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12-08-19, 08:39 PM
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Watch what you say. Back when I was starting out these (and the single BB supporting A&J stands) were the standard. We got the work done with the tools we had, just like these days. I can't wait till you have kids and they question our Park stands and spoke tension meters. Andy
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Looks like necessary equipment for mid century American bicycles, old English 3-speeds, Flying Pigeons, and Opafiets.
12-09-19, 08:01 AM
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Old school...
Watch what you say. Back when I was starting out these (and the single BB supporting A&J stands) were the standard. We got the work done with the tools we had, just like these days. I can't wait till you have kids and they question our Park stands and spoke tension meters. Andy
Their minds could not comprehend those stands!
My oldest pro stand...
Newer clamps fits!
12-09-19, 08:34 AM
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My first bike repair stand, built in the late '80's, was simpler but not a lot different from those. The base was a 2'x3' piece of doubled-up 1/2" plywood with the upright and arm of 1-1/2" and 3/4" threaded steel pipe and a reducing ell mounted to the base with a 1-1/2" floor flange. The clamp was a 3/4"pipe clamp threaded to the arm and padded with rubber covered wood. It wasn't elegant but it worked for several years until I bought the "real thing".
12-09-19, 01:08 PM
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I particularly like the valves. For lubricant? Cooling water?
12-09-19, 04:20 PM
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Set screws, not valves.
12-09-19, 04:21 PM
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We are lucky having the instruments, our cell phones, to take pictures of our lives for posterity.
12-09-19, 07:11 PM
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"We are lucky having the instruments, our cell phones, to take pictures of our lives for posterity."
Wishful thinking. Digital files have a way of corrupting or losing compatibility along the way. I know as I have several of them that have become corrupted and are useless now. Now, if you are printing those pics, then yes, the phone is a convenient picture taking tool, unless you simply carry a film or digital camera with you and leave the electronic tether on the kitchen counter!
Wishful thinking. Digital files have a way of corrupting or losing compatibility along the way. I know as I have several of them that have become corrupted and are useless now. Now, if you are printing those pics, then yes, the phone is a convenient picture taking tool, unless you simply carry a film or digital camera with you and leave the electronic tether on the kitchen counter!
12-09-19, 08:07 PM
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Wiz,
Once again your bewilderment amazes me! I remember using them and what an upgrade the Parks stands were. They were reasonably functional and made working on bikes a lot easier than on the floor or up-side down. At that time the Euopeans were suspending bikes from ceiling rafters on ropes or strings. Those stands really made a sturdy base to work on. Smiles/double smiles, MH
Once again your bewilderment amazes me! I remember using them and what an upgrade the Parks stands were. They were reasonably functional and made working on bikes a lot easier than on the floor or up-side down. At that time the Euopeans were suspending bikes from ceiling rafters on ropes or strings. Those stands really made a sturdy base to work on. Smiles/double smiles, MH
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12-09-19, 11:38 PM
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I'm trying to remember what we used at the Racine Cyclery in 1971. I don't think that we used anything this ... fortified. We may have used Park Stands. Worked find for setting up Banana Splits.
