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Old 09-01-23, 12:27 PM
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Sorry for the poor photo. I didn't want to linger too long. Locked up across 34th street from the Empire State building, the place is crawling with tourists.

I think it's a mid 80's Cannondale, but it's been through some hard times.
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Originally Posted by rhm
Sorry for the poor photo. I didn't want to linger too long. Locked up across 34th street from the Empire State building, the place is crawling with tourists.

I think it's a mid 80's Cannondale, but it's been through some hard times.
Isn’t this the same way “Requiem for a Dream” ended?
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Originally Posted by rhm
Sorry for the poor photo. I didn't want to linger too long. Locked up across 34th street from the Empire State building, the place is crawling with tourists.

I think it's a mid 80's Cannondale, but it's been through some hard times.
Well,
If you really want a step through frame...
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Originally Posted by rhm
Sorry for the poor photo. I didn't want to linger too long. Locked up across 34th street from the Empire State building, the place is crawling with tourists.

I think it's a mid 80's Cannondale, but it's been through some hard times.
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  1. No thanks, I like my smile now.
  2. This was locked to something at one point, but in all cases wouldn't it be better to remove the lock instead of the top tube?
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  1. No thanks, I like my smile now.
  2. This was locked to something at one point, but in all cases wouldn't it be better to remove the lock instead of the top tube?
I agree, in that i can't think of any reason to chop the tube this way other than to steal a locked bike​​; and aluminum is easier to cut than kryptonite. But then why not cut off the whole top tube, rather than just a short section?

But I'm amazed that the bike is still ridable this way.
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I agree, in that i can't think of any reason to chop the tube this way other than to steal a locked bike​​; and aluminum is easier to cut than kryptonite. But then why not cut off the whole top tube, rather than just a short section?

But I'm amazed that the bike is still ridable this way.
Aluminum tube v. hardened steel seems an easy choice if you want it quick and don't really care what shape the bike comes in. OTOH isn't one cut enough?
We have all sorts of under-the-freeway chop shops and the bike supply seems endless. It's a wonder anybody around here tries using a public rack at all.
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This Mikado 3-sp was observed in captivity at a church rummage sale. Not my size and no price, but cool looking. I initially thought is was a Miyata.







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​​​​​​- man, that looks like a '60ies Cinelli!
- ja ja ​​​​


German guy rode from Stuttgart to the Spanish coast. Big panniers but he travelled light, no more than 15 pounds of stuff I think.
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Originally Posted by thinktubes
This Mikado 3-sp was observed in captivity at a church rummage sale. Not my size and no price, but cool looking. I initially thought is was a Miyata.







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What's that?!

No interest in a Sears Steyr "with famous Shimano gears" ( - Alan Ludden)

Mr. Roebuck appears to have had a good deal of use - note the "swimmer's shoulders" exhibited by his bar...

The Mikado bears little resemblance to the Chevrolet pickup truck of the same name


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Originally Posted by CMAW

​​​​​​- man, that looks like a '60ies Cinelli!
- ja ja ​​​​


German guy rode from Stuttgart to the Spanish coast. Big panniers but he travelled light, no more than 15 pounds of stuff I think.
on those pedals! Cage or plates missing.
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He was wearing cheap sneakers, one tough German. Was talking about restoring the bike though, "maybe next year".
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Originally Posted by rhm
Sorry for the poor photo. I didn't want to linger too long. Locked up across 34th street from the Empire State building, the place is crawling with tourists.

I think it's a mid 80's Cannondale, but it's been through some hard times.
Modern step through or top tube missing to aid in lock removal.......good candidate for the Halloween Franken_bike competition.
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Two-fer, a Bob and a Greg this morning:

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Saw this Dursley Pedersen inside an office space in Stoughton Wisconsin

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Saw this on Swing's website - hundred-year-old coffee roasters by the White House. I think the one on the right is a Rivendell, what's the bike on the left?
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Saw this on Swing's website - hundred-year-old coffee roasters by the White House. I think the one on the right is a Rivendell, what's the bike on the left?
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I bet that's another Riv..

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I bet that's another Riv..

Quickbeam SS, about 2017

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[me auld peepers hath bitten me in the hindquarters yet again]


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To be fair it was a crappy pic.

My Riv radar can be pretty strong sometimes and we has a Rivelo meetup this summer and I had seen a couple lately.
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Originally Posted by merziac
To be fair it was a crappy pic.

My Riv radar can be pretty strong sometimes and we has a Rivelo meetup this summer and I had seen a couple lately.

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first met Grant in 'lxxvii when he was clerking at the Berkeley branch o' REI

recall getting some "bobs" newsletters later on

have made not effort to keep up once the Rivendell enterprise launched

so am by the present decades behind

good eye on your part


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first met Grant in 'lxxvii when he was clerking at the Berkeley branch o' REI

recall getting some "bobs" newsletters later on

have made not effort to keep up once the Rivendell enterprise launched

so am by the present decades behind

good eye on your part


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Yep, I get it and am a fan but won't be going out of my way to procure one at this juncture.
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This one's probably going to die in the streets here. Never heard of a "Del Puppo" brand, almost sounds like a joke for a French bike, but I found some pics online and this: one man operation, made to measure bikes, based in Sainte Florine in the vicinity of Clermond Ferrond, existed for 31 years, folded in 2009.


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This one's probably going to die in the streets here. Never heard of a "Del Puppo" brand, almost sounds like a joke for a French bike, but I found some pics online and this: one man operation, made to measure bikes, based in Sainte Florine in the vicinity of Clermond Ferrond, existed for 31 years, folded in 2009.


Time for a covert extraction.
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Only just found this thread... From some years ago, outside an L station not that far from Wrigley Field.

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