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What bike did you ride today?
Sitting here grazing Two Bros ribs - trying to keep them off the keyboard - and sipping a Duchesse de Bourgogne Belgian red. Glorious 30-mi ride on the greenway this morning - like I said, with a stop for ribs, and a stop for bluebonnets.- bulldog1935
- Post #27,415
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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What bike did you ride today?
oops, I was so excited about driving my new truck today, I forgot my camera. Great greenway ride, temperate weather, and a tailwind on the final climb - and great overcast for taking photos - sorry about that. But my toy-buying days are at an end for the next 5 years, which is exactly how...- bulldog1935
- Post #27,265
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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1980 Ross Professional
Lone Peak is still making trunk bags to go on that Blackburn rack, though, they've changed their shape for the aero-conscious.- bulldog1935
- Post #3
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Macro Monday: Ultra Close-Up Zoooomed in Detail Shots on Monday!
Adding a ps with a couple mechanical tips. My project above was all about replacing the road-shock truss of a V-O front rack with the mini rack that mounts to the CP front brake, and bring the fork back to life. At the same time, replacing inadequate side-pull brakes compounded by the added...- bulldog1935
- Post #1,828
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Macro Monday: Ultra Close-Up Zoooomed in Detail Shots on Monday!
Haven't played on this thread in awhile, but just finished a brake conversion on the Merc to center pulls. The Gran Compe 610 CPs have a sleeve nut on the back plate mount, letting me use full-length titanium brake bolts- bulldog1935
- Post #1,821
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Bike Design Lineage - A Discussion
Most people want to believe racing had more to do with developing the modern bicycle than any other activity. Gears weren't allowed in TdF before 1955, but gears were already prominent for decades in bikes for transportation. BTW, roads were first paved for bicycles - not for recreation, but for...- bulldog1935
- Post #29
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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What bike did you ride today?
Made it out with the Sunday group this morning - first dry Sunday I've been in town and able to ride this year. Howard finally gave up on St. Mary's Street construction, and changed the route. The new route bails off St. Mary's on Mistletoe, and takes us into downtown on McCullough. Of course...- bulldog1935
- Post #26,993
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Help with identification
- bulldog1935
- Post #2
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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What bike did you ride today?
@Lonestar and @The Hat - we may need a Bikes & Signs thread - here's an oldie but a goodie- bulldog1935
- Post #26,946
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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What bike did you ride today?
After being sick most of January, I have to get back in shape. Good greenway ride this morning, 25 mi with a 600' climb on Bonnie Blue. While the bluebonnets were blooming in far south Texas last weekend, they're not popping here yet, so no photo op there. However, I timed my ride just right...- bulldog1935
- Post #26,937
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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OT - modern lightweight with classic style
Brought this old thread up because of a nice addition - ok, make that a couple. Showed the half-frame bag above, already had a 6-pc fly rod that fits it, then the telescoping stream baitcaster above, found a nice 5-pc inshore size from Japan that also fits, along with a reel and opportunity lure...- bulldog1935
- Post #37
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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What bike did you ride today?
A few days late on this post, this was last Sunday in Laguna Atascosa NWR. My '92 Viner Pro CX frame built as, um, a rolling brewpub. A stop at Plover Point Boardwalk - there's an ice mule with a couple of beers in my front bag just for this stop. The macadam loop was Bayside Drive - at...- bulldog1935
- Post #26,900
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Trusty Viscount ( Vy-count )
The cast aluminum fork was a microstructure issue. Essentially, wrought and forged alloy squeezes most of the dirt out, resulting in a fine, fiber-oriented grain structure. The cast structure has random larger grains and globular nonmetallic inclusions that can act as a pre-existing crack. Ran...- bulldog1935
- Post #5
- Forum: International Bicycles
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Help : Road Racing English - what is it
https://onlinebicyclemuseum.co.uk/frame-number-bicycle-dating-guide/ Look here, and especially peruse the info on Elswick-Hopper.- bulldog1935
- Post #2
- Forum: International Bicycles
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telavio
very pretty bike - al dente, even. Since I ride 62-64 cm, I always notice the vast majority of kid-size frames posted on this page.- bulldog1935
- Post #2
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Campagnolo "Cement Steel" pedal axle
Those were aero pedals of the period, built for exclusive use with toe clips. They shouldn't be a surprise. Toe clips have been out of vogue since the '90s, and clip-in so-called "clipless" pedals - the ones where the guys fall over when they stop. Quenched and tempered alloy steels get their...- bulldog1935
- Post #5
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Campagnolo "Cement Steel" pedal axle
Easy question for a metallurgist.. If you look at increasing carbon in a steel (Fe-C) phase diagram. . Cementite is a metastable phase of this alloy with a fixed composition of Fe3C. Cementite is the hardening phase in steel, and cement steel means the composition is high-carbon (at or...- bulldog1935
- Post #2
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Japanese Steel
My Sunday-group bud Tim has a bespoke Takada he brought home from Japan. If you want to drool over new Japanese steel, check the Gallery at Grand Bois https://grandbois.jp/gallery/?y=all Also the place to source brand new 5-, 6- and 8- to 11-sp cassette hubs (and cassettes). At the...- bulldog1935
- Post #8
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Japanese Steel
I've always thought this was where you were supposed to begin - source a nice Japanese frame, if you couldn't source a nice English or Italian. Build the perfect bike - better yet, let your daughter build her perfect bike. My daughter's '86 Team Fuji began bare frame with BB and HS, cool fluted...- bulldog1935
- Post #6
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Raleigh Record Pedals
If you search Rat Trap Pedals on ebay, you'll find new pedals that look just like the original beginning at $20. The reversible square rat-traps are all steel. If you plan to ride the bike, This would work just fine and be an improvement over the poor-condition mismatched pedals on it now. The...- bulldog1935
- Post #5
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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1991 Tommasini, Diamanté
Geliano's airbrush is another that's not graphic enough to translate in a photograph. He made many outstanding celestial paint compositions. There's a bike example on the internet, but I promise you the photos don't compare to the depth of the paint when the bike's in front of you...- bulldog1935
- Post #15
- Forum: International Bicycles
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1991 Tommasini, Diamanté
Lou has a Diamante with geometric tubes and Delta brakes - but the deep pearlescent white paint is impossible to photograph. I've tried on half-a-dozen rides together and get the same result - it reflects light like it's on fire.- bulldog1935
- Post #12
- Forum: International Bicycles
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Different Bars
I can add my moustache bike - tall stem needs to be 50 mm closer than you'd use on drops - this is a 70 mm. and alt mountain bars, Ahearne Map bars - you need your seat farther back as you go up, and I used Nitto lugged seapost, which has 38 mm offset. also hard to beat short reach...- bulldog1935
- Post #4
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Raleigh Olympian
@wrongway I bought the Mercian from Tad (petritl) with Cinelli 66 bars I struggled for months with them, and could just never get comfortable on the long hoods - plus the drops put me into next week. The Dream Bar swap solved reach and comfort completely. I get supreme comfort on my Nitto...- bulldog1935
- Post #10
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Raleigh Olympian
@wrongway - you could also watch ebay for a Cinelli 64 Giro bar (Dream Bar) - I got a pretty nice one for $30 Close reach, close drop - the drops are close enough, you'll use them often. This is 110 mm stem reach.- bulldog1935
- Post #8
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Raleigh Olympian
Introduced in 1985, looks like a Taiwan Raleigh - "butted Cr-Mo" Deore XT - well up from the Sport Touring entry level spot. In your photo, those massive bars out beyond the front axle don't look very comfortable. https://www.sheldonbrown.com/retroraleighs/catalogs/1985/- bulldog1935
- Post #3
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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What bike did you ride today?
Sorry I haven't been playing here. I got in rock-hard shape before summer ended, training with my friend Jenn for her upcoming ride in MS 150 marathon. September and October are always nuts for me. I run Trout in the Classroom for Texas, and we're adding 6 schools this year, just in my area...- bulldog1935
- Post #25,432
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Campagnolo and Weimann brake pads.
there's really nothing about them that looks out of place on any bike - same can be said for a properly set-up LED lamp. Form should always follow function, and safety should always be first.- bulldog1935
- Post #8
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Campagnolo and Weimann brake pads.
All my brake shoes get replaced with Yokozuna red (soft) cartridge pads. they include the spherical washer that lets you adjust perfect alignment and toe, independent of rim width and caliper travel position. VS- bulldog1935
- Post #5
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Nobilette, Reynolds 753...
I wouldn't be the right market, either - it doesn't fit me. There are places to list such a bike, CL isn't one of them. Come to think of it, even google groups will ask some of those questions.- bulldog1935
- Post #8
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Nobilette, Reynolds 753...
I don't believe that's the case. Note he got 7 likes and didn't get run out on a rail. I think the fixie editorial only got a being-polite like.- bulldog1935
- Post #6
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Raleigh Blue Streak
I think it's noteworthy that both the '62 Gran Sport and Blue Streak used Raleigh Hi-Ten steel. Lugs, fork crown look the same. Components, and decals are different. Raleigh must have been putting all their Reynolds eggs in the newly-acquired Carlton basket, and keeping Carlton sales strong. New...- bulldog1935
- Post #14
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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'85 King of Mercia
Update on this bike, first my favorite Salado Creek Greenway photo There was still a shock in the front fork that caused me pain on sharp bumps, and especially Sunday morning St. Marys St. construction. I took a rubber moll to the fork and head on the build stand, looking for noise. Finally...- bulldog1935
- Post #23
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Wastyn Track Bike
you don't see too many needle bearing bottom brackets. My Lenton has a Wastyn shop sticker.- bulldog1935
- Post #3
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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1969 Raleigh Competition Finally Bought After 8 Years
Since the only way to end the speculation is with facts, lugs and fork crown on '75 International, Worksop-built, frame marked Aug '74 and no, it's not a question. (also happens to be a nice photo) @PfishB - the only thing that's wrong on a bicycle is not riding it- bulldog1935
- Post #21
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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BSA Gold Column Decals
Actually, that's Would Have Had If Catalog Correct. Improving a bicycle to live with and ride has always been the point of owning one. @dnc1 - now we need photos of your hybrid-geared BSA- bulldog1935
- Post #12
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Multispeed Casette on SA 3 Speed
Both Classic bike websites (Lightweights and Rendezvous) have lost a lot of their database, but Lovely Bicycle blog has a hybrid drive example. http://lovelybike.blogspot.com/2015/07/hybrid-gearing-in-wild-bryans-6-speed.html Google search is further compounded that Hybrid Drive and Gearing is...- bulldog1935
- Post #2
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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1969 Raleigh Competition Finally Bought After 8 Years
My '75 International (Aug '74) has the same lugs and Vagner fork crown.- bulldog1935
- Post #14
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Bottecchia 10 speed
ping the tubing to make your choice, but I'd ride that beauty if it fits. we don' need no celeste green- bulldog1935
- Post #2
- Forum: International Bicycles
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1969 Raleigh Competition Finally Bought After 8 Years
The late Sheldon's website added a 1969 catalog - unfortunately, it doesn't have the normal specifications page the other Raleigh catalogs contain.- bulldog1935
- Post #10
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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1988 Mercian Professional track bike
While I'm thinking about it, Nitto's Tallux stem, which is actually the tall stem on my bikes above, is a forging like Nitto Pearl. I rode my engineered-drive '57 Lenton in an aggressive position like that to keep the top looking original - first cockpit had my old Maes bars and GB Forged...- bulldog1935
- Post #8
- Forum: International Bicycles
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1988 Mercian Professional track bike
Haven't figured out where you're going with this between the first photo and the last. The reach on those time trials bars is way out beyond the front axle. My favorite semi-upright bar is Nitto Moustache. To fit this bar properly, you use Dirt Drop or Technomic stem, with stem reach that's 50...- bulldog1935
- Post #6
- Forum: International Bicycles
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A whike back
There's this on Classic Lightweights to tide us over https://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/classic_builders/fothergill-james/- bulldog1935
- Post #5
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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What bike did you ride today?
Just got off a morning ride - know you're tired of seeing this bike but I finally got the shot I wanted here:- bulldog1935
- Post #24,643
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Macro Monday: Ultra Close-Up Zoooomed in Detail Shots on Monday!
Dream Bars- bulldog1935
- Post #1,698
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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What bike did you ride today?
those are sexy photos - good day on The CABE- bulldog1935
- Post #24,638
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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What bike did you ride today?
@comet It's been hot here since April - we're in the 2nd year of a terrible drought. Been getting my metabolism rides early on the greenway - rolling by 7am - 60 mi/wk. Enjoying my new bars so much, I'm taking the Merc again tomorrow.- bulldog1935
- Post #24,634
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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What bike did you ride today?
when you gotta go- bulldog1935
- Post #24,630
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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What bike did you ride today?
Sitting here grazing Two Bros ribs - trying to keep them off the keyboard - and sipping a Duchesse de Bourgogne Belgian red. Glorious 30-mi ride on the greenway this morning - like I said, with a stop for ribs, and a stop for bluebonnets.- bulldog1935
- Post #27,415
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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What bike did you ride today?
oops, I was so excited about driving my new truck today, I forgot my camera. Great greenway ride, temperate weather, and a tailwind on the final climb - and great overcast for taking photos - sorry about that. But my toy-buying days are at an end for the next 5 years, which is exactly how...- bulldog1935
- Post #27,265
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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1980 Ross Professional
Lone Peak is still making trunk bags to go on that Blackburn rack, though, they've changed their shape for the aero-conscious.- bulldog1935
- Post #3
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Macro Monday: Ultra Close-Up Zoooomed in Detail Shots on Monday!
Adding a ps with a couple mechanical tips. My project above was all about replacing the road-shock truss of a V-O front rack with the mini rack that mounts to the CP front brake, and bring the fork back to life. At the same time, replacing inadequate side-pull brakes compounded by the added...- bulldog1935
- Post #1,828
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Macro Monday: Ultra Close-Up Zoooomed in Detail Shots on Monday!
Haven't played on this thread in awhile, but just finished a brake conversion on the Merc to center pulls. The Gran Compe 610 CPs have a sleeve nut on the back plate mount, letting me use full-length titanium brake bolts- bulldog1935
- Post #1,821
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Bike Design Lineage - A Discussion
Most people want to believe racing had more to do with developing the modern bicycle than any other activity. Gears weren't allowed in TdF before 1955, but gears were already prominent for decades in bikes for transportation. BTW, roads were first paved for bicycles - not for recreation, but for...- bulldog1935
- Post #29
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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What bike did you ride today?
Made it out with the Sunday group this morning - first dry Sunday I've been in town and able to ride this year. Howard finally gave up on St. Mary's Street construction, and changed the route. The new route bails off St. Mary's on Mistletoe, and takes us into downtown on McCullough. Of course...- bulldog1935
- Post #26,993
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Help with identification
- bulldog1935
- Post #2
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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What bike did you ride today?
@Lonestar and @The Hat - we may need a Bikes & Signs thread - here's an oldie but a goodie- bulldog1935
- Post #26,946
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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What bike did you ride today?
After being sick most of January, I have to get back in shape. Good greenway ride this morning, 25 mi with a 600' climb on Bonnie Blue. While the bluebonnets were blooming in far south Texas last weekend, they're not popping here yet, so no photo op there. However, I timed my ride just right...- bulldog1935
- Post #26,937
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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OT - modern lightweight with classic style
Brought this old thread up because of a nice addition - ok, make that a couple. Showed the half-frame bag above, already had a 6-pc fly rod that fits it, then the telescoping stream baitcaster above, found a nice 5-pc inshore size from Japan that also fits, along with a reel and opportunity lure...- bulldog1935
- Post #37
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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What bike did you ride today?
A few days late on this post, this was last Sunday in Laguna Atascosa NWR. My '92 Viner Pro CX frame built as, um, a rolling brewpub. A stop at Plover Point Boardwalk - there's an ice mule with a couple of beers in my front bag just for this stop. The macadam loop was Bayside Drive - at...- bulldog1935
- Post #26,900
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Trusty Viscount ( Vy-count )
The cast aluminum fork was a microstructure issue. Essentially, wrought and forged alloy squeezes most of the dirt out, resulting in a fine, fiber-oriented grain structure. The cast structure has random larger grains and globular nonmetallic inclusions that can act as a pre-existing crack. Ran...- bulldog1935
- Post #5
- Forum: International Bicycles
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Help : Road Racing English - what is it
https://onlinebicyclemuseum.co.uk/frame-number-bicycle-dating-guide/ Look here, and especially peruse the info on Elswick-Hopper.- bulldog1935
- Post #2
- Forum: International Bicycles
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telavio
very pretty bike - al dente, even. Since I ride 62-64 cm, I always notice the vast majority of kid-size frames posted on this page.- bulldog1935
- Post #2
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Campagnolo "Cement Steel" pedal axle
Those were aero pedals of the period, built for exclusive use with toe clips. They shouldn't be a surprise. Toe clips have been out of vogue since the '90s, and clip-in so-called "clipless" pedals - the ones where the guys fall over when they stop. Quenched and tempered alloy steels get their...- bulldog1935
- Post #5
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Campagnolo "Cement Steel" pedal axle
Easy question for a metallurgist.. If you look at increasing carbon in a steel (Fe-C) phase diagram. . Cementite is a metastable phase of this alloy with a fixed composition of Fe3C. Cementite is the hardening phase in steel, and cement steel means the composition is high-carbon (at or...- bulldog1935
- Post #2
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Japanese Steel
My Sunday-group bud Tim has a bespoke Takada he brought home from Japan. If you want to drool over new Japanese steel, check the Gallery at Grand Bois https://grandbois.jp/gallery/?y=all Also the place to source brand new 5-, 6- and 8- to 11-sp cassette hubs (and cassettes). At the...- bulldog1935
- Post #8
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Japanese Steel
I've always thought this was where you were supposed to begin - source a nice Japanese frame, if you couldn't source a nice English or Italian. Build the perfect bike - better yet, let your daughter build her perfect bike. My daughter's '86 Team Fuji began bare frame with BB and HS, cool fluted...- bulldog1935
- Post #6
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Raleigh Record Pedals
If you search Rat Trap Pedals on ebay, you'll find new pedals that look just like the original beginning at $20. The reversible square rat-traps are all steel. If you plan to ride the bike, This would work just fine and be an improvement over the poor-condition mismatched pedals on it now. The...- bulldog1935
- Post #5
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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1991 Tommasini, Diamanté
Geliano's airbrush is another that's not graphic enough to translate in a photograph. He made many outstanding celestial paint compositions. There's a bike example on the internet, but I promise you the photos don't compare to the depth of the paint when the bike's in front of you...- bulldog1935
- Post #15
- Forum: International Bicycles
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1991 Tommasini, Diamanté
Lou has a Diamante with geometric tubes and Delta brakes - but the deep pearlescent white paint is impossible to photograph. I've tried on half-a-dozen rides together and get the same result - it reflects light like it's on fire.- bulldog1935
- Post #12
- Forum: International Bicycles
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Different Bars
I can add my moustache bike - tall stem needs to be 50 mm closer than you'd use on drops - this is a 70 mm. and alt mountain bars, Ahearne Map bars - you need your seat farther back as you go up, and I used Nitto lugged seapost, which has 38 mm offset. also hard to beat short reach...- bulldog1935
- Post #4
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Raleigh Olympian
@wrongway I bought the Mercian from Tad (petritl) with Cinelli 66 bars I struggled for months with them, and could just never get comfortable on the long hoods - plus the drops put me into next week. The Dream Bar swap solved reach and comfort completely. I get supreme comfort on my Nitto...- bulldog1935
- Post #10
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Raleigh Olympian
@wrongway - you could also watch ebay for a Cinelli 64 Giro bar (Dream Bar) - I got a pretty nice one for $30 Close reach, close drop - the drops are close enough, you'll use them often. This is 110 mm stem reach.- bulldog1935
- Post #8
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Raleigh Olympian
Introduced in 1985, looks like a Taiwan Raleigh - "butted Cr-Mo" Deore XT - well up from the Sport Touring entry level spot. In your photo, those massive bars out beyond the front axle don't look very comfortable. https://www.sheldonbrown.com/retroraleighs/catalogs/1985/- bulldog1935
- Post #3
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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What bike did you ride today?
Sorry I haven't been playing here. I got in rock-hard shape before summer ended, training with my friend Jenn for her upcoming ride in MS 150 marathon. September and October are always nuts for me. I run Trout in the Classroom for Texas, and we're adding 6 schools this year, just in my area...- bulldog1935
- Post #25,432
- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Campagnolo and Weimann brake pads.
there's really nothing about them that looks out of place on any bike - same can be said for a properly set-up LED lamp. Form should always follow function, and safety should always be first.- bulldog1935
- Post #8
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Campagnolo and Weimann brake pads.
All my brake shoes get replaced with Yokozuna red (soft) cartridge pads. they include the spherical washer that lets you adjust perfect alignment and toe, independent of rim width and caliper travel position. VS- bulldog1935
- Post #5
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Nobilette, Reynolds 753...
I wouldn't be the right market, either - it doesn't fit me. There are places to list such a bike, CL isn't one of them. Come to think of it, even google groups will ask some of those questions.- bulldog1935
- Post #8
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Nobilette, Reynolds 753...
I don't believe that's the case. Note he got 7 likes and didn't get run out on a rail. I think the fixie editorial only got a being-polite like.- bulldog1935
- Post #6
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Raleigh Blue Streak
I think it's noteworthy that both the '62 Gran Sport and Blue Streak used Raleigh Hi-Ten steel. Lugs, fork crown look the same. Components, and decals are different. Raleigh must have been putting all their Reynolds eggs in the newly-acquired Carlton basket, and keeping Carlton sales strong. New...- bulldog1935
- Post #14
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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'85 King of Mercia
Update on this bike, first my favorite Salado Creek Greenway photo There was still a shock in the front fork that caused me pain on sharp bumps, and especially Sunday morning St. Marys St. construction. I took a rubber moll to the fork and head on the build stand, looking for noise. Finally...- bulldog1935
- Post #23
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Wastyn Track Bike
you don't see too many needle bearing bottom brackets. My Lenton has a Wastyn shop sticker.- bulldog1935
- Post #3
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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1969 Raleigh Competition Finally Bought After 8 Years
Since the only way to end the speculation is with facts, lugs and fork crown on '75 International, Worksop-built, frame marked Aug '74 and no, it's not a question. (also happens to be a nice photo) @PfishB - the only thing that's wrong on a bicycle is not riding it- bulldog1935
- Post #21
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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BSA Gold Column Decals
Actually, that's Would Have Had If Catalog Correct. Improving a bicycle to live with and ride has always been the point of owning one. @dnc1 - now we need photos of your hybrid-geared BSA- bulldog1935
- Post #12
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Multispeed Casette on SA 3 Speed
Both Classic bike websites (Lightweights and Rendezvous) have lost a lot of their database, but Lovely Bicycle blog has a hybrid drive example. http://lovelybike.blogspot.com/2015/07/hybrid-gearing-in-wild-bryans-6-speed.html Google search is further compounded that Hybrid Drive and Gearing is...- bulldog1935
- Post #2
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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1969 Raleigh Competition Finally Bought After 8 Years
My '75 International (Aug '74) has the same lugs and Vagner fork crown.- bulldog1935
- Post #14
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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Bottecchia 10 speed
ping the tubing to make your choice, but I'd ride that beauty if it fits. we don' need no celeste green- bulldog1935
- Post #2
- Forum: International Bicycles
-
1969 Raleigh Competition Finally Bought After 8 Years
The late Sheldon's website added a 1969 catalog - unfortunately, it doesn't have the normal specifications page the other Raleigh catalogs contain.- bulldog1935
- Post #10
- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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1988 Mercian Professional track bike
While I'm thinking about it, Nitto's Tallux stem, which is actually the tall stem on my bikes above, is a forging like Nitto Pearl. I rode my engineered-drive '57 Lenton in an aggressive position like that to keep the top looking original - first cockpit had my old Maes bars and GB Forged...- bulldog1935
- Post #8
- Forum: International Bicycles
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1988 Mercian Professional track bike
Haven't figured out where you're going with this between the first photo and the last. The reach on those time trials bars is way out beyond the front axle. My favorite semi-upright bar is Nitto Moustache. To fit this bar properly, you use Dirt Drop or Technomic stem, with stem reach that's 50...- bulldog1935
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- Forum: International Bicycles
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A whike back
There's this on Classic Lightweights to tide us over https://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/classic_builders/fothergill-james/- bulldog1935
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- Forum: Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
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What bike did you ride today?
Just got off a morning ride - know you're tired of seeing this bike but I finally got the shot I wanted here:- bulldog1935
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- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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Macro Monday: Ultra Close-Up Zoooomed in Detail Shots on Monday!
Dream Bars- bulldog1935
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- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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What bike did you ride today?
those are sexy photos - good day on The CABE- bulldog1935
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- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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What bike did you ride today?
@comet It's been hot here since April - we're in the 2nd year of a terrible drought. Been getting my metabolism rides early on the greenway - rolling by 7am - 60 mi/wk. Enjoying my new bars so much, I'm taking the Merc again tomorrow.- bulldog1935
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- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles
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What bike did you ride today?
when you gotta go- bulldog1935
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- Forum: General Discussion About Old Bicycles