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Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-24-23, 03:41 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 1,337
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

Yeah I'd love to know what it was exactly that...

Yeah I'd love to know what it was exactly that she was doing when something whacked the bike.
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
04-18-23, 03:55 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 933
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

What you've taken a photo of there is extreme...

What you've taken a photo of there is extreme chain wear. You'll also need to replace the freewheel, and honestly i'd take a good hard look at the chainring too.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-21-22, 08:16 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,826
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

What of Triumph bikes' advertising/catalogues...

What of Triumph bikes' advertising/catalogues survives from this period? I haven't found much. Most of the 3-speed triumphs I come across these days are 70s traffic masters, sometimes with the AG...
Forum: Living Car Free
12-21-22, 08:09 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 8,312
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

This is odd to read. At 73 you are at an advanced...

This is odd to read. At 73 you are at an advanced age which slows your reaction times down significantly. It's also the age range where dementia starts kicking in, if you're unfortunate enough to...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
12-21-22, 07:55 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 1,980
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

I encourage using dominant brandnames to refer to...

I encourage using dominant brandnames to refer to their general product category, it's much better than not doing. For one, the trademarked name is usually snappier. For another, doing it annoys the...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
06-06-20, 09:02 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 15,316
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

This says nothing about lidl but does reveal you...

This says nothing about lidl but does reveal you have the attitude these promotions exist to counteract - you've never shopped there, so you wouldn't know what you're talking about, but you think...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
05-28-20, 05:42 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,866
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

I've never felt like intentionally wearing down a...

I've never felt like intentionally wearing down a thin bit of metal that's keeping me suspended off the ground.
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
05-28-20, 05:38 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 15,316
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

You're supposed to put it in the cart then take...

You're supposed to put it in the cart then take it over to the window where there's a big table to pack it.

When I was in America I never liked going to a "normal" supermarket there at all. The...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
05-28-20, 11:10 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 15,316
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

The perspectives in this thread are strange to...

The perspectives in this thread are strange to me.

LIDL is like ALDI, a common german supermarket where the business model is selling good quality products but at razor thin margins as quickly as...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-15-20, 06:36 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,322
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

They listed variants as "Model 1", "Model 2" etc,...

They listed variants as "Model 1", "Model 2" etc, but these are all exactly the same bike just with more stuff added. "The Raleigh" is like "Ford Mustang", It doesn't matter if you got one with air...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-13-20, 02:08 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 3,437
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

I've only had this happen to me once. I still...

I've only had this happen to me once. I still have the bike and the threads are still stripped. I just remove the arm, cup, bearings and spindle as one unit now. Not losing any sleep over it.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-13-20, 02:06 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,322
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

Because originally there was only one model of...

Because originally there was only one model of Raleigh bike, but you could have extra features depending on how much you wanted to spend.

So it was THE Raleigh.
Forum: Alt Bike Culture
03-12-20, 04:49 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 32,072
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

You can clearly see the hub motor in the back...

You can clearly see the hub motor in the back wheel.



Four stroke wouldn't be better. It would probably be quieter, but a four stroke requires at minimum a valvetrain and oil circulation, and...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
02-17-20, 03:17 PM
Replies: 27,968
Views: 4,530,464
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

Ah, another man of culture. I have two of this...

Ah, another man of culture. I have two of this myself, never been lucky enough to find one with the FSU though. Annoyingly the chaincase on the more original bike split open and warped, so it rubs...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-11-19, 11:26 AM
Replies: 203
Views: 33,760
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

Yeah most LED headlights don't use anywhere near...

Yeah most LED headlights don't use anywhere near the full 2.4W budget, they burn it off with a resistor. It's an artificial limitation to make room in the market for brighter and more expensive...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-11-19, 11:03 AM
Replies: 203
Views: 33,760
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

I'm glad about this law. It takes more effort to...

I'm glad about this law. It takes more effort to track a flashing light in the dark than a steady one, because it's vanishing and reappearing somewhere else later on, you can't watch it move. You...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-08-19, 10:51 AM
Replies: 203
Views: 33,760
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

Gazelle love their 2.4W dynohubs and battery...

Gazelle love their 2.4W dynohubs and battery powered tail lights, for some reason. It's a terrible design decision because dutch people are extremely non technical and don't know to change batteries....
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-08-19, 10:27 AM
Replies: 27,968
Views: 4,530,464
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

Here's a weird one I just found on dutch auction...

Here's a weird one I just found on dutch auction site Marktplaats.
...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-01-19, 11:16 PM
Replies: 91
Views: 15,850
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

Significantly more skill than picking up the...

Significantly more skill than picking up the water bottle. I used to commute on a road bike with downtube friction shifters in rush hour traffic and it frequently made dangerous situations worse....
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
08-01-19, 01:29 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 17,451
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

A prime example of why anecdotes are not...

A prime example of why anecdotes are not evidence. Your logic here is that a person who uses a bike's front hand brake will hold on so tight they'll rip their arm off if they get hit by a car. But if...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
07-24-19, 03:00 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 17,451
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

It sounds like you don't know how to ride a bike...

It sounds like you don't know how to ride a bike properly and need to spend some time with an instructor. Especially since you haven't ridden in such a scenario you describe - or else you'd know a...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
07-23-19, 11:48 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 17,451
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

Flying over the handlebars and then screaming...

Flying over the handlebars and then screaming your head off that the front brake is dangerous is not the behavior of long time cyclists. It's that of idiots who don't know how to ride a bike.

I...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-23-19, 03:54 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 7,708
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

okay.

okay.
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
07-23-19, 03:53 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 17,451
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

Front, every time.

Front, every time.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-16-19, 03:35 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,269
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

Here is a Raleigh Superbe in the 1981 Catalogue: ...

Here is a Raleigh Superbe in the 1981 Catalogue:

https://i.postimg.cc/PqLMwpQD/Screenshot-from-2019-05-16-11-36-49.png

All Raleigh Superbes are as pictured, with the exception of exports to the...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-15-19, 08:27 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 6,269
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

I don't know what it is but it definitely isn't a...

I don't know what it is but it definitely isn't a superbe. this is a superbe:

https://i.postimg.cc/GmrgS8BY/superbe.jpg

nice enough though for one of those a lance armstrong types
Forum: Classic & Vintage
02-24-19, 10:24 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 7,901
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

This thread is full of cowards, but also some...

This thread is full of cowards, but also some respectable people. It's steel, it's bent, bend it back.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
02-07-19, 08:26 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 3,971
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

RSW16 I think. Sash windows, VHF TV Aerials,...

RSW16 I think. Sash windows, VHF TV Aerials, milkman (?) shagging your wife and sneaking out the window, and Ena Sharples clones doing handbags at ten paces outside the pub. This much 60s could kill...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-26-19, 11:08 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 661
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

I actually found a new source for this kind of...

I actually found a new source for this kind of bracket by accident, those 12V tyre dynamo sets on ebay. Comes with a nice chrome lamp housing with high and low beam bulbs. Unfortunately the included...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-26-18, 11:32 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 7,230
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

In latin alphabet the brand is HVZ, model name...

In latin alphabet the brand is HVZ, model name start-shosse, or the literal meaning Kharkov Bicycle Plant - Go! Highway.

A timewarp machine, everything built in house as a fantastic display of...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
11-27-18, 10:22 PM
Replies: 27,968
Views: 4,530,464
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

I'm afraid not, the polarity is different and so...

I'm afraid not, the polarity is different and so the bike will end up trying to go in two directions at once.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
11-25-18, 09:46 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 6,156
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

My advice to anyone who sees something nice at...

My advice to anyone who sees something nice at the dump is to just take it. Don't ask permission, don't draw attention to yourself, just pick it up and leave.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
11-06-18, 04:42 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 4,346
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

WD40 is what clueless dads use when they think...

WD40 is what clueless dads use when they think "how hard can it be?".
Forum: Classic & Vintage
11-06-18, 10:31 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 4,346
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

Well the WD40 tells us you wanted the chain...

Well the WD40 tells us you wanted the chain ruined anyway. Seems it worked.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
11-03-18, 09:41 AM
Replies: 27,968
Views: 4,530,464
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

The secret to a quality product at an affordable...

The secret to a quality product at an affordable price: have a workforce of unwashed people living in cramped coalfired slums, eating fat dripping instead of meat, and crapping it out in an outside...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
11-02-18, 06:21 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,243
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

It's a generic that got relabeled a bunch of...

It's a generic that got relabeled a bunch of times for different importers. Appeared in the UK as "probike chicane" among other names. That the american fake raleigh also used it doesn't surprise me.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-23-18, 08:13 AM
Replies: 27,968
Views: 4,530,464
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

I can't describe the cheap mountain bikes as...

I can't describe the cheap mountain bikes as reliable, or for that matter even acceptable to use. A good singlespeed can get me up the steep hills of my birthplace. Some 21 speed monster with plastic...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-22-18, 05:49 PM
Replies: 27,968
Views: 4,530,464
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

From a purely anglo perspective only. In the rest...

From a purely anglo perspective only. In the rest the world not so.

India moves on roadsters. Terrible ones that have chrome that falls off, screws with soft metal, they cost only £60 equivalent....
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-15-18, 02:02 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 4,010
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

Disgusting. I hope this idea doesn't spread.

Disgusting. I hope this idea doesn't spread.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-14-18, 07:50 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 4,010
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

Honestly having been introduced to the McMansion...

Honestly having been introduced to the McMansion I don't know how the construction market doesn't collapse from lack of interest. It's like the real estate version of when homer simpson got to design...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-14-18, 07:31 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 4,010
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

I'm confused by the premise of this thread;...

I'm confused by the premise of this thread; houses can't be vintage. They don't age. Maybe I'm missing some cultural context, is it normal in Canada to only buy a freshly built house or something?
...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-30-18, 06:05 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 2,859
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

I was about to say this. This is genuinely the...

I was about to say this. This is genuinely the worst bike I've seen made in the 20th century.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-29-18, 06:28 AM
Replies: 27,968
Views: 4,530,464
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

i was wondering how you were getting on with it....

i was wondering how you were getting on with it. I notice you haven't said anything about them flickering, did you make one of the circuits or are you just riding really fast?
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-22-18, 08:35 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 7,034
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

501 was made all the way into the late 1990s. ...

501 was made all the way into the late 1990s.

Honestly I'm surprised at the baseless snobbery in this thread. Nothing about this bike was cheap or nasty when it was new. It's a fairly well...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-21-18, 06:44 PM
Replies: 27,968
Views: 4,530,464
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

Not quite. Stainless rims was always an optional...

Not quite. Stainless rims was always an optional extra, except for those couple years in the mid 50s where Superbe was upgraded to always have mudguard light, stainless rims and FG hub. Very quickly...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-19-18, 02:06 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,152
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

,.; You may find the above useful.

,.;

You may find the above useful.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-17-18, 07:26 PM
Replies: 27,968
Views: 4,530,464
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

At it's best, the three speed could be a track...

At it's best, the three speed could be a track bike with fat tyres?
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-17-18, 07:22 PM
Replies: 68
Views: 6,101
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

To be honest they stand out too much.

To be honest they stand out too much.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-12-18, 06:41 AM
Replies: 27,968
Views: 4,530,464
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

Not much too it, every english teenager in the...

Not much too it, every english teenager in the 70s did it. Cheap race bike, handlebar swap and done. Used to be called trackers for some reason
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-11-18, 02:03 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 7,532
Posted By Cute Boy Horse

He's wrong about the thing that he said and I...

He's wrong about the thing that he said and I quoted, of course. And you know this, because you are an alive human being from earth and are familiar with the idea of context.

It is a truly...
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