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Forum: Classic & Vintage
02-12-24, 05:45 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 3,959
Posted By JoeBass

Good luck! Nope, I've never removed mine.

Good luck! Nope, I've never removed mine.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
02-12-24, 03:56 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 3,959
Posted By juvela

----- if you wish to remove fixed cup and...

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if you wish to remove fixed cup and find a great deal of torque is required please take care as to how you have frame/cycle secured so as not to risk damaging frame


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Forum: Classic & Vintage
02-12-24, 03:09 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 3,959
Posted By juvela

----- if shell has prominent lip on fixed...

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if shell has prominent lip on fixed side it is Georg Fischer

which, in Allegro terms means it is CH


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Forum: Classic & Vintage
02-11-24, 07:57 AM
Replies: 97
Views: 4,282
Posted By juvela

----- :thumb: Fulmine is a product name...

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:thumb:

Fulmine is a product name from Vittoria for the accessory fitted to the seat rails for the purpose of carrying a spare tubular, or rain cape
...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
02-11-24, 06:48 AM
Replies: 97
Views: 4,282
Posted By markk900

I do so enjoy interpreting juvela ’s messages, so...

I do so enjoy interpreting juvela ’s messages, so let me give this one a try:

——-

Please start a thread on this bike.

You scored a good bike (not sure the reference to Thunder or Lightning)...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
02-10-24, 01:20 PM
Replies: 97
Views: 4,282
Posted By merziac

Great score. :thumb: Jack at FF can have the...

Great score. :thumb:

Jack at FF can have the fork rechromed and prep well for it.

I strongly encourage you to keep that fork with the frame if original. ;)

And you need to quote a poster to...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-08-24, 10:13 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,008
Posted By davester

My neighbor has a 1994 Ron Cooper that she bought...

My neighbor has a 1994 Ron Cooper that she bought new from Tony at Bicycle Odyssey. It also has the lugless head tube construction that she says Ron did for really small frames. It is pretty much...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-08-24, 08:52 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,008
Posted By machinist42

Cleanliness Is Next To Something?

In looking for Tubing Markings, shining a very bright light parallel to the tubing may highlight any faint stampings.

Here's what the Super Vitus stamping on the fork blade of our Cooper looks...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-08-24, 03:46 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,008
Posted By juvela

----- frame's ends set be Columbus if...

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frame's ends set be Columbus

if you were able to meet their minimums they would make up sets with whatever name you chose ;)

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Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-08-24, 01:41 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,008
Posted By bikingshearer

Great score, and welcome to the fraternity. I...

Great score, and welcome to the fraternity. I have no doubt it will ride like a champ.

To my eye, the top and down tubes look oversized, which might explain the fillet brazing. I also note that...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-07-24, 08:20 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,008
Posted By 3alarmer

. ...there are a lot of different pictures of a...

.
...there are a lot of different pictures of a variety of Ron Cooper frames/bikes in this long running thread (https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/569529-ron-cooper-thread-4.html).
Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-07-24, 08:03 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,008
Posted By MooneyBloke

You also might try calling Peter Mooney at...

You also might try calling Peter Mooney at Belmont Wheelworks. As I recall he's there on Wednesday and Sundays, and he learned his frame building trade under Ron, and maybe he might be able to...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-07-24, 07:50 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,008
Posted By machinist42

Over A Barrel Builder

There's a FB Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/5780985847) started by Ron Cooper's son where you may find further information or not. Some of the opinions there are ill-informed, especially...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-07-24, 07:49 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,008
Posted By 3alarmer

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikeforums.net-vbulle...

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikeforums.net-vbulletin/2000x1325/ron_cooper_shimano_600_004_7bb19f077cf6755629c15a2e8a2ed22c623de7d8.jpg...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-07-24, 06:58 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,008
Posted By John E

That strange lug combination may have resulted...

That strange lug combination may have resulted from the small frame size and short head tube. That doesn't explain the seat cluster -- bottom bracket difference, though.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-07-24, 05:29 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,008
Posted By 3alarmer

...all the ones I've seen here, near the San...

...all the ones I've seen here, near the San Francisco bay area, were sold at Bicycle Odyssey in Sausalito. They've all had a variety of components, on them, some high end, some mid level. So I...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-07-24, 11:16 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,008
Posted By juvela

----- great find! ;) iirc that model...

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great find! ;)

iirc that model of Cinelli investment cast crown launched in '74

you may discover seat binder to be fractional


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Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-07-24, 10:52 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,008
Posted By Steel Charlie

Looks like something that needs recycling. Send...

Looks like something that needs recycling. Send it to me and I'll dispose of it for you. No charge.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
11-24-23, 11:59 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 650
Posted By The Golden Boy

Sorry for your loss.

Sorry for your loss.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
11-22-23, 06:19 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 650
Posted By seedsbelize2

Somewhat related. When my mom passed, in 2017, we...

Somewhat related. When my mom passed, in 2017, we discovered an insurance policy, I don’t remember what type it was, purchased in 1941, when she was 17. With my share of the proceeds I bought two...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-03-23, 01:32 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,261
Posted By Hondo6

FWIW: some of Shimano's early cartridge-type BBs...

FWIW: some of Shimano's early cartridge-type BBs did have the flanged cup on the NDS vice the DS. The BB-LP30 was one of them....
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-03-23, 11:02 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,261
Posted By billytwosheds

Look for markings on the fixed cup. Sheldon...

Look for markings on the fixed cup.

Sheldon Brown's page can be useful in understanding the differences between BB shells, cups, etc.

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/gloss_bo-z.html#bottom
...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-03-23, 05:45 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,261
Posted By oneclick

That won't work. A swiss fixed cup is...

That won't work.

A swiss fixed cup is left-hand.
All* non-drive side bb shells are right-hand.
* for some large value of "all".
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-02-23, 07:15 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,261
Posted By billytwosheds

My guess is French, and whoever last did work on...

My guess is French, and whoever last did work on the BB ended up forcing in a RH-threaded ISO adjustable cup onto the drive side of your bike.

The fixed cup might still be French.

Have pics of...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-02-23, 06:32 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,261
Posted By Mr. 66

Here is what I...

Here is what I had.https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikeforums.net-vbulletin/2000x1299/img_4033_dff13e58f3d6891362dc6e3811785161469a6822.jpg
I was trying to set a triple on it here but I discovered the...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-19-23, 06:22 PM
Replies: 127
Views: 6,765
Posted By Polaris OBark

Most of us are posting from the same computer at...

Most of us are posting from the same computer at the "home."
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-18-23, 07:23 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 316
Posted By 79pmooney

A thought on why the Italian BB would show a...

A thought on why the Italian BB would show a little too much spindle to the NDS and too little to the DS. Bet the BB is sized for a 70 mm BB shell. So the DS would sit a mm in on a 68 mm shell. ...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-18-23, 07:02 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 316
Posted By machinist42

Slippy

Grease.

(Edit: And yours is a Cartridge BB? Not all Cartridge Units are Sealed, and not all Sealed Units are Cartridges. They are often conflated.)
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-18-23, 05:08 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 316
Posted By machinist42

Did exactly that with an $8 Chorus cartridge BB...

Did exactly that with an $8 Chorus cartridge BB with a longer NDS spindle a year or two ago. (Perhaps that's why it was so inexpensive?) Installed it on an early 70s Maserati MT-1, (maybe a Fiorelli,...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-18-23, 04:50 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 316
Posted By juvela

----- one possible reason for a short drive...

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one possible reason for a short drive side might be that cartridge is intended for use with a single plateau drive train

mentioned as possibility only...



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Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-18-23, 04:38 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 316
Posted By 3alarmer

. ...I think that the internal construction...

.
...I think that the internal construction details of your new sealed unit dictate whether you can get away with this.
I know that Phil Wood BB's have a specified orientation, and if you reverse...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-24-23, 06:03 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 6,480
Posted By The Golden Boy

There have been super kind forum members that...

There have been super kind forum members that have loaned me tools thru the mail.

That type of kindness and awesomeness is not forgotten.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-24-23, 05:32 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 6,480
Posted By albrt

I've had very good luck with the Bikesmith press....

I've had very good luck with the Bikesmith press. Of course, my comparison is using a hammer.

I don't think I've destroyed a cotter since getting the Bikesmith press though.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-24-23, 05:12 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 6,480
Posted By Mad Honk

Gary, The Var tool does indeed do a great...

Gary,
The Var tool does indeed do a great job as it was purpose designed during the heyday of cottered bottom brackets. If your purchase price is sub $200 it is great buy and a good tool to...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-22-23, 06:56 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 2,360
Posted By rustystrings61

The Puch Royal X was, to my knowledge, a...

The Puch Royal X was, to my knowledge, a 1976-only model sold in the U.S. Mine was purchased new for me by my father c. April 1978 from George Crook at Bikeways of Atlanta, who noted there was...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-22-23, 12:53 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 2,360
Posted By MooneyBloke

If he stamped them like mine, the SN is on the...

If he stamped them like mine, the SN is on the underside of the bottom bracket downtube insertion.
...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-22-23, 12:00 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 2,360
Posted By MooneyBloke

Great score on the Mooney as by Peter's own...

Great score on the Mooney as by Peter's own admission, there are fewer than a thousand of those in the world. I've had the privilege of riding four of his bikes: #688 and #716 which met unfortunate...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-21-23, 02:48 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 2,360
Posted By 52telecaster

Man what a day! Everyone a gem!

Man what a day! Everyone a gem!
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-20-23, 11:53 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 2,360
Posted By Chombi1

Phil hubs markings were just silk screened on...

Phil hubs markings were just silk screened on name "Phil" in script, so they usually get rubbed off from doing wheel/hub cleaning.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-20-23, 11:48 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 2,360
Posted By unworthy1

yep. especially on the early versions with plated...

yep. especially on the early versions with plated steel center-section barrels (which I think these are) You can check with a magnet.

Phil logos BITD, and for quite a while longer, were just...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-20-23, 06:22 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 2,360
Posted By Drillium Dude

Well, that's the score of the year so far... ...

Well, that's the score of the year so far...

...and hell's yeah, that front rack is the bomb! What a cool home-made contraption :)

Those should all clean up nicely. Congrats, OP!

dd
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-20-23, 06:16 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 2,360
Posted By juvela

----- thank you! ...

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thank you!

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikeforums.net-vbulletin/1024x1365/a8bf95c5_7f0c_4180_b4a9_969d38931355_6bab644ab258b4adbfaaa0bfa1eef1e359037d83.jpeg
looks like a homebuilt kit...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-20-23, 05:18 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 2,360
Posted By georges1

nice trio,enjoy them:thumb:

nice trio,enjoy them:thumb:
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-20-23, 05:15 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 2,360
Posted By merziac

Lots of Phil hubs with the branding gone, rubbed,...

Lots of Phil hubs with the branding gone, rubbed, scrubbed, worn off. ;)
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-20-23, 05:02 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 2,360
Posted By due ruote

Cripes! I would have been psyched for days to...

Cripes! I would have been psyched for days to have found any of those. But especially the Mooney or Woodrup. I'm not a huge fan of Sante, but that Nishiki is a sweet frame. I bet it rides great.
Not...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-20-23, 04:59 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 2,360
Posted By juvela

----- what a haul! the overall quality...

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what a haul!

the overall quality quotient could not be much higher. :thumb:

hubs on Puch cycle appear Phil.


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Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-20-23, 04:44 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 2,360
Posted By nlerner

Nice! Peter Mooney is still around at Belmont...

Nice! Peter Mooney is still around at Belmont Wheelworks, so you might try reaching out (though I heard he plans to retire soon).
Forum: Classic & Vintage
02-25-23, 08:31 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,769
Posted By jethin

If you try to ride a steel bike that’s been in...

If you try to ride a steel bike that’s been in even a minor front end collision it will immediately catch fire and carry you to directly to the fiery pits of hell!!!

Man I miss the old days on...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
02-24-23, 03:12 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,769
Posted By ClydeClydeson

It used to not be uncommon for an LBS to repair a...

It used to not be uncommon for an LBS to repair a frame that had suffered a serious front end collision and had the headtube pushed back and some rippling of the top and down tubes - there was a tool...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
02-24-23, 02:53 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,769
Posted By Drillium Dude

This '69 Masi Special had long ago been involved...

This '69 Masi Special had long ago been involved in a front-end collision according to the seller. As he explained it, the fork suffered no damage (and there's no evidence of prior damage there), but...
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