Every third year box of crap check
04-21-21, 04:03 PM
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Every third year box of crap check
Like most people I do have a box of crap. About every third year I check the box for parts and every time I find parts I have been searching the net for - or have re-evaluated since the last time. This time I found a pair of early Campagnolo Record "key hole" brake levers, a load of Simplex crankset parts, some Mafac cable stops, an old alu bottle for my REG holder, etc.
I believe it is the second time I have discovered that I actually did not sell all my old French bike magazines. I clearly have hundreds of them. I am as happy as the last time I discovered that!
Found an old and torn B17 narrow and a bent 3TTT bar - and made a Picasso-hommage for the workshop.
I wonder what I will find in three years time?!
I believe it is the second time I have discovered that I actually did not sell all my old French bike magazines. I clearly have hundreds of them. I am as happy as the last time I discovered that!
Found an old and torn B17 narrow and a bent 3TTT bar - and made a Picasso-hommage for the workshop.
I wonder what I will find in three years time?!
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04-22-21, 04:18 AM
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I like that "Picasso"!
Uh - whatcha doin´ with those Campagnolo brake levers...?
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Uh - whatcha doin´ with those Campagnolo brake levers...?
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04-22-21, 06:43 AM
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That is a treasure box...not a crap box. My boxes have actual crap in them!
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1987 Crest Cannondale, 1987 Basso Gap, 1992 Rossin Performance EL, 1990ish Van Tuyl, 1985 Trek 670, 1982 AD SLE, 2003 Pinarello Surprise, 1990ish MBK Atlantique, 1987 Peugeot Competition, 1987 Nishiki Tri-A, 1981 Faggin, 1996 Cannondale M500, 1984 Mercian, 1982 AD SuperLeicht, 1985 Massi (model unknown), 1988 Daccordi Griffe , 1989 Fauxsin MTB, 1981 Ciocc Mockba, 1992 Bianchi Giro, 1977 Colnago Super
04-22-21, 07:20 AM
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Just one box? I think you've described my entire basement.
04-22-21, 10:55 AM
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Oh, you should see what I left in the box. But it is sort of my point with the original post - about three years ago I considered these parts crap. Somewhere between then and now I have changed. I realized that one future project (the above mentioned Colnago) needed early Record levers and I did not know I had these - so I started searching the bay for a pair. Etc., etc. This is repeating itself - and with some years apart I need to check the box of crap. And I always find things there that are no longer crap... ;-)
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04-22-21, 01:55 PM
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It's such a great pleasure to find stuff I've forgotten I have. The trouble is that I come across those items only because I'm looking for things I can't find, things I know I have but can't remember where I put them! (Yes, I know this post does not follow the usual rules of English grammar.)
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I finally started putting everything in ziplocks grouped by group, pedals, brakes, etc or bike they came off of, or? 
It actually really helps mainly so they don't crush or mar so easy and makes it easier to pull just what you want out, if its near the top.
It actually really helps mainly so they don't crush or mar so easy and makes it easier to pull just what you want out, if its near the top.
