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Forum: Classic & Vintage
11-05-20, 01:13 PM
Replies: 75
Views: 9,399
Posted By urodacus

Two local frame brands i remember from early...

Two local frame brands i remember from early 1980s Sydney were Abeni and Kitchen.

That's all I got, sorry.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-08-17, 08:03 PM
Replies: 15,458
Views: 4,091,754
Posted By urodacus

Interesting cranks and chain ring set up. and...

Interesting cranks and chain ring set up. and center pull brakes!

Enjoy!
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-30-17, 02:33 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,366
Posted By urodacus

if you rode crits in the 80s you may well have...

if you rode crits in the 80s you may well have been using 22 or 21 mm tires. or even 19s as i did on tracks.


and the fancy bikes would have basically zero clearance under the brake bridge.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-21-16, 01:15 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 24,554
Posted By urodacus

I would not bother rechroming, just ride it as is...

I would not bother rechroming, just ride it as is and enjoy the patina. well, maybe new brake cables and pads. But no more!

A perfect beater right there...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-10-15, 10:22 AM
Replies: 212
Views: 27,378
Posted By urodacus

Um, yes. That too. In the days before lawyer...

Um, yes. That too. In the days before lawyer tabs.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-10-15, 10:12 AM
Replies: 212
Views: 27,378
Posted By urodacus

Riding home dead drunk from a gig many years ago,...

Riding home dead drunk from a gig many years ago, and saw two identical red BMWs parked side by side. Decided to ride right up the middle between them.


Hit a single BMW right smack in the...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-05-15, 10:17 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 6,688
Posted By urodacus

i'd just pump up the tires, clean the bike, lube...

i'd just pump up the tires, clean the bike, lube the chain, and be done with it.

Ride carefully for the first mile, then break the speed limit if things hold up.

Don't put a bunch of money into...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-08-15, 09:00 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 3,443
Posted By urodacus

white bar tape, much as I hate it. tape must...

white bar tape, much as I hate it.

tape must match the saddle.

use the silver bars, not the copper/red alloy ones.



And please rotate the bars so the end of the drops is flat, not the...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-29-15, 12:18 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 7,917
Posted By urodacus

Regal saddle, often recovered.

Regal saddle, often recovered.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-21-15, 06:52 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,135
Posted By urodacus

So, you're the ones who stole my iPod. Even the...

So, you're the ones who stole my iPod. Even the Eno.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-07-14, 07:05 AM
Replies: 60
Views: 17,663
Posted By urodacus

Hey, I know this is C&V, but if you're carrying...

Hey, I know this is C&V, but if you're carrying more than fit into the three pockets on your jersey, then you're carrying too much.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
11-18-14, 09:44 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 6,587
Posted By urodacus

A colleague has left his Bianchi Euro out in the...

A colleague has left his Bianchi Euro out in the elements in a seafront house in Okinawa for several years (think typhoons, salt, and 100% humidity), and Yes, both his BB cups have corroded into the...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
11-18-14, 09:26 PM
Replies: 104
Views: 9,517
Posted By urodacus

Of course changing the bars for another style has...

Of course changing the bars for another style has a massive impact: that's geometry for you.

But without changing geometry, replacing your OEM wheels with a lightweight tubular wheelset will give...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-29-14, 03:28 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 13,165
Posted By urodacus

my Sarroni cost me $780 Australian in late 1983...

my Sarroni cost me $780 Australian in late 1983 from Europa Cycles in Sydney, frame alone (but included reaming seat tube, facing head tube and BB, thread chasing in BB). About $1000 all up, with...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-21-14, 07:21 AM
Replies: 83
Views: 11,595
Posted By urodacus

Meh. most of my bottles are 10 years or more. ...

Meh. most of my bottles are 10 years or more. Replace em when they break. Who cares about that black gunk that's hard to wash off the inside of the spout and the bottom?

the most important...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-16-14, 04:37 AM
Replies: 8,799
Views: 1,114,237
Posted By urodacus

AgainOT, but we've been waiting at least 2 months...

AgainOT, but we've been waiting at least 2 months for this since our local store stopped carrying this (on base BX).

and we have 6 cats, and nothing else works anywhere near as well.

412124
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-11-14, 06:33 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,607
Posted By urodacus

That's a very shiny seatpost!

That's a very shiny seatpost!
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-30-14, 08:49 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,944
Posted By urodacus

It's a Ken Evans. His logo and his brake bridge...

It's a Ken Evans. His logo and his brake bridge and fork crown.

He used Cinelli brackets and Campagnolo dropouts/fork ends. Edit: on at least some of his bikes... as QV points out below.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-26-14, 07:08 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 5,267
Posted By urodacus

I did for years, especially when racing and...

I did for years, especially when racing and riding in Taiwan (with altitude: very useful when climbing to 10,000 feet often enough). But not since the last VDO MC1.0 died a couple of years ago.
...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-25-14, 07:12 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 7,022
Posted By urodacus

Giro Brancale from 1985 or so. (not my photo)...

Giro Brancale from 1985 or so.
(not my photo)






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Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-11-14, 07:00 AM
Replies: 54
Views: 4,866
Posted By urodacus

You shouldn't wear your jersey under your bibs. ...

You shouldn't wear your jersey under your bibs.

Just saying.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-14-14, 09:45 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 6,338
Posted By urodacus

SL? superleggera?

SL? superleggera?
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
06-17-14, 05:53 AM
Replies: 111
Views: 33,055
Posted By urodacus

52/15 fixed on the flats. 42/17 SS commuter....

52/15 fixed on the flats.

42/17 SS commuter. I have hills.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
06-17-14, 05:46 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 2,424
Posted By urodacus

Shimano HG-50 or KMC X8 99 or 93 chains. miles...

Shimano HG-50 or KMC X8 99 or 93 chains. miles of single speed on both.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
06-17-14, 01:32 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 2,739
Posted By urodacus

Looks like the seatpost even saw some grease at...

Looks like the seatpost even saw some grease at some point or another.

But you'd better pull it and re-lube just to be sure.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-07-14, 01:47 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 6,064
Posted By urodacus

Nah.

Nah.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-28-14, 07:53 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 10,076
Posted By urodacus

Um? Oxygen?

Um? Oxygen?
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-10-14, 05:07 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 4,060
Posted By urodacus

Hey, sorry the tongue-in-cheekness of my comment...

Hey, sorry the tongue-in-cheekness of my comment didn't make it all the way across.

but going the 1x7 route is a great idea. that Giant is reasonably heavy so you'd love a bit of range to cope...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-10-14, 04:38 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 4,060
Posted By urodacus

So, instead of filing the vertical dropouts to...

So, instead of filing the vertical dropouts to get a good chain length, just add some track ends by welding on a couple pieces of flat bar and slotting them. Should be a ten minute job. no need to...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-22-14, 05:05 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 6,150
Posted By urodacus

Children, or child services. Oughta be a law...

Children, or child services.

Oughta be a law against that.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-29-13, 09:30 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 2,759
Posted By urodacus

where's the recommend button?

where's the recommend button?
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-22-13, 08:59 AM
Replies: 730
Views: 211,273
Posted By urodacus

WTF is up with those spokes?

WTF is up with those spokes?
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-22-13, 08:50 AM
Replies: 67
Views: 5,401
Posted By urodacus

Hmm. Honest opinion: that bike's way too small...

Hmm. Honest opinion: that bike's way too small for me.

and tension your B screw.
Forum: Professional Cycling For the Fans
10-12-12, 07:41 AM
Replies: 302
Views: 21,763
Posted By urodacus

He's not an ass. can you say **** on this...

He's not an ass. can you say **** on this website?
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-04-12, 04:50 AM
Replies: 60
Views: 6,423
Posted By urodacus

It doesn't have fancy lugs or crimped tubes or...

It doesn't have fancy lugs or crimped tubes or chromed stays, etc. definitely a cheaper Zunow, and it's got a lot of drive side chain stay rust to boot.

And those paint jobs are hard to duplicate...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-01-12, 07:33 AM
Replies: 118
Views: 10,119
Posted By urodacus

my oldest steel frame is my Colnago, circa 1983,...

my oldest steel frame is my Colnago, circa 1983, with at least 200,000 km on it.

I rode that frame as much and as hard as humanly possible for 25 years, and I still ride it hard occasionally now...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
06-02-11, 09:11 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,177
Posted By urodacus

i commute (17 miles, less than an hour with a...

i commute (17 miles, less than an hour with a lot of climbing) on my 7 kg carbon thingie, or the Zunow if the weather is good... the Colnago singlespeed is for the weekend slow rides with the...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-05-11, 08:03 PM
Replies: 15,458
Views: 4,091,754
Posted By urodacus

thanks for the information. no wonder i've never...

thanks for the information. no wonder i've never seen one.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-05-11, 08:39 AM
Replies: 15,458
Views: 4,091,754
Posted By urodacus

hmm realestvin: some would say Way too many! ...

hmm realestvin: some would say Way too many!

nice smoke flamed Guerciotti too.

Can you tell us more about the Morgul-Bismark?
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-02-11, 08:28 AM
Replies: 171
Views: 75,232
Posted By urodacus

Okinawa. not many of us out here.

Okinawa. not many of us out here.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-31-10, 11:00 AM
Replies: 124
Views: 7,834
Posted By urodacus

Hmm. Bars not level at their end...

Hmm.

Bars not level at their end sections/?

Brake cables and housings too long?

Left brake connects to front instead of right lever controls front brake?
Forum: Classic and Vintage Bicycles: Whats it Worth? Appraisals.
10-31-10, 09:56 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 847
Posted By urodacus

Pentaglia. maybe 1990? about $500

Pentaglia. maybe 1990? about $500
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-28-10, 06:37 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,595
Posted By urodacus

Thank you for your reply, and my apologies,...

Thank you for your reply, and my apologies, Ricohman and others, for the long delay. Been laid up with a bad neck and herniated disc, and no real riding since December.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-30-10, 11:56 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 7,491
Posted By urodacus

they still make good glue, too. and I added...

they still make good glue, too.

and I added a few names to the Japan bikes wiki page
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-30-10, 11:55 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,595
Posted By urodacus

could one use the same approach for spot or...

could one use the same approach for spot or scratch marks on an otherwise tired but OK finish (1988 Zunow in pearl white)?

i have been slowly restoring her and don't want to go the whole hog and...
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
07-28-10, 06:28 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,867
Posted By urodacus

GTFOOH! You originally lived in Mexico City,...

GTFOOH!

You originally lived in Mexico City, right?
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-24-10, 07:40 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 2,765
Posted By urodacus

I bought a fake bike once. I stopped riding...

I bought a fake bike once. I stopped riding because people tell me i look really stupid riding a walrus.
Forum: Professional Cycling For the Fans
06-06-10, 06:22 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 3,561
Posted By urodacus

Coppi, Indurain, and Pantani. Well, maybe a...

Coppi, Indurain, and Pantani.

Well, maybe a little
Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-26-10, 11:45 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 997
Posted By urodacus

Holt makes a product for coating (thereby...

Holt makes a product for coating (thereby defogging) headlamp covers and various other car lenses. Should work on reflectors too.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-14-10, 05:31 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 2,324
Posted By urodacus

Seconded! What we REALLY need is a five-arm...

Seconded! What we REALLY need is a five-arm puller.
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