Post a picture of a part/s, that you forgot you had
11-22-20, 03:06 PM
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Post a picture of a part/s, that you forgot you had
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I guess I am having a senior moment, yesterday I was going through my storage looking for some Sunshine NJS track wheels that I bought while up in Berkely. I found them hanging up and right next to them I found these! They are Dura-Ace Track hubs on brand new Araya rims....never used, with tubulars! For the life of me, I can't remember where I found them....don't recall buying them on the Forum (maybe I did?
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I think it would be interesting to see what other treasures members have rediscovered while going through their parts stash...so if you "newly discovered parts" please post along with some pictures.
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NOS, with non glued Tubbies!
I guess I am having a senior moment, yesterday I was going through my storage looking for some Sunshine NJS track wheels that I bought while up in Berkely. I found them hanging up and right next to them I found these! They are Dura-Ace Track hubs on brand new Araya rims....never used, with tubulars! For the life of me, I can't remember where I found them....don't recall buying them on the Forum (maybe I did?
)I think it would be interesting to see what other treasures members have rediscovered while going through their parts stash...so if you "newly discovered parts" please post along with some pictures.
Best, Ben
NOS, with non glued Tubbies!
11-22-20, 07:32 PM
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That would involve finding the ones I forgot I had.
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11-22-20, 08:26 PM
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I have enough problems finding parts I know I have, I wish I could forget the parts I bought that were junk.
: Mike
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11-22-20, 08:59 PM
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Found some lost and forgotten NOS GB Superhoods (half size), and delightedly put them aside, somewhere special I'm sure, over a year ago. Not sure I'll ever find them again.
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The problem is not remembering the parts you had, then ordering the exact same part because you didn't think you had it...
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11-26-20, 09:37 AM
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I’ve been meaning to post something in this thread, but keep forgetting about it.
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I can recall most of what I have purchased-
the Most part is when I bought or won a “lot” of misc parts. The extra bits... have been gifted some too- those are the Surprise boxes...
then there are the NOS tubulars that get test pumped up and do not hold air...
sad
i have three plain tubes that overnight went flat or went flat in service in an hour. Pumped them up as much as I dare - submerse in water- no bubbles... they eventually go limp while hanging up to dry- takes a week... the dreaded high pressure leak
the Most part is when I bought or won a “lot” of misc parts. The extra bits... have been gifted some too- those are the Surprise boxes...
then there are the NOS tubulars that get test pumped up and do not hold air...
sad
i have three plain tubes that overnight went flat or went flat in service in an hour. Pumped them up as much as I dare - submerse in water- no bubbles... they eventually go limp while hanging up to dry- takes a week... the dreaded high pressure leak
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Got me stumped on how you can forget where those came from???
They look like straight Huret knock-offs, especially that RD but way cooler looking.
Got me stumped on how you can forget where those came from???
They look like straight Huret knock-offs, especially that RD but way cooler looking.
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@Mr.66
Got me stumped on how you can forget where those came from???
They look like straight Huret knock-offs, especially that RD but way cooler looking.
Got me stumped on how you can forget where those came from???
They look like straight Huret knock-offs, especially that RD but way cooler looking.
11-26-20, 05:43 PM
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@Mr.66
Got me stumped on how you can forget where those came from???
They look like straight Huret knock-offs, especially that RD but way cooler looking.
Got me stumped on how you can forget where those came from???
They look like straight Huret knock-offs, especially that RD but way cooler looking.
Dai Nippon Bicycle (DNB) were a Tokyo based manufacturer of bicycles. In the 1950’s there seems to have been two centres of bicycle industry activity in Japan, Tokyo was one, and Sakae near Osaka (the home of Shimano, SunTour, SR and Sugino) was the other. A certain Mr. Miyata (a name with resonance) from DNB seems to have been an influential figure in the Tokyo group.The history of DNB derailleurs is a little unclear, but may go like this:
- Hiroshi Nakamura claims DNB released an ‘A Type’ non-parallelogram derailleur in 1957.
- Hiroshi Nakamura also claims that DNB released a parallelogram model as early as 1958. I believe that this parallelogram model was a copy of the Campagnolo Gran Sport.
- In 1965 I believe that DNB released the DNB 66 model in this collection.
- At some point in the late 1960s I believe that DNB began to use the ‘Danube’ brand, producing both derailleurs and bicycles with this brand. This brand appears to have been owned by the Fuji Motors Company of Tokyo, which morphed into a company called Xenoah. This company exists to this day as Zenoah, and is part of the Husqvarna group.
- The 1971 edition of Japan's Bicycle Guide shows a funky looking derailleur called the DNB Danube alongside the DNB 66.
- The 1975 edition of Japan's Bicycle Guide shows a completely new range of three derailleurs, all of which use a dropped parallelogram design. In the book thay are called 'GX Xenoah Model RD 18-1', 'GX Xenoah Model RD 18-2', 'Danube Xenoah RD 17'.
- And then the 1976 edition of Japan's Bicycle Guide reverses utterly, omitting all the new, modern, 1975 models, and showing only the, 1960s era, DNB 66.
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11-28-20, 04:49 PM
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Went down to my junkpile remembering this thread and found this:
Which contained this:
My dad did the drillium on it in the early '80s, no doubt, and bought all the expensive Bullseye pulleys and aftermarket alloy bolts then as well. I don't know that it was used much at all. He met my mom and got into distance cycling around that time and switched to using touring derailleurs - possibly the reason for the Deore box existing. I think my mom still has that deer head on her Trek. I should make a proper reproduction limit screw to replace the one that's missing. Doesn't look like they're plated or anything so it would be easy to turn and polish one from a plain m4 screw on the lathe.
Which contained this:
My dad did the drillium on it in the early '80s, no doubt, and bought all the expensive Bullseye pulleys and aftermarket alloy bolts then as well. I don't know that it was used much at all. He met my mom and got into distance cycling around that time and switched to using touring derailleurs - possibly the reason for the Deore box existing. I think my mom still has that deer head on her Trek. I should make a proper reproduction limit screw to replace the one that's missing. Doesn't look like they're plated or anything so it would be easy to turn and polish one from a plain m4 screw on the lathe.
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Even after I found this it took me three days to remember where it came from.
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Shimano L-422 Light Action friction shifters. I had to check my BF messages to remind myself how I got 'em. Apparently I wanted a foolproof backup in case my Suntour Acushift GPX shifters went bad.
I was looking for something else this summer when I rediscovered these in a box. On a lark I put them on the Ironman for a month. They work great, pretty close to the feel of retro-friction shifters.
They're back in a box now but these are keepers. I think they'll pull enough cable for 8 speeds or more, with good enough feel to manage the narrower gaps between cogs. They might even work as bar end shifters with an adapter and wide enough bars to clear my knees.
I was looking for something else this summer when I rediscovered these in a box. On a lark I put them on the Ironman for a month. They work great, pretty close to the feel of retro-friction shifters.
They're back in a box now but these are keepers. I think they'll pull enough cable for 8 speeds or more, with good enough feel to manage the narrower gaps between cogs. They might even work as bar end shifters with an adapter and wide enough bars to clear my knees.
11-28-20, 07:58 PM
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I bought this derailleur about seven years ago, just because of it's oddness. Never installed it on a bike. I'd forgotten about it until I saw thus thread.
it's a 7400 series derailleur that's been modified with a long cage(maybe an earlier 600 series cage).
it's a 7400 series derailleur that's been modified with a long cage(maybe an earlier 600 series cage).
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