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I'm not sure there is a specific definition. My impression is that it refers to the front derailleurs that are actuated by levers attached directly to the derailleur.
An example is found on this 1954 Tebag....
There are other derailleurs that have a different mechanism that requires rotating a shaft... but both require the user to reach down there and move the lever while pedaling.
It's easier than messing around with the Campagnolo Cambio Corsa, but certainly not as easy as downtube shifters.
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An example is found on this 1954 Tebag....
There are other derailleurs that have a different mechanism that requires rotating a shaft... but both require the user to reach down there and move the lever while pedaling.
It's easier than messing around with the Campagnolo Cambio Corsa, but certainly not as easy as downtube shifters.
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I have always called the brake levers popular in the 70s with the levers you can reach from the bar suicide levers
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Were these prone to breaking? Genuine question, I wasn't aware.
The Retrogrouch: Suicide Components: Death By Bicycle
The Retrogrouch: Suicide Components: Death By Bicycle
Recently I'm seeing younger riders refer to ordinary downtube shifters as "suicide shifters." They heard or read the term somewhere and assumed it referred to any shifting mechanism that involves taking a hand off the handlebar and/or brake/hood.
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Stronglight 93 crank arms. I just threw them out. The non drive side had multiple hairline cracks and the drive side had a single crack. It would have been the death of certain body parts had I been pedaling while out of my saddle and they broke. I did save the chainrings though.
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He didn't look a whole lot better 2 years earlier, at 50:
Jay Blakesburg Photography/Garcia, Dec 16 1992
Jay Blakesburg Photography/Garcia, Dec 16 1992
A report that may be apocryphal but is utterly believable: He was once found in a car near the Panhandle in SF in a diabetic coma; it turned out that he had been living the previous few weeks on speedballs and Haagen-Dazs. Given his (confirmed) consumption habits, the remarkable thing is not that he died so young, but rather that he lived so long.
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these were a compromise with the CSPC.
grrrr
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A quick interwebs check confirmed what I thought - Schwinn had them on Varsinentals and Super Sports not later than 1970 and the CPSC did not come into existence until 1972. I've even seen "turkey wings" on at least one early 1970s Paramount (yes, as OEM). These are all verifiable, take-it-to-the bank facts.
Now onto guesswork. It is possible that Schwinn felt the winds of what would become CPSC foolishness, but my guess is that Schwinn started using dual-position brake levers as part of the effort to get people who were not comfortable with the idea of drop bars to try the "lightweight" ten-speeds. "See, you can brake from up top, just like you do on a regular bike." Again, that part is a guess, but I can sure see a bunch of middle-America Schwinn dealers using that as a pitch line. And don't forget the Euro types had been using guidonet (sp?) brake levers for some time. They never caught on here, but the Schwinn folks were in tough with what was going on across the pond- hence the use of Huret Alvit derailluers and Weinmann brakes well into the 70s. Perhaps the guidonets were the inspiration for the dual-position (un)safety levers. I leave it to someone who actually knows about this stuff to confirm, correct or point and laugh at this.
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Heed caution with the vintage Cinelli SL saddle with forged aluminum wishbone rail. The oval shape rails are not a good fit to the conventional seat post cradle clamp. They require a proper depth and width channel in the clamp. Campagnolo offered a specific clamp. Others, as well. If not, they can and will mar leading to some fractured.
Regardless are rare but not really that light in weight. Its been some time though recall comparing to a Brooks Swift with titanium rail, they were near identical in weight.
Regardless are rare but not really that light in weight. Its been some time though recall comparing to a Brooks Swift with titanium rail, they were near identical in weight.
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Heed caution with the vintage Cinelli SL saddle with forged aluminum wishbone rail. The oval shape rails are not a good fit to the conventional seat post cradle clamp. They require a proper depth and width channel in the clamp. Campagnolo offered a specific clamp. Others, as well. If not, they can and will mar leading to some fractured.
Regardless are rare but not really that light in weight. Its been some time though recall comparing to a Brooks Swift with titanium rail, they were near identical in weight.
Regardless are rare but not really that light in weight. Its been some time though recall comparing to a Brooks Swift with titanium rail, they were near identical in weight.
20160302_184351 by nemosengineer, on Flickr
20160302_184622 by nemosengineer, on Flickr
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Titanium Brooks B15, Campagnolo Nuovo Superleggero seatpost weighs 304gr. saddle weighs 345gr.
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The Spinergy wheels reminded me of a steel, 3-arm, 46T, single crank that I bought for cheap about five years ago. While it said Universel (French spelling), it did not indicate that it was a genuine Duprat, so no aspersion on them. I was riding moderately at about 19-20 mph, and one third of the chainring folded in a dramatic fashion. I could not pedal. This was among the first-few rides I had done with it. I have not had this happen to any other crank, but I shy away from 3-arm that are not supported by a second chain-ring.
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In my neck of the woods, they were "turkey wings," "turkey" being a general term of derision for something/someone deemed to be dumb.
A quick interwebs check confirmed what I thought - Schwinn had them on Varsinentals and Super Sports not later than 1970 and the CPSC did not come into existence until 1972. I've even seen "turkey wings" on at least one early 1970s Paramount (yes, as OEM). These are all verifiable, take-it-to-the bank facts.
Now onto guesswork. It is possible that Schwinn felt the winds of what would become CPSC foolishness, but my guess is that Schwinn started using dual-position brake levers as part of the effort to get people who were not comfortable with the idea of drop bars to try the "lightweight" ten-speeds. "See, you can brake from up top, just like you do on a regular bike." Again, that part is a guess, but I can sure see a bunch of middle-America Schwinn dealers using that as a pitch line. And don't forget the Euro types had been using guidonet (sp?) brake levers for some time. They never caught on here, but the Schwinn folks were in tough with what was going on across the pond- hence the use of Huret Alvit derailluers and Weinmann brakes well into the 70s. Perhaps the guidonets were the inspiration for the dual-position (un)safety levers. I leave it to someone who actually knows about this stuff to confirm, correct or point and laugh at this.
A quick interwebs check confirmed what I thought - Schwinn had them on Varsinentals and Super Sports not later than 1970 and the CPSC did not come into existence until 1972. I've even seen "turkey wings" on at least one early 1970s Paramount (yes, as OEM). These are all verifiable, take-it-to-the bank facts.
Now onto guesswork. It is possible that Schwinn felt the winds of what would become CPSC foolishness, but my guess is that Schwinn started using dual-position brake levers as part of the effort to get people who were not comfortable with the idea of drop bars to try the "lightweight" ten-speeds. "See, you can brake from up top, just like you do on a regular bike." Again, that part is a guess, but I can sure see a bunch of middle-America Schwinn dealers using that as a pitch line. And don't forget the Euro types had been using guidonet (sp?) brake levers for some time. They never caught on here, but the Schwinn folks were in tough with what was going on across the pond- hence the use of Huret Alvit derailluers and Weinmann brakes well into the 70s. Perhaps the guidonets were the inspiration for the dual-position (un)safety levers. I leave it to someone who actually knows about this stuff to confirm, correct or point and laugh at this.
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You'll be riding your current 'classic and oldie' for many more years, but this is what today's modern high end road bikes are becoming in only a few short years.
Add the massive recall of Dura Ace and Ultegra Hollowtech cranksets.
Down goes the GiAnT
https://www.mensjournal.com/pursuits...ng-riders-back
Add the massive recall of Dura Ace and Ultegra Hollowtech cranksets.
Down goes the GiAnT
https://www.mensjournal.com/pursuits...ng-riders-back
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CLB duraluminum brake cable casings......
You will lose at least 50% braking power if you use these.
The casings just compresses too much.
Figures that you can still find these on sale at eBay as people must have stayed away from it when it was sold by CLB in the 80's.
You will lose at least 50% braking power if you use these.
The casings just compresses too much.
Figures that you can still find these on sale at eBay as people must have stayed away from it when it was sold by CLB in the 80's.
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If you own a Kogswell frame with a 1” steel fork there’s an active thread on the Paceline forum well worth reading. It could save your life. Really.
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Cinelli XA (and likely a few others, Cinelli not alone, who stupidly also put an insert in the same place); failure mode should be obvious, and sufficiently dangerous to qualify:
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Heed caution with the vintage Cinelli SL saddle with forged aluminum wishbone rail. The oval shape rails are not a good fit to the conventional seat post cradle clamp. They require a proper depth and width channel in the clamp. Campagnolo offered a specific clamp. Others, as well. If not, they can and will mar leading to some fractured.
Regardless are rare but not really that light in weight. Its been some time though recall comparing to a Brooks Swift with titanium rail, they were near identical in weight.
Regardless are rare but not really that light in weight. Its been some time though recall comparing to a Brooks Swift with titanium rail, they were near identical in weight.
Aluminium rails are a bit bigger than steel ones - 8mm dia.
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