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Forum: Classic & Vintage
11-05-23, 06:44 PM
Replies: 334
Views: 16,672
Posted By microcord

It's been decades since I last rode a motorbike...

It's been decades since I last rode a motorbike or devoted much thought to motorbikes, but I prefer Ogri (https://www.paulsample-ogri.co.uk/Strip%20cartoons.html) to what I see above.

Different...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-22-23, 04:30 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 956
Posted By microcord

One person's asking price for their Ravanello...

One person's asking price for their Ravanello frame isn't much of a guide to prices of frames by Zunow or 3rensho.

If it isn't obvious, the names after the slashes in that auction listing are mere...
Forum: Electronics, Lighting, & Gadgets
07-22-23, 01:54 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 686
Posted By microcord

njkayaker , dimwitted though I am, that's one...

njkayaker , dimwitted though I am, that's one idea that had occurred to me before I posted the question above.

A tangent: I wonder what, if anything, I miss by not having my email address...
Forum: Electronics, Lighting, & Gadgets
07-22-23, 01:30 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 686
Posted By microcord

Zepp Life mystery

Zepp Life is the name of software you have on your phone in order to make sense of data picked up by this or that model of fitness tracker (the cheapskate's HRM etc; my own is the Xiaomi Smart Band...
Forum: Classic and Vintage Sales
05-30-23, 01:48 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 2,354
Posted By microcord

Just my size! And the asking price is very...

Just my size! And the asking price is very reasonable.

But unfortunately sending it to me would increase the price considerably.
Forum: Classic and Vintage Bicycles: Whats it Worth? Appraisals.
04-15-23, 05:17 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,924
Posted By microcord

[As the thread has already been derailed:] ...

[As the thread has already been derailed:]

The brand name "Harry Quinn" has since come down in the world. It's now a Japanese brand for cheap, presumably Chinese machines...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-12-23, 05:48 AM
Replies: 164
Views: 7,125
Posted By microcord

It doesn't look appropriately uncomfortable. ...

It doesn't look appropriately uncomfortable.

(writes somebody with mixed feelings about having just yesterday taken off a Brooks team pro saddle and replaced it with a 21st century plastic thing)....
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-12-23, 03:16 AM
Replies: 164
Views: 7,125
Posted By microcord

When I see this handsome machine, I suddenly feel...

When I see this handsome machine, I suddenly feel very, very short.

Recovering (slightly) from that, I contemplate its pump. Now that really is extraordinary. Was it custom made?

Tomorrow I'll...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-31-23, 12:27 AM
Replies: 1,919
Views: 105,446
Posted By microcord

This thread is educational, inspirational, and at...

This thread is educational, inspirational, and at times an "emotional rollercoaster". But once the Huffissimo is complete and has wowed the crowds at various concours d'élégance, I hope to relive the...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-31-23, 12:00 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,521
Posted By microcord

I'm more amazed by the triviality of the...

I'm more amazed by the triviality of the differences in pattern among several of the removers. In the last three years or so, I've bought four five-speed 14-28 SunRace freewheels. The black pair take...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-19-23, 08:26 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 522
Posted By microcord

oneclick , I've just come across John Allen's...

oneclick , I've just come across John Allen's (not Sheldon Brown's) page Using SunTour Perfect, Pro Compe and New Winner Freewheels (https://www.sheldonbrown.com/suntour-freewheel.html) , and the...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-16-23, 05:10 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 522
Posted By microcord

pastorbobnlnh , $30 is about half of what I'd...

pastorbobnlnh , $30 is about half of what I'd pessimistically guessed, so I've applied for the Shimano. Thank you for the suggestion.

If that doesn't work out, I'll be asking you about the...
Forum: Classic and Vintage Sales
03-16-23, 04:57 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 466
Posted By microcord

PM sent on the Shimano.

PM sent on the Shimano.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-16-23, 05:20 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 522
Posted By microcord

philpeugeot, oneclick, Trakhak, thank you all....

philpeugeot, oneclick, Trakhak, thank you all. I'd never even heard of a 124 mm OLD. (126 mm, yes; but I can't think why anyone with 126 mm would choose to buy a five-speed freewheel.) I'm open to...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-16-23, 01:43 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 522
Posted By microcord

Five-speed touring freewheel blues

Advice, please. My collection of mostly old bits was assembled -- not by me; by a man who knew what he was doing -- into a 15-speed bike 15 months ago. All was well, except that there soon developed...
Forum: Electronics, Lighting, & Gadgets
01-08-23, 08:38 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 2,315
Posted By microcord

iGPSPORT iGS630

My only experience of "head units" was short and unpleasant. I bought a Garmin 810 (I think it was) new, and back when it was hot stuff. It had trouble finding a satellite. It kept imagining that I...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-23-22, 07:01 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 412
Posted By microcord

An unusual Miyata Professional

A machine labelled as a Miyata Professional, advertised as a replica of a trike ridden in 1914 by the boy who'd grow up to be emperor Shōwa:
...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-19-22, 06:05 AM
Replies: 100
Views: 5,783
Posted By microcord

12 March: I rode my newly assembled Ken Ryall...

12 March: I rode my newly assembled Ken Ryall from home (near sea level) to the top of Kazahari pass (1146 metres) and back home again, for a total of 185 km. Not my biggest ride of the year, but my...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-05-22, 11:03 PM
Replies: 475
Views: 71,350
Posted By microcord

nlerner Oh yes, I see...

nlerner Oh yes, I see (https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage-sales/1183697-fs-1960-ken-ryall-british-made-frameset-plus-headset.html).

I really hope that it went to an appreciative home.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-05-22, 05:57 PM
Replies: 475
Views: 71,350
Posted By microcord

Looking forward to seeing that Ken Ryall frame...

Looking forward to seeing that Ken Ryall frame built up and on the road!

(It's wet and miserable here, but soon it should be sunny again and I hope to go out for a ride on my own Ken.)
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-31-22, 08:10 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 2,454
Posted By microcord

One thing to beware of is how handlebars are...

One thing to beware of is how handlebars are measured. It may well be from the centre of one end to the centre of the other end, but it could instead be from the likely position of one hood to the...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-16-22, 05:40 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 1,861
Posted By microcord

Here in Tokyo (where people aren't so litigious),...

Here in Tokyo (where people aren't so litigious), bike shops won't do it. You take it, or the bike shop takes it, to a framebuilder, and the framebuilder does it. If you don't want to do it myself...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-11-22, 06:37 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,131
Posted By microcord

Oh, right. Sorry. I plead stupidity. ...

Oh, right. Sorry. I plead stupidity.



Surprisingly, my "old bike" (old frame and bits, newish assembly) has Mafac brake levers to match its Mafac brakes. The former are a stretch for my hands....
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-11-22, 04:25 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,131
Posted By microcord

Either the Dura-ace RD says "105" (to match the...

Either the Dura-ace RD says "105" (to match the crankset) or my eyesight is deteriorating.



In my part of the world, groupset match is expensive, in time, money or both. It might look odd if...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-09-22, 05:45 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,272
Posted By microcord

Unfortunately, the vividly named Detonator...

Unfortunately, the vividly named Detonator (https://www.maxxis.com/int/tire/detonator/) tops out at a nominal 32 mm.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-19-22, 05:40 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 905
Posted By microcord

Yes, I have this model of FD on a bike. It...

Yes, I have this model of FD on a bike. It started off working well with a triple (30-39-50), but recently it has become rather ineffectual in moving the chain from 39 to 50, though it manages it on...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-12-22, 04:57 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 1,574
Posted By microcord

I'm surprised that you want a wider handlebar....

I'm surprised that you want a wider handlebar. I'm not a particularly narrow person, but my normal reaction to bikes that otherwise are more or less my size is that the handlebar is unnecessarily...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-11-22, 04:22 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 1,574
Posted By microcord

But can one be sure that an unnecessarily long...

But can one be sure that an unnecessarily long skewer would have enough thread? (Not a rhetorical question. I really don't know.)
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-11-22, 04:07 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 1,574
Posted By microcord

See this page about hub widths...

See this page about hub widths (https://www.sheldonbrown.com/frame-spacing.html). I wonder if your rear QR skewer is designed for 130 mm (or even 135 mm); and if it is, whether it's simply too long...
Forum: Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling
08-09-22, 07:54 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,989
Posted By microcord

So this means that more than two years after you...

So this means that more than two years after you started cycling, the bike fitter said that the saddle should be raised by 4 cm or more. You then lowered it, to perhaps no more than 2.5 cm higher...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-03-22, 12:03 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,117
Posted By microcord

"Free Wheel "No adjustment. ...

"Free Wheel

"No adjustment.

"Lubrication: Thin pure oil every 400 miles. If ratchet slips, inject paraffin or petrol first."

H. H. England, Cycling Manual, 24th edition (London: Temple...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-02-22, 10:49 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,117
Posted By microcord

I'm unaccustomed to Japanese retail websites that...

I'm unaccustomed to Japanese retail websites that don't have domestic rates. (Typically, domestic rates are all that they have.)



The enormous successes of Yahoo Auction and Mercari mean that...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-02-22, 09:57 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,117
Posted By microcord

Perhaps Richard Ballantine, Richard's Bicycle...

Perhaps Richard Ballantine, Richard's Bicycle Book?
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-02-22, 08:32 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,117
Posted By microcord

I imagine that it's similarly difficult to find...

I imagine that it's similarly difficult to find new typewriter ribbon stock (and for much the same reason), though I confess that I haven't looked.

I find that NOS 5-speed Sanshin freewheels are...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-20-22, 07:15 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 3,791
Posted By microcord

Oh I do appreciate it, despite its shortcomings....

Oh I do appreciate it, despite its shortcomings. It and I have been on some memorable adventures. (Shibu pass (https://biketourjapan.com/cycling-shibu-pass-2172m/), for one.)
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-20-22, 12:32 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 3,791
Posted By microcord

I've got one myself and I do like the ride,...

I've got one myself and I do like the ride, what's left of the periwinkle blue colour, and the ample clearance for 28 mm tyres.

I'm not competent to judge the craftsmanship; but I'm mightily...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-09-22, 06:33 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 3,076
Posted By microcord

It's a hodge-podge of parts expertly assembled...

It's a hodge-podge of parts expertly assembled (i.e. by a pro, not me) just four months ago. The frame is branded Ken Ryall (the suburban London retailer), and also, "Legere" (no, not "Légère"), I...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-09-22, 06:51 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 2,279
Posted By microcord

A very handsome Bob Jackson. Though . . . perhaps...

A very handsome Bob Jackson. Though . . . perhaps it's just the camera angle, but that saddle rather scares me.

Bob Jackson's website (https://www.bobjacksoncycles.co.uk/) has been promising that...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-08-22, 03:06 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 1,984
Posted By microcord

Don't worry about the ranking; let's see all 47!

Don't worry about the ranking; let's see all 47!
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-07-22, 02:51 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 3,076
Posted By microcord

I took it for a little (27 km) ride this...

I took it for a little (27 km) ride this afternoon. (And a slow one, as I quickly discovered that I was wearing too much.)

Smooth! The front brake works symmetrically. (I don't say "flawlessly" --...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-06-22, 01:03 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 3,076
Posted By microcord

Done! I squeezed the scotchbrite (or...

Done!

I squeezed the scotchbrite (or scotchbrite knock-off) side of a sponge around the boss, hard, and swivelled. Again and again. And again (etc). The boss (which had looked pretty good to start...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-05-22, 04:44 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 3,076
Posted By microcord

Many thanks to you all for the comments you made...

Many thanks to you all for the comments you made (while I was enjoying a deep sleep after a demanding ride on a much newer bike).



Point taken about any attempt to thin a bushing. (And it...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-05-22, 07:08 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 3,076
Posted By microcord

Precisely reaming plastic

OP speaking. Quick version: What should I bear in mind when attempting to ream out a slightly greater internal diameter of a plastic bushing?

Blow-by-blow version: Wiggle-wiggle-wiggle worked: the...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-18-22, 06:21 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 3,076
Posted By microcord

Thank you, ehcoplex . I'm a bit sleepy now, but...

Thank you, ehcoplex . I'm a bit sleepy now, but I'll give it a go tomorrow morning.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-17-22, 08:19 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 3,076
Posted By microcord

Friends don't let are hesitant about recommending...

Friends don't let are hesitant about recommending that friends buy from immense oligopolists named after rivers, but the last time I looked Amazon Japan (where I happen to be) was selling Koolstop...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-10-22, 04:54 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 3,076
Posted By microcord

Amazing. Here I am, discovering new dimensions of...

Amazing. Here I am, discovering new dimensions of my own ignorance. One thing I thought I did know was never to use one of those tools, unless of course one was on the road and there was nothing...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-10-22, 04:10 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 3,076
Posted By microcord

Sorry, somehow I missed this message. You're...

Sorry, somehow I missed this message. You're right, they do indeed! Here (https://cyclesgrandbois.com/SHOP/gb_bw.html). I hadn't even noticed that they sold bits of brakes and the like; many thanks...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-10-22, 02:19 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 617
Posted By microcord

Concours d'élégance reptilienne : Zunow

I'm not the seller, I don't know the seller, and it's not my size. But I think I'm in love. Or if not love, then some scaly substance.
...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-10-22, 01:45 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 3,076
Posted By microcord

Well, this is interesting. My problem turns out...

Well, this is interesting. My problem turns out to have nothing to do with the straddle cable. When I take off the straddle cable (from one side, anyway), remove the nut and curious contoured giant...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-08-22, 02:59 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 3,076
Posted By microcord

Good morning (my time), all! Thank you for your...

Good morning (my time), all! Thank you for your comments. I'm in a rush to go on a bike ride (on a different bike) that was arranged back when I had fewer worries; this evening I'll be too exhausted...
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