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02-15-24, 08:13 PM
Replies: 106
Views: 3,582
Posted By rustystrings61

Howdy! Before you toss those Weinmann Vainquers,...

Howdy! Before you toss those Weinmann Vainquers, be advised that they are AWESOME on your International's down-scale stablemate, the infamous De Selby, the '73 Raleigh Competition with the dual...
02-15-24, 08:00 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,425
Posted By rustystrings61

I'm gonna say '71-'73 Gitane Tour de France. ...

I'm gonna say '71-'73 Gitane Tour de France. While the standard spec rear dropouts were normally Simplex forged, this was built during the Bike Boom, and Gitane used whatever they had available in...
11-27-23, 08:40 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 758
Posted By rustystrings61

I would suspect the choice of frame would have a...

I would suspect the choice of frame would have a role to play as well. I would avoid really steep upright angles and short wheelbases and narrow tires. It's surprising how much of a difference 28...
11-22-23, 09:07 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 758
Posted By rustystrings61

Our cousins in the U.K., separated from us by the...

Our cousins in the U.K., separated from us by the Atlantic and a common language, have been doing fixed-gear touring for a VERY long time. While the most frequently encountered variant described...
11-20-23, 08:56 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,170
Posted By rustystrings61

You did, and the SunTour Cyclone with the VXs...

You did, and the SunTour Cyclone with the VXs cage works perfectly on the 6-speed SunTour Ultra 13-28 freewheel on my '76 Puch Royal X -
...
11-16-23, 07:56 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 711
Posted By rustystrings61

My first bike shop bike was a 1975 Batavus Tour...

My first bike shop bike was a 1975 Batavus Tour de l'Europe, two notches up from the Champion - same frame, but with chromed fork tips and slightly nicer parts. The Champion is the equivalent of a...
11-14-23, 12:31 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 1,169
Posted By rustystrings61

Should you decide to go the...

Should you decide to go the single-speed/fixed-gear route - pardon me, fixed-WHEEL on your side of the pond - the authors of British cycling manuals in the interwar and immediate postwar years used...
11-13-23, 02:43 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 1,169
Posted By rustystrings61

First, very lovingly clean and protect the...

First, very lovingly clean and protect the original finish! That is a stunner, and the head tube decal is the earliest pattern they used. I think it went away in the early '50s.

The serial...
11-07-23, 08:57 AM
Replies: 334
Views: 16,145
Posted By rustystrings61

A Southerner who has spent a lifetime tolerating...

A Southerner who has spent a lifetime tolerating the casual condescension and mockery doled out by our entertainment/infotainment industry towards people with accents like mine might disagree with...
11-05-23, 12:26 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 419
Posted By rustystrings61

But wait there’s more! SOLD! Weinmann 500...

But wait there’s more!

SOLD! Weinmann 500 calipers, no pads, meant for use with quick-release levers. These are c.1974 and are $20 shipped. SOLD!

...
11-05-23, 12:23 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 419
Posted By rustystrings61

Also - 52/42T Shimano RX-100 chainrings,...

Also -

52/42T Shimano RX-100 chainrings, 130 bcd; there are some funky teeth on the 42T, but they’re cheap and NOT BioPace! $17.50 shipped.

...
11-05-23, 12:16 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 419
Posted By rustystrings61

Big parts clear-out; T.A., SunTour, freewheels, chainrings

Time to clear some stuff out before a major house move. Prices include shipping,if my prices are off lemme know, and combo deals will get a discount!

SOLD! T.A. Professional crankset, 42/52T, 170,...
11-02-23, 02:28 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 963
Posted By rustystrings61

The ONE upgrade ALL of my friends agreed with in...

The ONE upgrade ALL of my friends agreed with in the mid-70s was rims. They all had Schwinn LeTours, I had a Batavus Tour de l'Europe, and they ALL came stock with nasty steel rims. I went with...
10-31-23, 08:20 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 866
Posted By rustystrings61

I strongly suspect French, and either hi-ten or...

I strongly suspect French, and either hi-ten or maybe plain gauge Rubis or Vitus kinda tubing. The seatpost diameter would be instructive. It's not quite a bottom of the line bike, having chromed...
10-31-23, 08:05 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 442
Posted By rustystrings61

It's a Rivendell Baggins bag. I've owned several...

It's a Rivendell Baggins bag. I've owned several through the years. Looking back at my flickr page for a moment, I see I had one at least as early as 2001. I still have a ratty one built for them by...
10-30-23, 06:37 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 831
Posted By rustystrings61

Related - I'm a guitar guy. From the '60s into...

Related - I'm a guitar guy. From the '60s into the very early '80s, there was a sprawling dump of a music store in Greenville, SC called Dixieland Music. They had been there for a while, and all...
10-26-23, 12:37 PM
Replies: 96
Views: 4,280
Posted By rustystrings61

I think about forever bikes a lot these days as I...

I think about forever bikes a lot these days as I am trying to winnow the flock down to manageable size when I move later this year.

There's this Puch Royal X, which really WAS the bike of my...
10-26-23, 12:07 PM
Replies: 87
Views: 4,247
Posted By rustystrings61

It turned out beautifully! That is some...

It turned out beautifully! That is some seriously well done work!

May you find a bike or frame that fits you soon!
10-26-23, 12:03 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 1,496
Posted By rustystrings61

I had forgotten about this one - In the...

I had forgotten about this one -

In the early '80s I picked up a used Raleigh DL-1 Tourist to replace the too-small Frankenbiked Raleigh Sports I had been commuting on. And I LOVED that bike,...
10-26-23, 07:02 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 877
Posted By rustystrings61

That is a shockingly clean example of an '88...

That is a shockingly clean example of an '88 Sirrus! I wish I had the room to have kept mine - it was a truly exceptional bike with great handling. The younger gentleman I sold it to was delighted...
10-26-23, 06:53 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 1,496
Posted By rustystrings61

My father bought me a new unsold 1976 Puch Royal...

My father bought me a new unsold 1976 Puch Royal X in 1978. I rode it lots and all over, did a three-day tour on it with the Southern Bicycle League, and generally loved it. It was modified from...
10-24-23, 08:53 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 318
Posted By rustystrings61

Your bike is likely a c.1972-73 Liberia Grand...

Your bike is likely a c.1972-73 Liberia Grand Luxe or variant, built in Grenoble, France and imported during the peak of the Great Bike Boom of the early 70s. It's similar to the Gitane Grand Sport,...
10-24-23, 08:25 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,292
Posted By rustystrings61

So I went trawling stuff and learned that...

So I went trawling stuff and learned that Reynolds 531 seat tubes had wall thicknesses around .8/.5 mm (some places say .8-something/.56 or so. So that looks well within the realm/range of being...
Forum: Framebuilders
10-24-23, 07:42 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 718
Posted By rustystrings61

Good to know. I will have to take a caliper to...

Good to know. I will have to take a caliper to the frame and see what they actually are - the bike had been rebuilt and painted (badly) and had Vitus 971 stickers, hence my assumption that they were...
10-23-23, 02:51 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,292
Posted By rustystrings61

I got curious about the substitution of...

I got curious about the substitution of ISO/Imperial tubing in a frame originally built metric and posted this over in the framebuilding forum -

"There is a lively discussion over in the C&V...
Forum: Framebuilders
10-23-23, 02:50 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 718
Posted By rustystrings61

Tube replacement and dimensions

There is a lively discussion over in the C&V section regarding a mystery frame (https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/1282777-mystery-swiss-bike.html) that appears at first blush to be a...
10-23-23, 01:59 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,292
Posted By rustystrings61

Absolutely in agreement with juvela on this - I...

Absolutely in agreement with juvela on this - I think the eyelets probably went when the bottle bosses and cable tunnels were added. And I suspect some of the roughness is that this was likely the...
10-23-23, 10:33 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,292
Posted By rustystrings61

Not all Allegros with 531 and Bocama 14/IIs got...

Not all Allegros with 531 and Bocama 14/IIs got chrome. The “C” grade versions that came stock with Stronglight P3 headsets were unchromed - not shown in catalogs but made in some quantity with...
10-23-23, 10:02 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,292
Posted By rustystrings61

A theory

As juvela put it, the Bocama 14 type II lugs, seat stay wraparound treatment, sand-cast Fischer BB shell threaded for Swiss DO shout "Allegro!" The wraparound seat stay top is IDENTICAL to the one...
Replies: 7
Views: 704
Posted By rustystrings61

I can only add that this is a LOVELY bike, and a...

I can only add that this is a LOVELY bike, and a good and careful disassembly, cleaning and polishing and a loving re-asssembly with freshly serviced bearings, modern stainless brake and gear cables...
10-20-23, 12:11 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 765
Posted By rustystrings61

I know! And I was kinda taken by the direction...

I know! And I was kinda taken by the direction change worked into the pull-chain on the derailleur - see the 90 degree link about midway down the front plate?
...
10-20-23, 07:05 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 765
Posted By rustystrings61

Huh. I know that for me, I see bikes with a...

Huh. I know that for me, I see bikes with a quadrant shifter and think, "Sturmey Archer," and with a derailleur equipped, I think, "hybrid." But now I think I was wrong to go that way. The lack of a...
10-19-23, 02:19 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 765
Posted By rustystrings61

That looks to me like a Weinmann sidepull front...

That looks to me like a Weinmann sidepull front caliper, and I am with juvela in saying those are road levers that would have been standard on a dropped-bar bike.
10-19-23, 09:06 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 765
Posted By rustystrings61

I think that bike is equipped with hybrid gearing...

I think that bike is equipped with hybrid gearing like the old Cyclo Benelux 2- or 3-speed cog block that replaced the stock single cog, coupled with a Cyclo Benelux Mk. 7 derailleur. They sold a kit...
10-19-23, 08:49 AM
Replies: 727
Views: 46,938
Posted By rustystrings61

On examination this morning, I decided I can make...

On examination this morning, I decided I can make this box work for at least one more trip ... with much packing tape!
10-18-23, 10:01 PM
Replies: 727
Views: 46,938
Posted By rustystrings61

Going out soon, probably Friday …

I think I’ll need a new Priority Mail box before I send this on to kansascity -

Here’s the haul, such as it is -

...
10-18-23, 02:24 PM
Replies: 727
Views: 46,938
Posted By rustystrings61

It has arrived!

I was worried it had gone astray, but - no. It was waiting for me in my doorstep.

...
10-18-23, 06:39 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 471
Posted By rustystrings61

Is that some sort of external spring and homebrew...

Is that some sort of external spring and homebrew mount for it? I was thinking for a moment there maybe some sort of kludge to make a Campagnolo rear derailleur work with a Simplex or Huret dropout,...
10-18-23, 06:33 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 483
Posted By rustystrings61

Watch for the next Clunker Challenge 100. When I...

Watch for the next Clunker Challenge 100. When I fell into that rabbit hole in 2016 with a 1975 Motobecane Grand Touring - the last year of 2030 gaspipe and stamped dropouts, complete with Weinmann...
10-13-23, 06:25 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,037
Posted By rustystrings61

Some are born with a silver spoon in their...

Some are born with a silver spoon in their mouths, the rest of us do what we can ….
10-11-23, 01:03 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,120
Posted By rustystrings61

From what I have seen, Allegro used the same...

From what I have seen, Allegro used the same tubing, lugs and dropouts on a ALL of their 531-tubed racing bikes, and yes, the differences were mostly cosmetic coupled with nicer parts on the fancier...
10-05-23, 01:54 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 531
Posted By rustystrings61

Funny - this thread also features a Puch Marco...

Funny - this thread also features a Puch Marco Polo from the same era (https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/1282013-there-any-tubeless-rim-diameters-fit-older-27-road-frames-2.html). The bike...
10-04-23, 02:55 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 813
Posted By rustystrings61

FWIW, here is the saga of my Royal X, along with...

FWIW, here is the saga of my Royal X, along with build pix, etc (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150060413@N08/albums/72157704843156642). When it was new, this nominal 23-in bike (<!--td {border: 1px...
Replies: 15
Views: 1,035
Posted By rustystrings61

The included spec sheet, the last photo,...

The included spec sheet, the last photo, indicates 165mm Sugino Mighty Tour with 50/45/34 for the chainset. Unfortunately, no matter how cool this bike is - and I happen to think it is VERY cool,...
10-04-23, 07:27 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 813
Posted By rustystrings61

As I look at the pix from that auction I note...

As I look at the pix from that auction I note what appear to be Bocama Professional lugs and Shimano dropouts - essentially, the main frame looks like the main triangle of ALL of the Graz-built 531...
10-04-23, 06:13 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 665
Posted By rustystrings61

Oh, I remember that one! Isn't that a Dingle...

Oh, I remember that one! Isn't that a Dingle Drive as well?
10-03-23, 01:37 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 813
Posted By rustystrings61

Like the one in this catalog?...

Like the one in this catalog? (https://imgur.com/a/F80Uz) Really well-built frames made in Graz, nicely mitered, and silver-brazed, even. The ride quality will probably be indistinguishable from...
10-03-23, 12:42 PM
Replies: 303
Views: 55,758
Posted By rustystrings61

How about half-step + granny inspired gearing?...

How about half-step + granny inspired gearing? I'm currently running the stock 13-15-17-19-21-24-28 cassette that came with the rear wheel on a donor bike, mostly because I haven't yet acquired a...
10-03-23, 12:16 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 665
Posted By rustystrings61

Is that a '73 Capella-lugged Raleigh Competition...

Is that a '73 Capella-lugged Raleigh Competition with a replacement fork?
10-03-23, 12:09 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 813
Posted By rustystrings61

What vintage is your Marco Polo? I'm somewhat...

What vintage is your Marco Polo? I'm somewhat familiar with the early versions (531 db main frame, Puch 482 nickel-carbon forks and stays), and if memory serves the geometry is pretty much identical...
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