Today's experiences with the mechanically incompetent
05-30-16, 06:57 AM
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Well, thanks for making me feel old. The shop I worked at in 1978-ish sold a lot of Zeus stuff. The owner billed it as the "poor man's Campagnolo". And I think they also had 144mm BCD rings. If you wanted something for climbing, you bought a Cyclotourist crankset.
The Zeus "Criterium" and "2000" cranks used the 120mm BCD for both rings. This allows a ring as small as 36T, but no other manufacturer adopted the 120mm BCD design, AFAIK.
05-30-16, 07:06 AM
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Once upon a time one was required to repair and maintain one's own automobile and it was simple enough to do so. Nowadays they're so expensive to fix that they're thrown away and replaced with a new (or nearly new) one. So much for the acquisition of mechanical skills. Recently I purchased a Triumph TR6R 650 Tiger and at least I know British Standard and Whitworth, and thread chasing versus thread tapping, grasshoppers.
05-30-16, 07:41 AM
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I assume your TR6 doesn't require oil changes at all since you just replace what leaks out.
05-30-16, 09:20 PM
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Well, thanks for making me feel old. The shop I worked at in 1978-ish sold a lot of Zeus stuff. The owner billed it as the "poor man's Campagnolo". And I think they also had 144mm BCD rings. If you wanted something for climbing, you bought a Cyclotourist crankset.
I liked that Zeus stuff, too. A couple of my friends had complete Zeus bikes, and in hindsight I should have bought one in 1974 instead of the Raleigh International.
05-31-16, 06:51 AM
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Ditto, I should mount the thing, might help remind me to be more careful. At least I am in good company.
