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Nice photos - Your thread's not getting a lot of attention is it :p. I'll jump in with some country settings to go with your city pics of my beat up '76 Fuji S-10S. I kept the original freewheel, just took off the deraileur and added a SS chain.

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...a7ab36e05f.jpg

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...e18942705a.jpg

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...fd805f13ff.jpg

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...e39f1df1a.jpeg
blurry Mercian somewhere near Cedar Springs, SC, taken with a $9 Aiptek pencam c.2006
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...8ed79795b.jpeg
Gitane TdF in downtown Ninety Six, SC the week after Independence Day, 2014
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...002838f3c.jpeg
'73 Raleigh Competition dual Dingle-drive on Ross Road near Hodges, SC, August 2020.
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...e8f5654d8.jpeg
Mercian Vincitore on Norris Road off Scotch Cross Road

Today’s pix - agricultural -
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...5070f26b0.jpeg

- and while watching waterfowl on a farm pond -
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...b8898a50a.jpeg

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Originally Posted by Bianchi pc (Post 23406469)

I keep leaning my bikes up against things and taking pictures - you too?!? I’d love to see…

nice pictures . Are the black wheels with letters on from Mavic? Looks cool

been down & out with a month long bug.
here’s some best of RoadUno…
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...81d6d160b.jpeg
oops. That’s RoadTres…. My bad

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Originally Posted by Bianchi pc (Post 23411480)

Thank you Specier,
They are Mavic Ellipse track wheels.

Okay, it fits great on that bike! :thumb: looks like high-quality

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Originally Posted by Steel Monkey (Post 23412018)

As seen elsewhere on these threads. A mini evolution in pictures:

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...1281fa9c50.jpg

"WE RALL NEIGHBORS".....?
"we're all neighbors" ..... ?
do I want to be RALL'd ? if someone says "I'm gonna RALL you, neighbor!!" - do I agree or call the cops? - or get ready to defend myself !?! - or runaway... I mean, RIDE AWAY!!?

i can't wait to find out. the suspense is terrible. i hope it will last.

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...f8478460cf.jpg
my silly fixed gear road bike conversion. It's waiting its turn to get some updates, mainly less goofy handlebars (reversed sunlite bullhorns; not very atractive imo) and a new set of wheels with fatter tires

Out riding a 100km RUSA route. Footbridge over the Green River South of Seattle.
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...c70759f0a5.jpg

JRA on the Springwater trail.
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...260a2bd627.jpg

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Originally Posted by downtube42 (Post 23412894)

I like the long road ahead theme
And your bike :-)

I personally don't really like riding in an upright position, these are fine but they cut into my leg space if I'm standing up. I was thinking I'd get some sort of mustache bar and split the difference, tho my dad just got one for his touring bike and it was PRICEY!! Really nice bar tho, wider than I really like (nitto albastache)

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Originally Posted by Bianchi pc (Post 23413066)

pretty ornate chrome lugs chesement - :thumb:

Thanks! DiCampli was a Philly shop importing Italian bikes in the 70's and re-badging them in the shop (at least as far as I can tell). A few local mechanics like to collect them. Sadly, I can't overhall the stickers- too small of a company for anyone to be selling reproductions.

your results may very..... i mean vary (LOOOOTS of pics.... sorry!)

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Originally Posted by Bianchi pc (Post 23413026)

[[i]less goofy handlebars (reversed sunlite bullhorns; not very atractive imo) and a new set of wheels with fatter tires

Changing things up is fun - new handlebar alone = New Bike but yeah, those bars look like a lot of other bars that are intended to be ridden in that position - how do they feel to ride?

I've used probably 3 of the bars in the image.
Stem length and top tube length will greatly influence the feel of the ride and how the ride feels.
Presently my long TT touring MTB ('89 Panasonic) i've got V-O Tourist bars.
I was using V-O Milan bars (this worked OK. Lots of long tours like this). I convinced my self I wanted a little more sweep back. (I like it more better than the less swept back Milan bars).
The Tourist bars WERE on my shorter TT Miyata with a long stem. I road this set up for a long time. For a too small frame, it worked well, as the Tourist have a higher rise than the Milan. And the long stem got my hands comfortably forward on the bike.

I also used some super narrow kind of V-O Left Bank bars. Way too narrow for my suburban / dirt road riding. And probably the stem was too short. No pics of that set up. I think it was on the Miyata.

As far as alt-bars go, I'm also using (flipped) NITTO Choco bars on my RoadTres. Those are wide, are using a long stem, and the TT is plenty long (comfortable). So it works well.
My Schwinn has a set of NITTO Albatross bars. It's the same size as the too small Miyata, but the Albatross has rise and forward sweep! So it works pretty well. I think. For me. I also sold a bike this year that I tried out V-O Postino bars. Those were pretty OK. The bike was sized nicely and the stem length was good (for me).

To summarize - I like the bars that sweep back. I'll never (again) put bar end shifters on swept back bars. Too much chance of getting poked in the leg or having the bike fall at the pub.... I mean kafe'.... and break the shifter pod. Again.
I like being able to get alt-bar aero, so I like the bars that sweep forward a bit. Allows you to lean forward, stretch out, feel like you're going fast (ish). The Tourist bars are NOT great for that. But it's a touring bike.

Here's some pics. People like pics....

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...ddfbf176b0.jpg
Albatross on the Schwinn

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...c7d1a951ad.jpg
Milan on the Panasonic
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...f758387a41.jpg
Milan forward position is OK
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...97ae675a19.jpg
Tourist on the Panasonic (today)
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...9cc71a9ff7.jpg
Tourist on the Miyata (long ago....)
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...c81e0f8e11.jpg
the Milan bars ended up on the Miyata when I dumped my parts bin on a frameset I haven't been able to sell. Stem is way too short. Feels weird riding it with this set up.
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...0eb7bb406b.jpg
Postino bars on my sold TREK. Longer stem might work here....

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Originally Posted by Bianchi pc (Post 23406469)

I keep leaning my bikes up against things and taking pictures - you too?!? I’d love to see…
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...5405b3646.jpeg

Stealth advertising for... ?
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...b827d2f808.jpg
They have similar livery in a variety of colors.

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Originally Posted by Bianchi pc (Post 23413742)

Yep you Sussed me out. Well played . This has all been a secret ploy. In reality I am a representative from Condor airways(‘Con Air’ for shorthand) and this has all been a Subliminal marketing strategy. Admit it though it worked - you do kind of want to fly our airways now don’t you?

Look now in Pink!
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...6c3e9232ca.png

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Originally Posted by mrv (Post 23412424)

You are expecting sense from a dope head?

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Originally Posted by chesement (Post 23416579)

spacers?? what for?

So you can hit your sternum when you crash because skidding is cooler than stopping.

[QUOTE=chesement;23416579]spacers?? what for?[/QUOTE

I have only had this bike a few months - it’s generally a good idea to leave some spacers at least until you have tried enough bars and positions to be confident of your preferred position/s

(#39 above, dazzle camo) I've long been aware of dazzle, but those examples are more sophisticated than I have seen in the past, much finer lines and complex shading mimicking shadows, very effective. For those unfamiliar, dazzle camouflage was not designed to hide, but deceive in terms of ship orientation and path, to hamper the aiming accuracy of sub torpedos, which must anticipate the ship's path as the torpedoes travel slow versus other forms of fire.

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Originally Posted by Bianchi pc (Post 23416732)

what a lovely thing to say.

I don’t remember the last time I had to skid to stop.

Sometimes you come off like an unhappy old man shaking his fist disapprovingly - it’s a bad look dude.

Oh I was having some fun. Chill out. However it is a sternum breaker it just is. One of my friends and co-workers would have said the same thing.

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Originally Posted by veganbikes (Post 23417090)

Oh I was having some fun. Chill out. However it is a sternum breaker it just is. One of my friends and co-workers would have said the same thing.

awww - such a heart felt apology and an explanation too? I just can’t stay mad at you. I’m just glad for you that you had a friend.

Got any pictures of your bikes?