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Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-24-23, 10:49 PM
Replies: 20,145
Views: 2,579,750
Posted By JacobLee

Ha! I noticed that same truck in August. How does...

Ha! I noticed that same truck in August. How does something like that sit there for so long?
Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-22-23, 02:48 PM
Replies: 6,065
Views: 676,619
Posted By JacobLee

I scored two bicycles this year with custom...

I scored two bicycles this year with custom touring racks that were, thankfully, still attached! One, a Bruce Gordon Hikari came with the standard issue, blue BG racks, and the second, a tandem made...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-14-23, 08:09 PM
Replies: 20,145
Views: 2,579,750
Posted By JacobLee

Greenwood Hills Cemetery in SW Portland ...

Greenwood Hills Cemetery in SW Portland

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Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-07-23, 10:24 PM
Replies: 20,145
Views: 2,579,750
Posted By JacobLee

What a week. The teen is going through some...

What a week. The teen is going through some changes, but seems to be interested in hopping on the tandem and riding up some hills. I had already done a ride, and returned to find someone very...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-31-22, 07:12 PM
Replies: 20,145
Views: 2,579,750
Posted By JacobLee

Unbelievable. I somehow succeeded in getting my...

Unbelievable. I somehow succeeded in getting my currently-very-moody 13-year-old daughter on the back of our tandem for a hilly ride in 42 degree drizzle. It was only 7 miles and 700 feet, but I felt...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-28-22, 07:01 PM
Replies: 20,145
Views: 2,579,750
Posted By JacobLee

Same old ride, but a good sunset. In the course...

Same old ride, but a good sunset. In the course of a week we've had weather in the teens and the fifties, an inch of ice and four inches of rain. It ain't Buffalo, but pretty interesting nonetheless....
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-17-22, 07:42 PM
Replies: 20,145
Views: 2,579,750
Posted By JacobLee

They were selling fancy cycling clothes for cheap...

They were selling fancy cycling clothes for cheap at the Chris King warehouse, so I took a chilly ride over there to see if it was cheap enough! It was actually a pretty good sale; I bought a cool,...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-13-22, 08:11 PM
Replies: 20,145
Views: 2,579,750
Posted By JacobLee

Caught a quick one at dusk. Purty lights. ...

Caught a quick one at dusk. Purty lights.

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Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-12-22, 10:42 AM
Replies: 5,699
Views: 605,267
Posted By JacobLee

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Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-10-22, 12:09 AM
Replies: 112
Views: 4,389
Posted By JacobLee

Sorry to hi jak this thred, what breaks are...

Sorry to hi jak this thred, what breaks are these??
...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-03-22, 06:18 PM
Replies: 20,145
Views: 2,579,750
Posted By JacobLee

Another test ride to determine whether a...

Another test ride to determine whether a Centurion Elite 12 is faster than a steam train. If it's a holiday-themed steam train, the answer is yes. Passing one, however, is painfully loud! I did...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-01-22, 08:25 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 598
Posted By JacobLee

I've been digging into this bike a bit more, and...

I've been digging into this bike a bit more, and wanted to add some info about the fork. I noticed the steerer is stamped Reynolds Butted 16/13. I also noticed that the canti posts are very crooked;...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
11-27-22, 06:59 PM
Replies: 20,145
Views: 2,579,750
Posted By JacobLee

Quick shakedown on new townie build. The usual...

Quick shakedown on new townie build. The usual experience: bars slipped, brake levers rattled, needed more b-tension. Beautiful sky, though.
...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
11-27-22, 04:17 PM
Replies: 6,065
Views: 676,619
Posted By JacobLee

I found this at an estate sale over the summer...

I found this at an estate sale over the summer with a bunch of cool parts hanging on it. I quickly un-hung the cool parts, then slowly spiffed-up the not so cool parts, and made it into an upright...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
11-24-22, 04:23 PM
Replies: 20,145
Views: 2,579,750
Posted By JacobLee

Super thankful for a beautiful Super Course on a...

Super thankful for a beautiful Super Course on a super-beautiful Thanksgiving!
...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
11-19-22, 02:29 PM
Replies: 75,423
Views: 12,293,885
Posted By JacobLee

Saw this at an estate sale in SW Portland for...

Saw this at an estate sale in SW Portland for $48. If anyone is interested, I could go back for it.
...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
11-14-22, 07:45 PM
Replies: 20,145
Views: 2,579,750
Posted By JacobLee

Today, I rode to a place that is very helpful if...

Today, I rode to a place that is very helpful if you also enjoy keeping your crappy, old appliances running.
...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-30-22, 06:36 PM
Replies: 20,145
Views: 2,579,750
Posted By JacobLee

Speaking of greenhouses, I was doing one of my...

Speaking of greenhouses, I was doing one of my favorite rides, the one where I poke around the west hills and stare at old mansions, when I found this beauty:
...
Forum: Classic and Vintage Sales
10-25-22, 11:59 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 517
Posted By JacobLee

Thanks for the feedback, folks. I'm still...

Thanks for the feedback, folks. I'm still wondering why people edit-out their asking price after an item has sold. I feel like transparency is one of the great features of this forum, and it would be...
Forum: Classic and Vintage Sales
10-25-22, 11:09 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 517
Posted By JacobLee

Deal pending. I'll update if they're available...

Deal pending. I'll update if they're available again.

Thanks!

SOLD
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-22-22, 07:00 PM
Replies: 20,145
Views: 2,579,750
Posted By JacobLee

It's finally not summer in Portland, so that...

It's finally not summer in Portland, so that means it's Super Course time!
...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-16-22, 04:20 PM
Replies: 526
Views: 27,884
Posted By JacobLee

Here's my take! ...

Here's my take!

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Not pictured: Boneshaker...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-16-22, 12:23 PM
Replies: 20,145
Views: 2,579,750
Posted By JacobLee

We need some more info on this lunch! I think I...

We need some more info on this lunch! I think I get what's going on, but not entirely!
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-15-22, 05:22 PM
Replies: 20,145
Views: 2,579,750
Posted By JacobLee

Took an interesting 30 mile ramble around...

Took an interesting 30 mile ramble around Portland today. First point of interest were the downtown streets blocked off for Biden's motorcade. I didn't get to see it, but a friend who was a few...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-15-22, 09:21 AM
Replies: 526
Views: 27,884
Posted By JacobLee

There it is! That's a beauty. ...

There it is! That's a beauty.

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Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-14-22, 06:44 PM
Replies: 526
Views: 27,884
Posted By JacobLee

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The Box o' Crap hath arrived in Portland. I...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-09-22, 08:59 PM
Replies: 20,145
Views: 2,579,750
Posted By JacobLee

Thanks for the suggestion! I was saying to my...

Thanks for the suggestion! I was saying to my wife, it's great to explore this stuff on a bike, but you can't dig around like you would on foot, and I'm too lazy to do any real research, so a walking...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-09-22, 07:08 PM
Replies: 20,145
Views: 2,579,750
Posted By JacobLee

Another ramble through Portland's West Hills,...

Another ramble through Portland's West Hills, this time guided by a typewritten report found at an estate sale yesterday on Council Crest. It was a very readable history of the neighborhood...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-02-22, 10:57 PM
Replies: 20,145
Views: 2,579,750
Posted By JacobLee

Took another great overnighter from Portland,...

Took another great overnighter from Portland, this time East, out to the Gorge. Weather in the 80's and mid 50's at night, but still brought too much stuff because it seemed like it should be colder!...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-24-22, 09:04 PM
Replies: 20,145
Views: 2,579,750
Posted By JacobLee

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Spent the weekend near Sunriver, Oregon so I did...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-10-22, 07:39 PM
Replies: 1,338
Views: 399,196
Posted By JacobLee

I like it! I'm a sucker for riser stems and...

I like it! I'm a sucker for riser stems and patina, though.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-07-22, 07:14 PM
Replies: 20,145
Views: 2,579,750
Posted By JacobLee

I turned 50 today, so after a lovely lunch with...

I turned 50 today, so after a lovely lunch with my 50-year-old wife, I grabbed a 50-year-old bike and rode TWICE my age (in dog years)!
...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-06-22, 02:43 PM
Replies: 2,392
Views: 543,698
Posted By JacobLee

I just found this Elite 12 at an estate sale. I'm...

I just found this Elite 12 at an estate sale. I'm pretty sure the brakes, levers, pedals, and maybe the seatpost are the only original components. Even the seat binder bolt has been replaced with...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-05-22, 04:30 PM
Replies: 20,145
Views: 2,579,750
Posted By JacobLee

Was riding around in the west hills when I came...

Was riding around in the west hills when I came across a cyclist who had been attacked by zombies, then thought, "WTF? It's only September 5th!"

The Merckx was fine.
...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-04-22, 04:49 PM
Replies: 15,051
Views: 3,731,876
Posted By JacobLee

Well, on a roll this weekend; good or bad? hard...

Well, on a roll this weekend; good or bad? hard to say. It was half-off Sunday at an estate sale, so I couldn't leave this Centurion behind for $102.50.
...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-03-22, 11:07 AM
Replies: 15,051
Views: 3,731,876
Posted By JacobLee

Cool. I guess that was a potentially tacky...

Cool. I guess that was a potentially tacky question.

I wonder where they advertised the Merz? Did this show up on your radar merziac ?
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-03-22, 09:59 AM
Replies: 15,051
Views: 3,731,876
Posted By JacobLee

I was lured across town to an estate sale by a...

I was lured across town to an estate sale by a pic of a bike closet, complete with jumbly boxes of bike stuff. It turned out to be pretty interesting. Most stuff had been individually priced too high...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-19-22, 01:18 PM
Replies: 15,051
Views: 3,731,876
Posted By JacobLee

Oh great, now you get to take it to the scrap...

Oh great, now you get to take it to the scrap heap! Kidding. That's super-cool. S-Works, even. And lots of cool parts.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-11-22, 10:07 PM
Replies: 75,423
Views: 12,293,885
Posted By JacobLee

Gravitational anomaly, pretty common in Rochester.

Gravitational anomaly, pretty common in Rochester.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-11-22, 09:57 PM
Replies: 6,065
Views: 676,619
Posted By JacobLee

My free Solana by Santana tandem had a really...

My free Solana by Santana tandem had a really stuck stoker post, from what looked like a winter left outside. The seat was probably at the right height for either of my stokers, but I had to deal...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-09-22, 09:29 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 616
Posted By JacobLee

Thanks bulgie for all the info!! Do we get course...

Thanks bulgie for all the info!! Do we get course credit?

Here's the hanger in more detail, on the reddish Santana. I see the curved sides, now.
...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-08-22, 08:23 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 616
Posted By JacobLee

That's a beauty! How cool that you still have it!...

That's a beauty! How cool that you still have it!

I picked a very similar tandem up on Saturday with a free sign on the top tube. It has a number of similarities as far as frame configuration, but...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-07-22, 01:05 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 598
Posted By JacobLee

Thanks for taking a close look! The ds dropout is...

Thanks for taking a close look! The ds dropout is stamped D32. A repaint of a local machine makes sense, but no trace of other colors. The paint on the fork doesn't seem to have held up as well as...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-07-22, 10:41 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 598
Posted By JacobLee

Another Tandem ID, if you please.

Picked up this tandem from a front yard in SW Portland yesterday. Owner said they'd had it since the 80's, but I didn't get any more than that.
...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-06-22, 05:31 PM
Replies: 15,051
Views: 3,731,876
Posted By JacobLee

Lot's of mud and spiders. Guy said they had had...

Lot's of mud and spiders. Guy said they had had it since the 80's. I'm kicking myself for not asking who built it. Nothing under the Denmark sticker. Lots of interesting parts. Wife and daughter both...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-06-22, 04:13 PM
Replies: 15,051
Views: 3,731,876
Posted By JacobLee

I had a couple of quiet hours to clean up the...

I had a couple of quiet hours to clean up the garage, when my wife texted these pics of a free tandem near a birthday party she had gone to. Oh well, I'll clean the garage tomorrow!
...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-06-22, 11:48 AM
Replies: 6,065
Views: 676,619
Posted By JacobLee

I had one of these a couple of years ago that had...

I had one of these a couple of years ago that had been overtightened at the seatpost collar and cracked the carbon. The clamp was fine, so I sold it on ebay. Seems like one of those would eventually...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-06-22, 09:43 AM
Replies: 20,145
Views: 2,579,750
Posted By JacobLee

Cool bike rack!

Cool bike rack!
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-03-22, 07:46 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,047
Posted By JacobLee

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My Portland commute took me across this brand new...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-02-22, 08:04 PM
Replies: 20,145
Views: 2,579,750
Posted By JacobLee

Wow, lots of cool pics above! Lucky to get...

Wow, lots of cool pics above!

Lucky to get to do some commuting lately, so I thought I'd try out the new bicycle/pedestrian bridge in Portland. Named after congressman Earl Blumenauer, and I...
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