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Forum: Road Cycling
11-06-23, 10:42 AM
Replies: 21,338
Views: 5,193,515
Posted By Goosecheck

Aged Brooks Professional Saddle

Picked up an aged and imperfect Brooks Professional saddle for $30. It’s the starting point and the first piece of of the next vintage bike rescue project. The bike to be rescued has yet to be...
Forum: Road Cycling
10-08-23, 07:28 PM
Replies: 21,338
Views: 5,193,515
Posted By Goosecheck

Bells and Shells

Know Oi brass bell for my wife’s ride, and a trio of fall rain shell/jackets for myself. Been off the bike for too long, so old gear doesn’t fit as well as it used to :/. Need something that fits...
Forum: Road Cycling
09-26-23, 05:55 PM
Replies: 21,338
Views: 5,193,515
Posted By Goosecheck

Tubular tires and cables

Purchased a set of Continental Gatorskin 700x25c tubulars, valve extenders and set of brake cables. Earlier this year a buddy picked up a 2010 Guru Magis carbon TT/Tri road bike at a garage sale,...
Forum: Road Cycling
09-26-23, 04:56 PM
Replies: 60
Views: 2,730
Posted By Goosecheck

Wallet, keys, phone, snack. Jersey pocket. ...

Wallet, keys, phone, snack. Jersey pocket. Always.

Tools, tubes, patches. Saddle or seat bag (bike depending).
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-28-22, 08:44 AM
Replies: 8,793
Views: 1,106,095
Posted By Goosecheck

Ratty or restored…mighty nice! :love: ...

Ratty or restored…mighty nice! :love:
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Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-08-22, 02:08 PM
Replies: 8,793
Views: 1,106,095
Posted By Goosecheck

Bike Horn of sorts

I just received a very nice set of FIAMM Triple Tour Horn set for my Speedster ragtop. Same horns the TdF team cars use as they are fling their way through race. Just came back from watching...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-07-21, 11:46 AM
Replies: 7,823
Views: 928,539
Posted By Goosecheck

....Pictured on his bike; fits! ...

....Pictured on his bike; fits!
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Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-30-20, 12:52 PM
Replies: 2,562
Views: 957,939
Posted By Goosecheck

Merry Christmas

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Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-30-20, 12:44 PM
Replies: 2,562
Views: 957,939
Posted By Goosecheck

Merry Christmas

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Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-30-20, 11:43 AM
Replies: 464
Views: 43,589
Posted By Goosecheck

Laying a bicycle on the ground (when laying it on...

Laying a bicycle on the ground (when laying it on the ground is not the only option)
Laying a bicycle on the ground on the drivetrain side (when laying it on the ground IS the only option)
...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-28-20, 11:37 AM
Replies: 7,823
Views: 928,539
Posted By Goosecheck

Nice bike. You’ve already got it home, you have...

Nice bike. You’ve already got it home, you have to keep it now! I never met a Pug I didn’t want to keep.
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
12-28-20, 12:20 AM
Replies: 27,125
Views: 3,118,841
Posted By Goosecheck

Christmas Eve

A brisk Christmas Eve morning pedal.
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Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-28-20, 12:15 AM
Replies: 7,823
Views: 928,539
Posted By Goosecheck

Bike bag

Made a frame bag for Christmas for my brother-in-law’s bike (Surly Midnight Trucker)....
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-28-20, 12:11 AM
Replies: 7,823
Views: 928,539
Posted By Goosecheck

Stem swap

Replaced the original 70mm ATAX stem with a 90mm Gerry Burgess, for a little more comfortable riding position. Just in time to deliver champagne and homemade chocolate bark to neighborhood friends....
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-18-20, 06:35 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,340
Posted By Goosecheck

Simple

Like lawyer lips on forks, they are intended to prevent injuries....wait I mean injury claims. Remove and toss.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
06-13-20, 12:29 AM
Replies: 2,562
Views: 957,939
Posted By Goosecheck

bOsscO, It’s a Racktime Top-it front rack....

bOsscO,
It’s a Racktime Top-it front rack. Bought it about 6 years ago. Great rack, very happy with it. It has been replaced with an updated version called Racktime Top-it EVO. Pretty much the same...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
04-12-20, 10:42 PM
Replies: 27,125
Views: 3,118,841
Posted By Goosecheck

Trail ride

Saturday, 4/12/20, 7:30am. A beautifully overcast day. 58degrees, thanks to a marine layer that blew in from the coast. 10 miles of gravel and single-track at Folsom Lake for a change of pace. ...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-10-20, 03:49 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,089
Posted By Goosecheck

This is awesome! I can imagine the guy in the...

This is awesome! I can imagine the guy in the film being just like many of us. He seems to be desperately trying to show his wife why how cool each of his bikes is and why he needs to have all so...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-07-20, 11:00 AM
Replies: 7,823
Views: 928,539
Posted By Goosecheck

The problem with this thread is that it contiues...

The problem with this thread is that it contiues to drive my desire to try to solve N+1! :ride:
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-07-20, 10:52 AM
Replies: 7,823
Views: 928,539
Posted By Goosecheck

Give me more of that

Just from the close-ups......A beauty. Mixtes are cool. The shorty chrome fenders......:thumb:
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-06-20, 01:57 PM
Replies: 7,823
Views: 928,539
Posted By Goosecheck

Just a bit more spit and polish

Something I had in mind since the original inkling of this build. In keeping with the aesthetic of Singer and others, and in accordance with historic French law, an engraved stem cap with this...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
04-05-20, 06:51 PM
Replies: 27,125
Views: 3,118,841
Posted By Goosecheck

Wet and windy

18 miles this afternoon on the Miners’ Ravine trail. Gusty wind and steady rain. Fenders and full rain gear. Creek rising from earlier downpours, trail just starting to go under in spots. Only one...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
04-02-20, 10:49 AM
Replies: 27,125
Views: 3,118,841
Posted By Goosecheck

JanMM, Nice way to adapt. Two short rides in a...

JanMM,
Nice way to adapt. Two short rides in a day is as good as one long ride. Nice.
Goosecheck
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
04-02-20, 10:44 AM
Replies: 27,125
Views: 3,118,841
Posted By Goosecheck

Durockrolly, You’re looking like serious business...

Durockrolly, You’re looking like serious business on the Strip! :thumb:
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
04-02-20, 10:36 AM
Replies: 27,125
Views: 3,118,841
Posted By Goosecheck

29 and Clear

Good morning; good time to ride. 19 miles. My riding buddy in the background with a safe social distancing buffer between. 29 toe-numbing degrees, but clear weather. Rain and arctic air in the...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
04-01-20, 04:11 PM
Replies: 27,125
Views: 3,118,841
Posted By Goosecheck

It’s O-Dark Thirty, Time to Ride.

Tuesday morning, 18 miles in the dark before my first conference call of the day. The darkness helps to ensure I am off the pathway before most of the housebound dog walkers, joggers and strollers...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
04-01-20, 03:55 PM
Replies: 27,125
Views: 3,118,841
Posted By Goosecheck

Getting Crosswise Monday

Working at home a great opportunity to make sure every horse in the stable gets a workout. Took number 5 of 7 out Monday for 20 miles. ‘96 Specialized Crossroads Cruz (drop-cross conversion). Love...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
03-28-20, 12:07 PM
Replies: 27,125
Views: 3,118,841
Posted By Goosecheck

Took a ride in the wayback machine this morning

Another day, another bike, another ride. Took my ‘84 Bianchi Professional out for 18 miles this morning. 46 degrees and cloudy. I set the wayback machine to 1985. The trip back in time went...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-26-20, 05:47 PM
Replies: 153
Views: 28,612
Posted By Goosecheck

Flower Box

My wife and I needed to spruce up the flower pots on the front porch, so we pedaled to the local nursery last Saturday....
Forum: Utility Cycling
03-26-20, 05:39 PM
Replies: 85
Views: 69,010
Posted By Goosecheck

No. I lock up the bike outside. I find it is too...

No. I lock up the bike outside. I find it is too difficult to maneuver the bike inside since there are so many people with their dogs. :p
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
03-26-20, 11:07 AM
Replies: 27,125
Views: 3,118,841
Posted By Goosecheck

Brisk (I can’t feel my toes)

Except for a few errand runs, been in a riding slump for several weeks (nah, months). But an upside to this working-from-home bit is that it is providing more opportunity for me to get out and ride....
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-17-20, 12:58 AM
Replies: 7,823
Views: 928,539
Posted By Goosecheck

One Step Closer to “Almost Finished”

Still room for improvement: Long Cage

Long Cage-I finally got around to dealing with a niggling rear derailleur issue. When I started this New Albion build in 2017, I had accumulated many of the...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
03-09-20, 02:00 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 275
Posted By Goosecheck

Have you visited Alex Singer Cycles, Paris? What should I expect?

I am going to be in France with my family and friends for 25 days this summer following the 2020 TdF (start to finish and 8 stages in between) and sightseeing. Alex Singer Cycles is on my list to...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-09-20, 03:37 AM
Replies: 7,823
Views: 928,539
Posted By Goosecheck

More Fussbudget Fiddling

Made a few adjustments to my New Albion Privateer Rando build:

Added a pair of s/s water bottles and fabbed a cork and twine stopper for each.
Adjusted the front fender struts to eliminate a...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
02-24-20, 04:17 PM
Replies: 7,823
Views: 928,539
Posted By Goosecheck

Came in the Post; Wrenched Accordingly.

More fettling with the New Albion. Switched out the Panaracer Pasela Tour Guard 700x28s for SOMA Supple Vitesse EX 700x38s in salmon/tan. Clearly this was an aesthetically driven decision (plus the...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
02-24-20, 02:30 PM
Replies: 7,823
Views: 928,539
Posted By Goosecheck

That's a beauty. Nice work!:thumb:

That's a beauty. Nice work!:thumb:
Forum: Road Cycling
02-19-20, 01:48 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 33,694
Posted By Goosecheck

Get over overlap

Yeah. Toe overlap is a bummer. But please don’t let it ruin your ride! It’s just a scuff on the shoes! Better yet, ride a vintage bike!
:commute:
Forum: Classic & Vintage
02-18-20, 01:40 PM
Replies: 2,562
Views: 957,939
Posted By Goosecheck

Ray, I did a quick CL search in your vicinity. ...

Ray,
I did a quick CL search in your vicinity. Is this the bike? If so then it all looks right. Drivetrain, frame and tubing are identical. The seat, bars and stem definitely are not original...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
02-18-20, 01:26 AM
Replies: 2,562
Views: 957,939
Posted By Goosecheck

Hello Ray! I’ll hit your questions best I can. ...

Hello Ray! I’ll hit your questions best I can.

-No frame mods required to fit the 2.8s.
-Current fork is actually a Surly 1x1 fork I put installed with the drop bar conversion project.
-The...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
02-17-20, 11:19 AM
Replies: 7,823
Views: 928,539
Posted By Goosecheck

More Vintage Taillight/Headlight Conversion

Added a taillight and headight to my Rando ride (New Albion Privateer). LEDs win the lumen/battery contest hands down. But I really dislike putting a modern taillight/headlight on a vintage or...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
02-04-20, 02:03 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 695
Posted By Goosecheck

Quite an amazing story really. Truly hard men of...

Quite an amazing story really. Truly hard men of cycling. I first learned about the 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps after researching a photograph on the wall of the cabin we stayed in at Yellowstone. ...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
02-03-20, 11:50 PM
Replies: 7,823
Views: 928,539
Posted By Goosecheck

Retrofit Radios Taillight

Several weeks ago my Radios vintage dynamo powered taillight came in the mail. Perfect to finish off my Porteur project. I had already decided to go battery powered rather than dynamo to light this...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-25-20, 01:08 AM
Replies: 8,793
Views: 1,106,095
Posted By Goosecheck

Radios Tail light

Just came today from ebay. Can’t wait to get this mounted on my porteur!
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Vintage...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-24-20, 12:58 PM
Replies: 153
Views: 28,612
Posted By Goosecheck

Merci!

Merci!
Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-24-20, 11:50 AM
Replies: 153
Views: 28,612
Posted By Goosecheck

Pug Porteur

My 1972 Peugeot AE-8. $20 Craigslist basket-case repurposed to a French grocery getter. It use it regularly for picking up items from the nearby Walgreens. It’s a pleasure to ride....
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-11-19, 09:44 PM
Replies: 27,968
Views: 4,531,134
Posted By Goosecheck

Pair of Threes

I picked up this pair of 3-speeds a couple of weeks ago. 1979 Raleigh and a 1970 Humber Sports. Dates are based on the date stamps on the SA hubs, not ironclad but that’s what I’m going with. I...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
11-04-19, 06:36 PM
Replies: 1,875
Views: 714,416
Posted By Goosecheck

Just put out 9 more simple posts. Then you can.

Just put out 9 more simple posts. Then you can.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
11-03-19, 04:24 AM
Replies: 117
Views: 19,354
Posted By Goosecheck

Streets are for standing

This just occurred three nights ago, on Halloween. I was riding through my neighborhood, about three blocks from home. I was coming back from a friend’s house in the neighborhood; our boys had gone...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
11-03-19, 03:11 AM
Replies: 7,823
Views: 928,539
Posted By Goosecheck

I doff my helmet to you! Good luck teaching. Just...

I doff my helmet to you! Good luck teaching. Just never let them see fear in your eyes! 😁
Forum: Classic & Vintage
11-03-19, 03:01 AM
Replies: 7,823
Views: 928,539
Posted By Goosecheck

Road Rash

This past July I had an experience that is probably among many of the potentialities that run through a cyclist’s mind from time to time. Family coming home from July 4 week camping trip on the...
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