect it at all.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-27-08, 08:47 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 3,419
Posted By old_racer

Would a 4x have more lateral strength? That...

Would a 4x have more lateral strength?
That might be a reason to use them.
I remember the track bikes getting thrown side to side very violently in a sprint.

Nice bike!
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-26-08, 07:33 PM
Replies: 75
Views: 4,960
Posted By old_racer

When I was a kid, I did not know frames came in...

When I was a kid, I did not know frames came in different sizes. I'm not sure the 20", 24" and 26" bikes did. Once I got into better bikes, I found they had frame sizes. My point is the someone...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-25-08, 11:00 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 20,491
Posted By old_racer

A PX-10 would have come with sewups. If I...

A PX-10 would have come with sewups. If I remember a UO8 would have had 27" rims.
Post a picture and the Peugeot experts can tell you what it is and what tires it should have.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-25-08, 10:56 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 3,419
Posted By old_racer

I would agree with Scooper about the 3x. That is...

I would agree with Scooper about the 3x. That is what we raced on the road and in criteriums back then. I was not near a track so I never had a track bike. I think a 4x wheel would be a little...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-25-08, 07:58 PM
Replies: 3,849
Views: 347,163
Posted By old_racer

Campy center pulls? Did they really make these?

Campy center pulls? Did they really make these?
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-24-08, 08:35 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,386
Posted By old_racer

We found that my PX-10 had chrome under the paint...

We found that my PX-10 had chrome under the paint on the fork. We left it unpainted. It it out in the other gargage, but as I remember it looks the same all the way to the up the fork.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-07-08, 09:45 AM
Replies: 227
Views: 14,336
Posted By old_racer

57 I rode and raced bicycles until my late...

57 I rode and raced bicycles until my late twenties when I move away from my riding friends. I had not really thought about my bicycles, except moving them out of the way until last summer when my...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-05-08, 09:27 PM
Replies: 127
Views: 11,464
Posted By old_racer

Ok, I give up. What is a fixie if it is not a...

Ok, I give up.
What is a fixie if it is not a single speed non-freewheeling bike?
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-01-08, 01:03 PM
Replies: 237
Views: 19,795
Posted By old_racer

Didn't DeRosa have heart cutouts in their lugs? ...

Didn't DeRosa have heart cutouts in their lugs? Those look more like triangles with rounded points to me.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
11-30-08, 09:29 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 3,080
Posted By old_racer

My PX10-E looked like that, before I repained it...

My PX10-E looked like that, before I repained it thirty years ago. I do not think the UO8 had the chrome and I know they were not 531.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
11-28-08, 09:52 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 5,523
Posted By old_racer

At first glance between your bike and Kurt and...

At first glance between your bike and Kurt and what I remember from long long ago...

fork and brakes

edit
Did the Varsity have 26" or 27" wheels? The Conti has 27" ones.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
11-23-08, 09:19 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,281
Posted By old_racer

There were some improvments in "hair nets". When...

There were some improvments in "hair nets". When I started racing they were very little more than a strip of leather. The last one I had strips about 1.25 inches thick. The rules also changed to...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
11-17-08, 07:24 PM
Replies: 4,669
Views: 527,866
Posted By old_racer

metalchef87, I had a Continental just like this...

metalchef87,
I had a Continental just like this one when I was in college. It was ripped off with in the first year. I replaced it with a Peugeot PX-10 type E which I still have.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
11-01-08, 04:35 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 940
Posted By old_racer

Is EAI a supplier or a person that posts on this...

Is EAI a supplier or a person that posts on this forum?
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-24-08, 02:33 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 2,591
Posted By old_racer

In the '70s the Olympic and Tour de France riders...

In the '70s the Olympic and Tour de France riders used friction downtube sifters. Are you saying that your club rides are faster and tighter than those races?
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-04-08, 09:20 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,333
Posted By old_racer

Who make "blue magic"? Where might I find...

Who make "blue magic"?
Where might I find it?
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-26-08, 09:02 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 22,008
Posted By old_racer

I would hate to think anyone would believe a bike...

I would hate to think anyone would believe a bike like that was raced anywhere let alone the Olympics. It is what we used to call a sixty-nine dollar wonder. You pay your sixty-nine dollars and...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-29-08, 08:52 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,412
Posted By old_racer

It must have been '75 or '76, the years seem to...

It must have been '75 or '76, the years seem to run togeather. I was living in Peoria at the time and a friend and I each had one made. They were criterium frames painted black with two orange...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-29-08, 07:39 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,412
Posted By old_racer

Fall 1969 through 1974, which encluded the...

Fall 1969 through 1974, which encluded the closing of the campass.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-29-08, 07:23 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,412
Posted By old_racer

I know this is a really old post, but I'm going...

I know this is a really old post, but I'm going to respond to it anyway.
Don was a friend of mine while I was in college. He ran a bike shop in
Carbondale, Illinois.

I found this forum and...
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