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03-26-24, 06:10 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 431
Posted By 3alarmer

....I have one, and it works well. The little...

....I have one, and it works well. The little inserts he makes, to turn the crank arm back into one that accepts a standard puller, are only available sporadically. But he does list them on his...
03-25-24, 05:41 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 130
Posted By 3alarmer

...if you are keeping the same crank, it comes...

...if you are keeping the same crank, it comes with the spindle as part of the crank.
All the sleeve in the middle does is space the bearing assemblies closer or farther apart.

So you should be...
03-25-24, 02:14 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 861
Posted By 3alarmer

...this is why people always react poorly to...

...this is why people always react poorly to suggestions about how it could always be worse. :(
03-25-24, 10:38 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 861
Posted By 3alarmer

...a look at the bright side person would say,...

...a look at the bright side person would say, "At least you have a window". :)
03-24-24, 11:01 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 861
Posted By 3alarmer

. ...I lost about 5 years once, from age 50-55,...

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...I lost about 5 years once, from age 50-55, to a mysterious illness. Mine eventually cleared up, if that is any encouragement. I, too, use exercise as a mood management tool. I think a lot of...
03-24-24, 10:49 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 491
Posted By 3alarmer

...bead jack....

...bead jack. (https://www.amazon.com/Kool-Stop-Tire-Bead-Jack/dp/B001AYML7K?th=1)
03-23-24, 11:09 PM
Replies: 335
Views: 7,391
Posted By 3alarmer

...sell a man a fish at $6 per pound, he eats for...

...sell a man a fish at $6 per pound, he eats for only a day. Teach a man to fish, and he has an excuse to buy $100,000 bass boat, and equip it with a $15,000 Mercury 300 outboard.
03-23-24, 07:41 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 738
Posted By 3alarmer

. ...any chance of switching to a headset with...

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...any chance of switching to a headset with steel cups, just to see what happens ? Or are those unobtainable for this frame and fork ? Way easier and cheaper than trying to replace or manipulate...
03-23-24, 09:10 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 748
Posted By 3alarmer

. ...maybe this would work better as a topic in...

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...maybe this would work better as a topic in FOO? As an alternate suggestion, someone (not me) could go join all the leg shaving threads in Road into one giant superthread, like the one for...
03-22-24, 06:10 PM
Replies: 335
Views: 7,391
Posted By 3alarmer

. ....it figures that I've been doing this...

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....it figures that I've been doing this wrong, too. :(
03-22-24, 05:58 PM
Replies: 335
Views: 7,391
Posted By 3alarmer

...thanks. I was imagining some scenario where...

...thanks. I was imagining some scenario where people needed this sort of gear, because it's laterally stiff but vertically compliant.
03-22-24, 04:27 PM
Replies: 335
Views: 7,391
Posted By 3alarmer

. Shimano Exsence Spinning Reel - Size 4000 ...

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Shimano Exsence Spinning Reel - Size 4000 $609.99...
03-22-24, 03:09 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 287
Posted By 3alarmer

. ...if it were me, I'd find or make a smaller...

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...if it were me, I'd find or make a smaller diameter spacer to slip on the caliper bolt, to push it out a little from the headset.
Replies: 5
Views: 195
Posted By 3alarmer

. ...my sympathies on your father's condition....

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...my sympathies on your father's condition. I imagine you have a lot on your plate right now. The value of the bike is minimal, even in working condition. It' a good example of the utility bikes...
03-21-24, 10:31 PM
03-21-24, 08:53 PM
Replies: 335
Views: 7,391
Posted By 3alarmer

...we've already had several opinions about how...

...we've already had several opinions about how this is a luxury market demographic. Luxury items do not necessarily follow market theory in this way. It is true that in spite of Di2, Shimano's...
03-21-24, 06:02 PM
Replies: 335
Views: 7,391
Posted By 3alarmer

...if that's really your overall impression, you...

...if that's really your overall impression, you ought to read (or re-read) Berto's book, "The Dancing Chain"



...in that same book, Berto states that Shimano had a company policy in the 70's...
03-21-24, 05:02 PM
Replies: 335
Views: 7,391
Posted By 3alarmer

. ...if the engineering and development of the...

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...if the engineering and development of the modern bicycle makes it so expensive, has anyone stopped to wonder whether all that money now supposedly being spent on innovation and engineering, in...
03-21-24, 03:29 PM
Replies: 335
Views: 7,391
Posted By 3alarmer

...speaking of which. Why anyone...

...speaking of which.



Why anyone would expect Cinelli (as a company) to have much in the way of an R+D department is beyond my comprehension. Sure they were expensive, but they were still...
03-21-24, 11:18 AM
Replies: 335
Views: 7,391
Posted By 3alarmer

. ...it figures that, besides not being able to...

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...it figures that, besides not being able to take full advantage of the miracles of a carbon fiber wonder bike, I would also be lactose intolerant. :(
03-21-24, 09:38 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 1,243
Posted By 3alarmer

,,,thanks for the reply. I remember all the press...

,,,thanks for the reply. I remember all the press about the larger bearings, and the stiffer assembly at the time they were first introduced. I guess my experience with them(limited as it is to...
03-20-24, 10:26 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 1,243
Posted By 3alarmer

...could you explain that for me in a little more...

...could you explain that for me in a little more detail, please ? My experience (mostly from the bikes donated to the local co-op), and everything I've read about them, indicates that external...
Replies: 8
Views: 310
Posted By 3alarmer

. ...I think the value is in the chainrings. I...

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...I think the value is in the chainrings. I have one of these 151 BCD cranks, and when I got it it had rings that were 53 and something. I thought it would be easy to source new chain rings, but...
03-20-24, 08:24 PM
Replies: 335
Views: 7,391
Posted By 3alarmer

...I bet Jennifer Lawrence doesn't cheap out on...

...I bet Jennifer Lawrence doesn't cheap out on sunscreen.
03-20-24, 08:22 PM
Replies: 335
Views: 7,391
Posted By 3alarmer

...IKR. The unmitigated gall to suggest that...

...IKR. The unmitigated gall to suggest that maybe "full advantage" might be limited to riders who are capable of competing professionally. I don't know what to say, except maybe it's because I...
03-20-24, 08:17 PM
Replies: 335
Views: 7,391
Posted By 3alarmer

...Sears sold a variety of levels in cycles. They...

...Sears sold a variety of levels in cycles. They sold their top bike under the "Ted Williams" brand name, like a lot of their top end sporting goods. I think it was made for them by Puch, or some...
03-20-24, 08:02 PM
Replies: 335
Views: 7,391
Posted By 3alarmer

...what's your definition of an "actual cyclist"...

...what's your definition of an "actual cyclist" old man ? Are you honestly suggesting some guy in his 60's can take full advantage of all that race proven performance on an entry level Tarmac, let...
03-20-24, 07:56 PM
Replies: 335
Views: 7,391
Posted By 3alarmer

...maybe your skin is not important to you. I'm...

...maybe your skin is not important to you. I'm not gonna end up looking like some droopy old leather work glove with wrinkles like a Shar Pei. As for branding versus performance...thank you once...
03-20-24, 06:52 PM
Replies: 335
Views: 7,391
Posted By 3alarmer

...in short, they are way too good for the needs...

...in short, they are way too good for the needs of someone like me. :o Im the small world department, my ride today was on an 80's Paramount (so 40 years old).
03-20-24, 06:50 PM
Replies: 335
Views: 7,391
Posted By 3alarmer

Why are Modern Bikes So Expensive?

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...because the people that make and sell them have targeted an income demographic that is happy to pay whatever the going price seems to be. As has already been state, not all modern bikes are...
03-19-24, 07:01 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 184
Posted By 3alarmer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNbJ9dadNYo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNbJ9dadNYo
Replies: 8
Views: 258
Posted By 3alarmer

. ...they're good, solid, Japanese production...

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...they're good, solid, Japanese production bikes from an era when quality mattered. I've had one or two myself. But none of this C+V classic steel stuff sells at much of a premium any more. If...
03-18-24, 11:03 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 1,243
Posted By 3alarmer

...steel bearings and the bearing race surfaces...

...steel bearings and the bearing race surfaces are highly polished. It would be difficult to measure much difference in efficiency between any two particular BB units, if both are working well. ...
03-18-24, 08:36 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 1,243
Posted By 3alarmer

...my own opinion, and it is only my own opinion,...

...my own opinion, and it is only my own opinion, is that while there might be some extended lifespan in BB sealed units like the ones from Phil Wood, the more moderately priced ones, (even including...
03-18-24, 07:03 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 201
Posted By 3alarmer

...there's a whole thread on them, here...

...there's a whole thread on them, here https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/803318-show-your-maruishi-here-thread-why-not.html
03-18-24, 05:08 PM
Replies: 123
Views: 3,717
Posted By 3alarmer

...we'll always have Paris.

...we'll always have Paris.
03-18-24, 02:24 PM
Replies: 123
Views: 3,717
Posted By 3alarmer

...nonetheless, they are opposed. Smoother as...

...nonetheless, they are opposed. Smoother as more efficient arguments are always couched in terms of riding surface. That's why you still see 23's on track bikes. The current crop of "more...
03-18-24, 01:37 PM
Replies: 123
Views: 3,717
Posted By 3alarmer

...the frame, the material it's made from, the...

...the frame, the material it's made from, the dimensions and geometry of it, the wheels, the riding surface, all come together in whether or not a bicycle feels "comfortable" while riding it. ...
03-18-24, 01:28 PM
Replies: 123
Views: 3,717
Posted By 3alarmer

...:roflmao2:welcome to the General Cycling...

...:roflmao2:welcome to the General Cycling forum, version 2024. FWIW, the ignore function works, even though you'll still see him quoted by others sometimes.
03-18-24, 11:59 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 190
Posted By 3alarmer

. ...Archtype rims are great rims, but they are...

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...Archtype rims are great rims, but they are hardly "retro" in appearance. Unless maybe you're young enough that you don't recall the days of MA-40's. VO has had, in the past, some rims that met...
03-17-24, 02:50 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,112
Posted By 3alarmer

. ...I have a couple of these. But they're not...

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...I have a couple of these. But they're not much of a distraction.


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Replies: 9
Views: 341
Posted By 3alarmer

. ...the fact that yours is a track bike will...

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...the fact that yours is a track bike will make it either easier or harder to sell. A while ago, it would have made it easier. Now I don't know.
Replies: 9
Views: 341
Posted By 3alarmer

. ...I paid about $600 about ten years ago for...

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...I paid about $600 about ten years ago for a similar age Frejus. The 60's ones are not that commonly found in the US, because there were not that many people in the 1960's sufficiently...
03-16-24, 06:18 PM
Replies: 99
Views: 2,371
Posted By 3alarmer

...:crash:

...:crash:
Replies: 11
Views: 406
Posted By 3alarmer

. ...I'm really only guessing on the crank, but...

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...I'm really only guessing on the crank, but I think it is Chorus (https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=9a27185e-72e5-4574-b133-9cfdc050c73b). Velobase has pictures of just about all of...
03-16-24, 12:53 PM
Replies: 181
Views: 6,377
Posted By 3alarmer

. ...without hucksterism, cycling as we know it...

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...without hucksterism, cycling as we know it would be impossible. :)
03-16-24, 12:11 PM
Replies: 181
Views: 6,377
Posted By 3alarmer

... I think this has been known and accepted for...

... I think this has been known and accepted for quite some time. Cannondale frames were famously stiff, with their large diameter tubing. And this was used as one of the selling points, along with...
03-16-24, 11:40 AM
Replies: 181
Views: 6,377
Posted By 3alarmer

...but I bet it is laterally stiff and vertically...

...but I bet it is laterally stiff and vertically compliant. :) Everything made from CF was back then.
03-16-24, 11:29 AM
Replies: 181
Views: 6,377
Posted By 3alarmer

...no, the guy I quoted from that article did not...

...no, the guy I quoted from that article did not write the article. I can't make you read it, I can only provide a link. I don't know when the marketing manager for Schwalbe made that comment, and...
03-16-24, 10:58 AM
Replies: 181
Views: 6,377
Posted By 3alarmer

...I posted this in another thread. I don't know...

...I posted this in another thread. I don't know how old Tim Ward is, but he's the current UK marketing manager for Schwalbe. The linked article discusses some of the factors in the current wider...
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