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When you go into your LBS for tubular glue and leather toe straps and are informed they no longer keep either in stock.
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So i dont think Allez is recycled , but has been more or less in continual production for a while in different configurations
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The car industry keeps moving model names forward (Corvette, Mustang are probably among the longest lived in continual production without being ever put on hiatus ---) And also recycles model names - Bronco is the one that comes immediately to mind as a model that was gone for a while but they brought back
So i dont think Allez is recycled , but has been more or less in continual production for a while in different configurations
So i dont think Allez is recycled , but has been more or less in continual production for a while in different configurations
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The car industry keeps moving model names forward (Corvette, Mustang are probably among the longest lived in continual production without being ever put on hiatus ---) And also recycles model names - Bronco is the one that comes immediately to mind as a model that was gone for a while but they brought back
So i dont think Allez is recycled , but has been more or less in continual production for a while in different configurations
So i dont think Allez is recycled , but has been more or less in continual production for a while in different configurations
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After the original one, the "T" was followed by a number of which there are many.
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A friend of mine restored an Alan by taking it apart. Literally. Into single tubes 😄. Then he got industrial glue and struck a deal with a nearby bakery to use their oven for the curing. I hear it is a nicely riding bike again
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You go into a local bike shop and they tell you nobody uses loose ball bearings these days.
Went to the older local bike shop and they had some some Weldtite ball bearings left in a pot.
Turns out Weldtite are "Grade 1000 Performance" - no really it says that on Amazon.
Now replaced with grade 25
Went to the older local bike shop and they had some some Weldtite ball bearings left in a pot.
Turns out Weldtite are "Grade 1000 Performance" - no really it says that on Amazon.
Now replaced with grade 25
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... when you're champing at the bit to tell the dude down the street that his non-aero lever brake cables are waaay too tall. But you refrain, because you also want to be "nice." Then later, you just can't help yourself, and you ask the guy, cynically, "do you need to borrow my cable cutters? 'Cause I have some cable cutters you can borrow."
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When you walk into the LBS and ask for the oldschool, classic, vintage guy and a 30 something appears, tells you "we don't work on much of that anymore, too hard to get parts for, tools are worn and modern upgrades are cheaper, easier to work on, last longer and work better".
The road to H**L, threadless, cartridge, disposable, throwaway, profit at all costs, crap, at least its easy to work on, wouldn't have to want to figure or carry out any difficult tasks.
The road to H**L, threadless, cartridge, disposable, throwaway, profit at all costs, crap, at least its easy to work on, wouldn't have to want to figure or carry out any difficult tasks.
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..When 90% of the bike shops have never heard of the bits or even brand names you're looking for (was shopping for CS 50 cable stops, not a jockey pulley for a Vittoria Margherita for cryin out loud!)
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...when you ride up a new hill in a much higher gear than is comfortable on your modern bike in order to figure out whether you will be able to make it up the same hill on your C&V bike with the 49 tooth small chainring and 28 tooth large cog.
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......when you visit the LBS and there's and old rusty, beat, taco'd mtn bike in the abandoned/donated spot, against the back wall. So you ask the owner and he rolls his eyes and says "sure, take it" cuz you're the only one who ever does, and you do cuz those are Dia Compe 981 canti brakes.
....and, oooo, a Sugino GP130 triple. .....and a Tange HS and BB.
....and, oooo, a Sugino GP130 triple. .....and a Tange HS and BB.
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...when you're disappointed after peaking into someone's garage that there were wasn't a collection of steel framed beauties hanging up.
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What I'm hung up on is the OP's use of "C+V" in the thread title when everyone knows it is "C&V".
C+V implies something is both classic and vintage, whereas C&V implies that a space which includes either C or V or both (C+V).
Furthermore, the number of people who are only "C+Ver" is vanishingly small. It is much more inclusive to target the set of people who are "C&Ver".
I'm willing to go down fighting over this one. ;-)
P.S. - That's all I've got for you today. I know,... it was weak.
C+V implies something is both classic and vintage, whereas C&V implies that a space which includes either C or V or both (C+V).
Furthermore, the number of people who are only "C+Ver" is vanishingly small. It is much more inclusive to target the set of people who are "C&Ver".
I'm willing to go down fighting over this one. ;-)
P.S. - That's all I've got for you today. I know,... it was weak.
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After doing a century and going to the local drug store looking for Gargling Oil liniment and the pharmacist grabs you by your Cynar wool jersey shows you and your 'High Boy" the door.
That's How.
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That's How.
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When one of your biggest disappointments with the global pandemic is the ceased production of French non-aero hoods.
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When you ask at the LBS for some brake pads that will fit Mafac cantilevers and the smart-alec 20 something clerk corrects you with "you mean Mavic". Don
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When you are puzzled when drones pop up when you do a search for "Mavic" Components and rims......
When you expected the young salesperson at the bike shop to know what tubular tires are......
When you noticed Phil Wood changed the look of their Tenacious oil bottle......
When you never can get used to the idea of using any saddle other than Turbos or Concors.......
When your stomach turns at the sight of Unicrowns, Compact frames, ergo bars, SMP saddles and non,quill, face plated stems....
When you expected the young salesperson at the bike shop to know what tubular tires are......
When you noticed Phil Wood changed the look of their Tenacious oil bottle......
When you never can get used to the idea of using any saddle other than Turbos or Concors.......
When your stomach turns at the sight of Unicrowns, Compact frames, ergo bars, SMP saddles and non,quill, face plated stems....
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When you first apologize to the two teenage girls for guiding your old Fuji down the nail polish aisle at the big department store, but then wonder if they might have some insight on the best match for the scratched stays.
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When you wear these to the LBS or a Century and wonder why everyones staring.
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When you spend a good 30 minutes trying to haggle with the seller of an old, rusted out, $60 Nishiki...
But, on the way home, you don't bat an eye when you spend $140 at the store on groceries for the week.
But, on the way home, you don't bat an eye when you spend $140 at the store on groceries for the week.
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