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09-06-19, 10:04 PM
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Kind of off topic, but we are working on a barn find 1976 Honda Elsinore Cr 250.
Google it if you are interested.
I raced these for a shop in central Minnesota in the mid 70s.
It's in one big piece, but all consumables need to be replaced.
This one will keep us out of trouble for awhile.
So, C&V bikes are still interesting, but this thing is a beast.
Vrooooom.
Google it if you are interested.
I raced these for a shop in central Minnesota in the mid 70s.
It's in one big piece, but all consumables need to be replaced.
This one will keep us out of trouble for awhile.
So, C&V bikes are still interesting, but this thing is a beast.
Vrooooom.
How interesting haha, I did a nut and bolt resto on a 78 and raced 2 seasons until my shoulders couldn't cope. After 30 years racing and age it happens
Andy Haydon is on the inside of me, he finished 3rd in the last original Paris Dakar rally. I was second in the Evo championship this year in the photo age 46 by 5 points going into the last round but missed it because of my shoulders.
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Kind of off topic, but we are working on a barn find 1976 Honda Elsinore Cr 250.
Google it if you are interested.
I raced these for a shop in central Minnesota in the mid 70s.
It's in one big piece, but all consumables need to be replaced.
This one will keep us out of trouble for awhile.
So, C&V bikes are still interesting, but this thing is a beast.
Vrooooom.
Google it if you are interested.
I raced these for a shop in central Minnesota in the mid 70s.
It's in one big piece, but all consumables need to be replaced.
This one will keep us out of trouble for awhile.
So, C&V bikes are still interesting, but this thing is a beast.
Vrooooom.
09-07-19, 04:39 AM
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How interesting haha, I did a nut and bolt resto on a 78 and raced 2 seasons until my shoulders couldn't cope. After 30 years racing and age it happens
Andy Haydon is on the inside of me, he finished 3rd in the last original Paris Dakar rally. I was second in the Evo championship this year in the photo age 46 by 5 points going into the last round but missed it because of my shoulders.
Andy Haydon is on the inside of me, he finished 3rd in the last original Paris Dakar rally. I was second in the Evo championship this year in the photo age 46 by 5 points going into the last round but missed it because of my shoulders.
I may have to pm you with a question or two as we go through the process.
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This is what i do with them eventually.
Harvesting a lesie from an old organ that someone threw out.
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Though up to my butt in projects around the cottage, I have been fitting in puttering with this old Bianci that I found at the dump three or four days ago. Not really serious about the bike but I do want to, at least, see what it is all about. And, in seeing what it is all about, so far, I have learned that it is NOT a Team Proctor but a mid level Asian Bianchi...
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I thought you gave that up, Randy!I had a ~1996 Volpe which I guess I would consider a midlevel Asian. Ultimately, it wasn't for me, but I was seriously impressed by the quality and balance of the bike. It had the best paint job on any bike I have ever had. It was almost un-chip-able, and I'm very abusive to bike paint. The handling was super predictable. My problem was that it was heavy and slow, not a problem for most people. Your Bianchi looks very nice.
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Just overhauled two High-Flange Campagnolo Record hubs and two Campagnolo quill-type pedals for a friend of mine. Now it's onto a few pairs of Nakashima quill-type pedals for him.
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Felt a sharp pain on a hill yesterday. Needed to replace a shift cable.
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Kind of off topic, but we are working on a barn find 1976 Honda Elsinore Cr 250.
Google it if you are interested.
I raced these for a shop in central Minnesota in the mid 70s.
It's in one big piece, but all consumables need to be replaced.
This one will keep us out of trouble for awhile.
So, C&V bikes are still interesting, but this thing is a beast.
Vrooooom.
Google it if you are interested.
I raced these for a shop in central Minnesota in the mid 70s.
It's in one big piece, but all consumables need to be replaced.
This one will keep us out of trouble for awhile.
So, C&V bikes are still interesting, but this thing is a beast.
Vrooooom.
These were brutal in a whole new way that was embraced wholesale , the handwriting appeared on fire on the wall virtually overnite.
I thought I was into it and had ridden some but not much at the time and even I knew these would change the game just looking at them new when they came out, they exuded power just sitting there.
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Wow, Elsinore. That was a total game changer.
So much for an Astro top end on a Metralla bottom end...
So much for an Astro top end on a Metralla bottom end...
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Been wrenching on a ‘76 Eisentraut Limited for about three weeks now. Built up from a frame, and fork. First effort at a bike build, and quite the learning experience.
Finally got it all put together this evening, and took it out for a test run fully expecting mechanical issues. But there weren’t any, and next thing you know I was riding all around Timbuktu just havin’ a natural ball!
Finally got it all put together this evening, and took it out for a test run fully expecting mechanical issues. But there weren’t any, and next thing you know I was riding all around Timbuktu just havin’ a natural ball!
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Been wrenching on a ‘76 Eisentraut Limited for about three weeks now. Built up from a frame, and fork. First effort at a bike build, and quite the learning experience.
Finally got it all put together this evening, and took it out for a test run fully expecting mechanical issues. But there weren’t any, and next thing you know I was riding all around Timbuktu just havin’ a natural ball!
Finally got it all put together this evening, and took it out for a test run fully expecting mechanical issues. But there weren’t any, and next thing you know I was riding all around Timbuktu just havin’ a natural ball!
Well done.
Never any doubt in my mind.
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Thank you! I had doubts from time to time, but kept deciding to push on through. Wow! What a feeling of accomplishment. And the frame too, feels excellent in motion. Springy! Alive!
Barcons took a bit of getting used to. Never used them before. And the longer wheelbase is a new experience. Got enough of a feel for it to balance out for hands free riding by the time I was heading home.
Still got to outfit a few accessories, and wrap the bars. I’ll show ‘n tell then, because... “Pics or it didn’t happen!”
Barcons took a bit of getting used to. Never used them before. And the longer wheelbase is a new experience. Got enough of a feel for it to balance out for hands free riding by the time I was heading home.
Still got to outfit a few accessories, and wrap the bars. I’ll show ‘n tell then, because... “Pics or it didn’t happen!”
09-07-19, 10:53 PM
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No worries and good on ya for servicing them which they need far less than most and are one of if not the best bulletproof values in all of cycling.
I have them on all my regular riders and use them without hesitation on any vintage build that is going to be ridden very much, they look the part and work as well as any for me.
I have them on all my regular riders and use them without hesitation on any vintage build that is going to be ridden very much, they look the part and work as well as any for me.
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Thank you! I had doubts from time to time, but kept deciding to push on through. Wow! What a feeling of accomplishment. And the frame too, feels excellent in motion. Springy! Alive!
Barcons took a bit of getting used to. Never used them before. And the longer wheelbase is a new experience. Got enough of a feel for it to balance out for hands free riding by the time I was heading home.
Still got to outfit a few accessories, and wrap the bars. I’ll show ‘n tell then, because... “Pics or it didn’t happen!”
Barcons took a bit of getting used to. Never used them before. And the longer wheelbase is a new experience. Got enough of a feel for it to balance out for hands free riding by the time I was heading home.
Still got to outfit a few accessories, and wrap the bars. I’ll show ‘n tell then, because... “Pics or it didn’t happen!”
Make it so.
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So i got the lugs painted today on the Sakae. I used a new tape called Frog tape, well cant say im to happy with it. Its left loads of sticky residue 
and cant say I've had this issue before with other tape. So there's more work for me before the clear goes on and this frame needed lots of masking.
and cant say I've had this issue before with other tape. So there's more work for me before the clear goes on and this frame needed lots of masking.
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In the process of upgrading the brakes on my Puch:
New pads for the front are on order. The Modolos couldn't slow the rollo, and just had a terrible feel to them. BL-R400s are on the way.
New pads for the front are on order. The Modolos couldn't slow the rollo, and just had a terrible feel to them. BL-R400s are on the way.
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I just finished a nice 1976 Peugeot UE-18. All pictures here (https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...completed.html).
And this Italian beauty. All pictures here (https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...l#post21115404).
And this Italian beauty. All pictures here (https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...l#post21115404).
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