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Forum: Commuting
07-24-08, 08:05 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 3,119
Posted By old_alfie

Ignoring all the comments and addressing only the...

Ignoring all the comments and addressing only the title question of the thread:
Grow some thicker skin.
alf
Forum: Commuting
07-24-08, 08:01 AM
Replies: 352
Views: 118,785
Posted By old_alfie

240 replies and over 19K "views" in just two...

240 replies and over 19K "views" in just two days, that has to be some kind of record.
alf
Forum: Commuting
07-24-08, 07:56 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,959
Posted By old_alfie

Every single one of my bikes has come to me...

Every single one of my bikes has come to me either from Goodwills and Sallys or from alley junk-guys and the bikes are so old they might well have been stolen multi-times over their 30-70 years. No...
07-19-08, 11:05 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 41,611
Posted By old_alfie

Quite frankly you answered your own question of...

Quite frankly you answered your own question of sentence 1 right there in sentences 2 and 3. And as for those rapscallions at Park Tool, shame on them for peddling boat anchors in the name of tools....
07-15-08, 03:35 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 875
Posted By old_alfie

Well, other than as a toy why? You can feel if...

Well, other than as a toy why? You can feel if you need to increase your engine RPM and know that means shift down or the reverse if you need to slow the engine RPM. What do you care what number gear...
Forum: Commuting
07-14-08, 04:19 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 4,346
Posted By old_alfie

Oh fer crying out loud, just go to WalMart and...

Oh fer crying out loud, just go to WalMart and buy a jacket with a beer logo on it.
alf:p
06-27-08, 05:59 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 17,819
Posted By old_alfie

Your bike shop is staffed by *****s (pretenders)....

Your bike shop is staffed by *****s (pretenders). I find it incredulous that anybody in the bicycle industry today hasn't read Sheldon Brown; he made that 26-inch fractional vs decimal issue very...
Forum: Commuting
06-24-08, 04:06 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,898
Posted By old_alfie

If you don't mind looking Xxxxxxxish or...

If you don't mind looking Xxxxxxxish or Xxxxxxxxxian (insert whatever ethnic you'd like to joke about) then by all means use milk crates or cat-litter buckets. If you truly are cheap but don't want...
06-24-08, 03:54 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 530
Posted By old_alfie

How long has The Swedish Chef been lurking here? ...

How long has The Swedish Chef been lurking here?
alf
Forum: Commuting
06-23-08, 10:02 AM
Replies: 107
Views: 5,957
Posted By old_alfie

It's a stupid joke and says more about you than...

It's a stupid joke and says more about you than any Prius driver.
alf
06-23-08, 10:00 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 10,954
Posted By old_alfie

That's my bike; I placed it there because that's...

That's my bike; I placed it there because that's where I wanted it to be; I will get it when I am ready to and that'll be on my schedule, not yours; don't be lusting after my bike and leave your damn...
Forum: Commuting
06-23-08, 07:27 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,857
Posted By old_alfie

Roger-that; you'll get a good selection of bikes...

Roger-that; you'll get a good selection of bikes to choose from shown by those bike shoppes, Brooklyn Bridges, Grand Canyons, and mebbe even one Lakefront Lot.
alf
06-22-08, 07:25 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 2,392
Posted By old_alfie

My single word response to the title question:...

My single word response to the title question: Yes.

As for all the rest of the comments, well, yeah, so-what. Not our bike.
alf
Forum: Commuting
06-21-08, 11:32 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,857
Posted By old_alfie

Unashamedly I recommend taking your time and...

Unashamedly I recommend taking your time and making a twice-weekly round of every Salvation Army / Goodwill / whatever thrift shop in your area till you find a nice old Schwinn 3-speed with a Sturmey...
06-19-08, 07:00 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,162
Posted By old_alfie

For hitching a Burley trailer behind my SUN Tad...

For hitching a Burley trailer behind my SUN Tad SX3 tadpole I went just the opposite way and used another brand hitch adapted into the Burley square-tube tongue.

I bought a ball / socket hitch...
Forum: Commuting
06-18-08, 11:34 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 2,754
Posted By old_alfie

OK. Yup, no dispute he was an a-hole jerk. ...

OK.
Yup, no dispute he was an a-hole jerk.
And you were a . . . . what?
alf
06-16-08, 08:57 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,439
Posted By old_alfie

In alphebetical-order and BTW, each of these is...

In alphebetical-order and BTW, each of these is in a fully refurbished condition with new cabling, rubber, and chains as well as recently cleaned and re-lubed.

1) HOLIDAY SPORTSMAN - a...
06-15-08, 03:46 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 2,968
Posted By old_alfie

Here is a photo of a SUN recumbent SX3 trike set...

Here is a photo of a SUN recumbent SX3 trike set up as a _serious_ cargo hauler.
alf

PS: if the owner of the photo is reading this, thanks and I mean no infringement of your rights. I got it...
06-15-08, 01:05 PM
Replies: 1,032
Views: 125,666
Posted By old_alfie

Please allow me a moment of show-and-tell here...

Please allow me a moment of show-and-tell here with a [possibly] pre-war Birmingham Hercules.

At the end of April I bought this bike from a gentleman who rescued it from his dead lifelong-bachelor...
Forum: Commuting
06-15-08, 10:32 AM
Replies: 78
Views: 5,187
Posted By old_alfie

I love Fred; he (she)'s my friend out on the...

I love Fred; he (she)'s my friend out on the parkway path. Fred always smiles and responds pleasantly to my wave or verbal greeting. Fred's never too busy to stop for a few-second friendly exchange....
06-13-08, 08:58 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 2,990
Posted By old_alfie

Years ago I learned to not ask a question if...

Years ago I learned to not ask a question if there's the slightest poissibility I wouldn't like the answer.

As for the pouting and even more so for some subscribers here attempting to salve over...
06-12-08, 06:06 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 2,480
Posted By old_alfie

To me it looks like you took a junker and did an...

To me it looks like you took a junker and did an un-thought out quick-and-dirty kind of paint job on it, threw a mish-mash of components from under the garage workbench on it, want an exorbitant...
06-08-08, 09:29 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,263
Posted By old_alfie

REAL MEN go blind reading vernier micrometers and...

REAL MEN go blind reading vernier micrometers and calipers.
alf
06-08-08, 09:26 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 860
Posted By old_alfie

Geeze I just gotta ask, if ya like the bike what...

Geeze I just gotta ask, if ya like the bike what the heck do you care other than bragging rights?
alf
06-08-08, 09:19 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,276
Posted By old_alfie

And it has that same ugly tuning fork or wishbone...

And it has that same ugly tuning fork or wishbone whatever fork that every wal mart bike seems to have.
alf
06-08-08, 10:01 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,206
Posted By old_alfie

Presta is akin to a religious cult. alf

Presta is akin to a religious cult.
alf
06-01-08, 09:18 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,066
Posted By old_alfie

Hmm, last fall I was offered a free JC Higgins...

Hmm, last fall I was offered a free JC Higgins Puch 3-spd on which some previous owner had welded the right pedal to the crank. While I'd dearly love to own one of the early/mid-fifties JC Higgins...
06-01-08, 05:38 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,058
Posted By old_alfie

While I have only two bikes with QRs, and...

While I have only two bikes with QRs, and coincidentally those two are also the only two bikes I own with derails, I place both front and rear QRs on the drive side and trailing horizontally.
...
05-31-08, 07:41 PM
Replies: 89
Views: 5,720
Posted By old_alfie

Here I concur with Kurt. I like how he writes,...

Here I concur with Kurt. I like how he writes, which doesn't necessarily translate into always liking what he writes. In a society that has become stupid and proud-of-it, it is refreshing to read a...
05-31-08, 03:29 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 585
Posted By old_alfie

Fer God's sake, ask your friend.

Fer God's sake, ask your friend.
05-30-08, 06:40 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 958
Posted By old_alfie

In our household for over 40-years we've called...

In our household for over 40-years we've called my part of the basement "the men's room".
alf
05-30-08, 06:38 AM
Replies: 89
Views: 5,720
Posted By old_alfie

Damn! Beat me to it while I was composing. ...

Damn!
Beat me to it while I was composing.
Back to forgetting again.
alf
05-30-08, 06:37 AM
Replies: 89
Views: 5,720
Posted By old_alfie

An' besides, while my memory of whether I zipped...

An' besides, while my memory of whether I zipped my fly the last time it was used might be a "tad" sketchy, I do believe I remember the Crown Victoria model was made in '55 and '56, but not offered...
05-29-08, 04:07 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 14,635
Posted By old_alfie

Recently I got a bike that appears to have a...

Recently I got a bike that appears to have a reverse-sloped top tube. A "California-rake" as we kids called it 50 years ago.
05-27-08, 07:28 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 12,971
Posted By old_alfie

For what it's worth only, the aviation and...

For what it's worth only, the aviation and automotive industries are standardized on stating "wet" (your term and it is self-explanatory so it's OK) torque specs.

"Dry" tightening a threaded...
05-24-08, 02:08 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 677
Posted By old_alfie

Even tho I'm a Schwinn guy, I'd can that one. ...

Even tho I'm a Schwinn guy, I'd can that one.

While every man needs and deserves one or more beaters, that one's a single-speed coaster (or worse-yet, possibly an early Sturmey Archer 3-spd...
05-20-08, 06:19 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 11,145
Posted By old_alfie

Every older subscriber here has learned how to...

Every older subscriber here has learned how to prioritize his limited funds, particularly those subscribers who in earlier times served our Republic and did it without sounding Pharisaical.
alf
05-20-08, 04:04 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 11,145
Posted By old_alfie

Utter naiveté, totally clueless. alf

Utter naiveté, totally clueless.
alf
05-17-08, 09:29 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 11,396
Posted By old_alfie

Hah, thanks Kurt, but I'm just a step ahead of...

Hah, thanks Kurt, but I'm just a step ahead of you there. I bought the adapter perhaps halfway into the project but just haven't found the right crankset yet. Looking for something with gracefully...
05-17-08, 07:51 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 11,396
Posted By old_alfie

Over the past winter I did a cosmetic backdating...

Over the past winter I did a cosmetic backdating build up of this Conti on a 1974 frame. Fenders and chainguard came from a Metro Bike. The rims are new inexpensive 27" alloys laced onto Sturmey...
05-13-08, 06:57 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 3,706
Posted By old_alfie

Hopefully each of the participants will feel good...

Hopefully each of the participants will feel good about themselves when this ever ends.
alf
05-13-08, 11:16 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 3,203
Posted By old_alfie

I must be in a dead-end cul-de-sac of the...

I must be in a dead-end cul-de-sac of the internet, I'm still not getting into them from any direction. Aaron, you must have a subtler touch on the keyboard than I.
alf:( :o
05-13-08, 09:50 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 3,203
Posted By old_alfie

Veteran Cycle Club must be off the air, at least...

Veteran Cycle Club must be off the air, at least for now anyway. I tried your link as well as a couple GOOGLE listings for the club and come up every time unable to locate the website.

I'll keep...
05-12-08, 04:37 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 3,203
Posted By old_alfie

There doesn't appear to be any date marked on...

There doesn't appear to be any date marked on this Hercules hub. The markings it does have are the following:

A TYPE 9
HERCULES
--3 Speed--
Made in England

I have no familiarity with the...
05-12-08, 08:31 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 3,203
Posted By old_alfie

Just a tad of follow up to keep the dialog...

Just a tad of follow up to keep the dialog flowing in this thread; the bike came to me with two "stories", both came from the seller. Story number one was told to me during my first conversation with...
05-11-08, 07:50 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 30,636
Posted By old_alfie

Kinda glad you did resurrect it. While I delight...

Kinda glad you did resurrect it. While I delight in being curmudgeonly, my forthrightness does sometimes place me standing alone, so it's nice to know I'm not the only one who gets irritated at the...
05-10-08, 06:03 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 3,203
Posted By old_alfie

HERCULES: Determining Pre-War from Post-War

Folks, can anyone help me with some definitive information to identify a Birmingham Hercules "Sport Model" as being either built in the thirties or in the late-forties?

Has a serial number chart...
04-04-08, 07:16 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 7,926
Posted By old_alfie

Well that's nice and it's wonderful that several...

Well that's nice and it's wonderful that several of the early responders can be magnanimous and forgiving.

I can be publicly honest also Mike, I don't feel forgiving toward you. You willfully...
03-26-08, 07:35 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 9,356
Posted By old_alfie

Perhaps this french road map might help with some...

Perhaps this french road map might help with some pronounciations.
alf:p
03-10-08, 08:39 PM
Replies: 148
Views: 7,437
Posted By old_alfie

Wow, this thread was fun. Poor OP, the guy's...

Wow, this thread was fun.
Poor OP, the guy's obviously good teasing material and once the bikeshop glass-counter-leaning crowd caught on to that, they mercilessly drove him through a couple...
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