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Forum: Bicycle Mechanics

12-01-19, 05:03 PM

Replies: 9

Help! Tube patch gone wrong!

Views: 1,228

Posted By curbowman

Help! Tube patch gone wrong!

My rear tire deflated again, and when I inspected I found out this monstrosity:
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Forum: Fitting Your Bike

11-25-19, 10:15 AM

Replies: 18

Help with an Alex Singer and French Fit

Views: 6,170

Posted By curbowman

I also have a bike with a classic frame that's a...

I also have a bike with a classic frame that's a bit bigger that usual. I did that because I wanted to have the handlebars almost as the same height as the saddle and I couldn't find a stem that was...

Forum: Fitting Your Bike

09-26-19, 09:37 PM

Replies: 20

Road handlebar angle

Views: 11,709

Posted By curbowman

Oh, yeah; people use to tell me my saddle is too...

Oh, yeah; people use to tell me my saddle is too low. But my bike is a 1979 Japanese sport/touring bike, and the horizontal top tube tends to look odd when compared to modern sloped ones. In fact, my...

Forum: Commuting

08-21-19, 08:47 AM

Replies: 31

I can't wear cycling goggles over my glasses, any suggestion?

Views: 28,213

Posted By curbowman

Oh, I didn't mean "bugs that scratches my lens"....

Oh, I didn't mean "bugs that scratches my lens". But after a rain, there are some wild ones that fly over the puddles and are really nasty when you get close to them, even on a fast-moving bike.
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Forum: Recumbent

06-17-19, 05:41 PM

Replies: 10

Hase Kettwiesel for touring?

Views: 6,531

Posted By curbowman

I do agree. The Ortlieb Kettwiesel bag holds 42...

I do agree. The Ortlieb Kettwiesel bag holds 42 litres, while a set of their recumbent bags for tadpoles carries 54 litres. However, the Kett bag is a big cube instead of two bananas, which might be...

Forum: Touring

11-23-17, 01:54 PM

Replies: 39

What happened to Kirtland bike bags?

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Posted By curbowman

What happened to Kirtland bike bags?

I was looking at the excellent library of old catalogs in velo-pages.com and "discovered" the Kirtland bags & panniers.

Kirtland (http://www.velo-pages.com/main.php?g2_itemId=77140)

They seemed...

Forum: Bicycle Mechanics

03-09-17, 11:18 AM

Replies: 19

Handlebar tape, French-style.

Views: 3,189

Posted By curbowman

Handlebar tape, French-style.

I have seen how Alex Singer's bikes doesn't have the customary black tape to hold the handlebar tape. Does anybody knows how can this be done? I always thought the black electrician's tape was...

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