Raleigh Crested Butte Mountain Tour
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pdx nice work on that Teton man, those looked cool. Your Butte was in great shape too, i'll never get rid of my Butte nor my two KX500's, or my McIntosh/Klipsch stereo system. Some things just cannot be replaced. Blonde hair blue eyed bombshells are a dime a dozen though, trade up trade up...Roost
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what Shawn said - nice Score OP it looks like it should clean up very nicely.
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I need to get the Crested Butte from my father's house to mine to get it cleaned up and to get some pics for its eventual sale. It's too big for my vehicle. Does the front wheel come off easily for transporting it, and if so, any tips on how it comes off?
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I see the obvious bolts, but is there anything special precaution wise to do to ensure I don't mess up the brakes when I remove the wheel? I'm not where the bike is right now but want to be prepared with what tools I need and precautions to take when I go to get it, if anyone can help?
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I see the obvious bolts, but is there anything special precaution wise to do to ensure I don't mess up the brakes when I remove the wheel? I'm not where the bike is right now but want to be prepared with what tools I need and precautions to take when I go to get it, if anyone can help?
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hard to hurt the thing: but release the tension in the brakes first. If you push the brakes with your hand onto the wheel the cable will go slack.. on one side you will see a round stop with the brake cable running through a slot. Just pull the cable out of the slot and the stop out and it will release the brakes. then its probably a 15mm wrench on the bolts (they are actually nuts), just turn them enough so the wheel falls out. no need to remove them from the wheel.
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What @jetboy said, also I sometimes take an adjustable wrench just in case the nuts are different but most of the time they should be 15 mm
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that is a sweet sweet bike. I sure hope you are 6'3". crumple up some aluminum foil and you can buff out the rust on the chrome!
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Haha- nope- 5’9” female here. None of the guys in the family want it, so it’s going up for sale soon. Someone else mentioned foil on the Bianchi thread I had going - but I was afraid to touch that one - it was ancient. Will give it a try on this one. After I put the front wheel back on, front brakes squeal a bit when I am walking the bike and tires rolling- but hopefully someone experienced can tweak that pretty easily? Thanks for your help!
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Haha- nope- 5’9” female here. None of the guys in the family want it, so it’s going up for sale soon. Someone else mentioned foil on the Bianchi thread I had going - but I was afraid to touch that one - it was ancient. Will give it a try on this one. After I put the front wheel back on, front brakes squeal a bit when I am walking the bike and tires rolling- but hopefully someone experienced can tweak that pretty easily? Thanks for your help!
as for the brakes: I am not the expert on this, but a bit of sandpaper to clean the pads, and then aligning them properly sure helps! but if you are selling you may just want to leave that to the buyer!
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if the chrome is too far gone then it gone... but in this bike's case it will shine in a few minutes. sadly the resale on these - totally awesome- bikes is not great. its great for us who like to buy and ride them, but not so great for those selling.
as for the brakes: I am not the expert on this, but a bit of sandpaper to clean the pads, and then aligning them properly sure helps! but if you are selling you may just want to leave that to the buyer!
as for the brakes: I am not the expert on this, but a bit of sandpaper to clean the pads, and then aligning them properly sure helps! but if you are selling you may just want to leave that to the buyer!
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So my '87 Teton has been sitting for a few years and needs some work. Not just from sitting, but also because I bought it when I was 15 and did some questionable "repairs". You can see where I posted it in this thread in 2016. Anyway, a few questions...would this headset fit? And what size is the bottom bracket? Was the Teton above or below the Seneca in the '87 Mountain Tour lineup?
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There is a place in the V of the handlebars that is a little more rusted, but I’ll give it a try for sure. Will probably just put it up on local Craigslist and see what happens. Someone on the “What’s it Worth” thread said he’d go $150 and that he’s a cheap dude, so may just throw it up there for $250 or something and leave bargaining room to see what happens. On Ebay, looks like people buy just the pedals for $50-100 (and more in some cases), so if I find a local person and don’t have to ship, it may go okay on both ends.
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Hi, I have the Elkhorn model. I don't see that many differences between the Butte and the Elkhorn except for better factory parts on the Butte. The Butte uses a uni-crown fork and the Elk a brazed crown. The Butte has the shoulder strap braze-ons, while the Elk no. What is the tubing # on the Butte? Does the Butte have replaceable canti bosses? I sure wish the Elk did!
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Nudging this thread back to life again (hey, it's winter!) Here's a photo of my Crested Butte in current configuration. Put a smaller Wald basket on front.
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Hi, I have the Elkhorn model. I don't see that many differences between the Butte and the Elkhorn except for better factory parts on the Butte. The Butte uses a uni-crown fork and the Elk a brazed crown. The Butte has the shoulder strap braze-ons, while the Elk no. What is the tubing # on the Butte? Does the Butte have replaceable canti bosses? I sure wish the Elk did!
You can see that my Crested Butte has a brazed fork and strap braze-ons. And you can look back in this thread and see @fishwatcher 's Elkhorn has both a brazed fork and braze-ons for shoulder straps. Here's a couple close ups he's taken this past year:
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