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Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-11-23, 10:59 AM
Replies: 2,819
Views: 1,128,063
Posted By melville

I'll call that pilot error, probably dragging the...

I'll call that pilot error, probably dragging the brake the whole way.

Otherwise known as "Grabbing the Coward Handle." :)
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-06-23, 07:52 PM
Replies: 9,056
Views: 3,120,450
Posted By melville

Sheldon Brown useta show up to the Wells Avenue...

Sheldon Brown useta show up to the Wells Avenue training races riding a fixed gear back in the 1980s.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-10-23, 06:26 AM
Replies: 9,056
Views: 3,120,450
Posted By melville

Looks like the bridges over Aurora Ave between...

Looks like the bridges over Aurora Ave between Woodland Park and the Zoo!
Forum: Classic & Vintage
06-04-23, 07:43 PM
Replies: 9,056
Views: 3,120,450
Posted By melville

Oh, that was fun! There was a guy who quit the...

Oh, that was fun! There was a guy who quit the motorcycle dealer next to the bike shop I worked at in 1989 to be the Boulder Bikes rep. I expect he starved. In the still shot on the vid you can see...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-08-23, 09:22 AM
Replies: 9,056
Views: 3,120,450
Posted By melville

Nice to see you here! I useta work with Tim...

Nice to see you here! I useta work with Tim Rutledge in Seattle. That bike has 650B size wheels, no?

I like the Campy BMX pedals on the other one. Mine are also blue.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-02-23, 09:23 PM
Replies: 9,056
Views: 3,120,450
Posted By melville

Is that a Bicycles West sticker on the seat tube?...

Is that a Bicycles West sticker on the seat tube? I worked there for a bit, at the (now defunct) Renton store.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
02-05-23, 07:12 PM
Replies: 9,056
Views: 3,120,450
Posted By melville

Are those brake levers the "cantilever" version...

Are those brake levers the "cantilever" version or the "V-brake" version? The leverage ratio will be way off if they are the "V-brake" version. High effort, low force on the rim.

Your straddle...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-15-23, 06:59 PM
Replies: 9,056
Views: 3,120,450
Posted By melville

Very appropriate on a Breezer as they were made...

Very appropriate on a Breezer as they were made by Breeze & Angell.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-26-22, 08:05 AM
Replies: 9,056
Views: 3,120,450
Posted By melville

Hot damn, that's the Schwazz! Just a few feet...

Hot damn, that's the Schwazz! Just a few feet from where McKinley useta hold forth!
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-31-22, 07:23 AM
Replies: 9,056
Views: 3,120,450
Posted By melville

I worked at a Trek dealer in that era. Trek...

I worked at a Trek dealer in that era. Trek would do warranty repair on frames BITD and the customer would have the option of any current year paint and decal.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-02-22, 08:08 PM
Replies: 2,819
Views: 1,128,063
Posted By melville

Note also that the stem will need to be changed....

Note also that the stem will need to be changed. French stems are 22.0mm. English/Italian are 22.2. The OG stem will rock in the steerer as you ride it.

I was always able to get french thread...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-19-21, 08:10 PM
Replies: 9,056
Views: 3,120,450
Posted By melville

Oh, that is something! Love the triple-ized Dyna...

Oh, that is something! Love the triple-ized Dyna Drive crank!

How does it handle? Head angle looks quite steep, but the fork rake is properly small to match, hopefully.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-11-21, 11:56 AM
Replies: 159
Views: 13,122
Posted By melville

Hey now! I have a set of those on my crit bike! ...

Hey now! I have a set of those on my crit bike!

I find them elegant.

The plastic derailleurs that came with them, not so much.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-04-21, 03:04 PM
Replies: 2,819
Views: 1,128,063
Posted By melville

Oh the sweetness! My Olmo was the same color. I...

Oh the sweetness! My Olmo was the same color. I only had the pantograph shift levers, though. And it was a 54cm.

Also with sew-ups most of the time I had it. I gave it to my little brother 25...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-03-21, 09:38 PM
Replies: 2,819
Views: 1,128,063
Posted By melville

Bags that size were intended to hold spare sew-up...

Bags that size were intended to hold spare sew-up tires. 40 years ago, some people were still touring on sew-ups!
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
08-30-21, 12:21 PM
Replies: 231
Views: 13,711
Posted By melville

Oooh! Stiffness! Perhaps better called...

Oooh! Stiffness! Perhaps better called Rigidity--Stiffness is a property of a material. What's being discussed here is rigidity of a structure.

I skimmed a bit and saw the Merckx hour record...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-29-21, 08:30 PM
Replies: 9,056
Views: 3,120,450
Posted By melville

Is that the same Deeley family as Trevor, who...

Is that the same Deeley family as Trevor, who sells powered (Harley Davidson) two wheelers?
Forum: Road Cycling
07-19-21, 12:47 PM
Replies: 113
Views: 7,132
Posted By melville

Brakes are overrated. All they do is slow you...

Brakes are overrated. All they do is slow you down when all you really want is to go faster.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-05-21, 07:26 AM
Replies: 9,056
Views: 3,120,450
Posted By melville

I worked in the biz in the era you're talking...

I worked in the biz in the era you're talking about and I'm still riding a 1987 Schwinn Cimarron as my primary mountain bike. Let it be said I'm not tall, so my impressions are of the smaller sized...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-31-21, 11:49 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 4,623
Posted By melville

Exactly, it's a respray with some braze-ons added...

Exactly, it's a respray with some braze-ons added and some licence taken with the 531 decal.

Take the fork out sometime--I expect it will have a Tange mark on the steerer tube.
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
03-22-21, 09:33 PM
Replies: 67
Views: 4,321
Posted By melville

Yes, in the PNW wearing through the rim is a...

Yes, in the PNW wearing through the rim is a thing. When I lived in Seattle, I had a friend who'd pump his mountain bike tires up to 100 psi on Thursdays in the shop to see if they blew. If they...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
12-14-20, 05:12 PM
Replies: 86
Views: 6,317
Posted By melville

The things that have improved cycling when riding...

The things that have improved cycling when riding a vintage bike that doesn't lose its character as a vintage bike? Tires!

Decent clinchers, like Michelin and Continental in the later 80s and...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-13-20, 07:41 AM
Replies: 9,056
Views: 3,120,450
Posted By melville

Hmmm. Nice, but not the same experience at 3 AM....

Hmmm. Nice, but not the same experience at 3 AM. But a bit of a ride to get to Donut Mill from Arcata, so that's good.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-12-20, 07:16 AM
Replies: 9,056
Views: 3,120,450
Posted By melville

From Don's?

From Don's?
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-31-20, 02:21 PM
Replies: 85
Views: 6,227
Posted By melville

Back in 1989 when Shimano came out with 8S...

Back in 1989 when Shimano came out with 8S Dura-Ace they built the hub with rounded locknuts that would spread the dropout from 126 to 130 every time you inserted the wheel.

If the same guys who...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-23-20, 09:58 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 7,032
Posted By melville

What's the OD on the headtube? Looks like it...

What's the OD on the headtube? Looks like it might be 33mm, possibly with internal reinforcements. That's another lugless trick--use an OS headtube with pieces of a regular headtube inside to...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-10-20, 12:16 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 7,032
Posted By melville

With no collar at the top of the seat tube, the...

With no collar at the top of the seat tube, the builder probably used a double butted tube (think downtube) rather than the usual single butted seat tube. The usual .9/.6/.9 'SL' size would take a...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
07-07-20, 06:18 AM
Replies: 97
Views: 18,556
Posted By melville

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikeforums.net-vbulle...

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikeforums.net-vbulletin/354x266/brokenoclv_18f539736221e20600f2a6be8afb56f187b16e98.jpg


From an old friend and framebuilder. More here, not just carbon:

Broken...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
06-02-19, 07:48 PM
Replies: 2,819
Views: 1,128,063
Posted By melville

That's an Aurora Cycle sticker on the seat tube. ...

That's an Aurora Cycle sticker on the seat tube. I may have worked on that one BITD. Nice score!

Note that the wheels are 27". That persisted on the 520 a bit longer than any other Trek road...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
05-26-19, 07:54 PM
Replies: 9,056
Views: 3,120,450
Posted By melville

I saw the same stuff. BITD (80s-90s) we found...

I saw the same stuff. BITD (80s-90s) we found that the good thin wall tubes were more resilient than the paint. Road frames built with crazy light tubes (.7/.4/.7 and lighter) could crack the paint...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-14-18, 07:12 PM
Replies: 9,056
Views: 3,120,450
Posted By melville

I sold those new in 1988. That was the entry...

I sold those new in 1988. That was the entry level version. Raleigh used the French hubs on that model and the Deore version. Both were using freewheels. Only the XT version got Japanese...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-19-18, 07:15 PM
Replies: 9,056
Views: 3,120,450
Posted By melville

And there it is, in the very next post:

And there it is, in the very next post:
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-05-18, 06:48 PM
Replies: 9,056
Views: 3,120,450
Posted By melville

That's how Trek shipped them BITD. Really! ...

That's how Trek shipped them BITD. Really!

There may not have been any dedicated top pull derailleurs at the time. My memory is a bit fuzzy. I vaguely recall some that had a pulley on the back...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
04-15-18, 08:46 PM
Replies: 9,056
Views: 3,120,450
Posted By melville

i heard this in a Sulu voice.[/QUOTE] Me...

i heard this in a Sulu voice.[/QUOTE]

Me too! I've never seen one.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-25-17, 07:52 AM
Replies: 9,056
Views: 3,120,450
Posted By melville

Looks like a personal project. Lots (LOTS!) of...

Looks like a personal project. Lots (LOTS!) of brass on the joints, but also some voids in the brass, particularly on the left chainstay/BB shell joint. Nonetheless, I like it.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-25-16, 01:05 PM
Replies: 2,819
Views: 1,128,063
Posted By melville

Still looks a bit off. How's toe clip clearance?

Still looks a bit off. How's toe clip clearance?
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-24-16, 06:57 PM
Replies: 2,819
Views: 1,128,063
Posted By melville

It's beautiful, but I think it's been crashed. ...

It's beautiful, but I think it's been crashed. The head angle looks a bit steep.

http://www.vintage-trek.com/images/trek/84Trek_23.jpg

It should be barely slacker than the seat tube. Feel...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
06-21-16, 08:34 PM
Replies: 9,056
Views: 3,120,450
Posted By melville

BCA grew out of the ashes of the Ross Bicycle...

BCA grew out of the ashes of the Ross Bicycle Company.
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
02-22-14, 04:58 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,290
Posted By melville

OK, the sun came out and I went out to sample...

OK, the sun came out and I went out to sample modern brakes. They feel like toys in the shop, but modulation is possible out in the world. Not the on/off switch effect I'd noticed with V-brakes and...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
02-14-14, 05:28 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 2,320
Posted By melville

If you're going to cut it off, then remove the...

If you're going to cut it off, then remove the fork and use an oxyacetylene torch to melt the stub out of the fork. Done right, you won't even affect the paint more than an inch below the bottom of...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
02-11-14, 09:34 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,290
Posted By melville

The bike is a 1975 model. Fairly heavy effort at...

The bike is a 1975 model. Fairly heavy effort at the lever, and of all things there's a cable to a remote master cylinder hidden underneath the tank, so not purely hydraulic.

Rims were a wear...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
02-11-14, 10:11 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,290
Posted By melville

Thanks! You seem to understand. Yes, the forks...

Thanks! You seem to understand. Yes, the forks give me just the option of V-brake or disc, and Vs are out for exactly the reason you mention. I need to be able to unlock the front during the...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
02-11-14, 08:38 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,290
Posted By melville

Indeed--I'm somewhat aware of the mechanical...

Indeed--I'm somewhat aware of the mechanical options, where one can mix road calipers and mountain levers to adjust effort. I'm looking for similar info on hydraulics.
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
02-10-14, 11:20 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,290
Posted By melville

So what I was hoping here was that there was some...

So what I was hoping here was that there was some knowledge about relative hydraulic leverage ratios in the BF.net hive mind, but that seems to be lacking.

I worked in the industry for over a...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
02-09-14, 02:33 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,290
Posted By melville

Thanks! How about someone who is less of a...

Thanks! How about someone who is less of a smartass to chime in, please.
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
02-09-14, 01:00 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,290
Posted By melville

Looking to go hydraulic disc, but reduced mech advantage

Hi there! Been off the bike and the forum for a while, but my wife and kids are kinda bringing me back. Seems they took pity on my old bike sitting with a worn out Judy DH fork and got me a new...
Forum: Track Cycling: Velodrome Racing and Training Area
04-13-12, 12:31 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,361
Posted By melville

Haven't we all done a little space negotiation...

Haven't we all done a little space negotiation with our elbows in a miss-n-out?

Unable to play the vid to see how Hoy did it, but it doesn't sound unfamiliar to me from what I'm reading here.
Forum: Track Cycling: Velodrome Racing and Training Area
02-21-12, 06:06 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 5,300
Posted By melville

How big is your backyard? I found this by...

How big is your backyard? I found this by googling "backyard halfpipe":

http://monsterguide.net/images/how-to-build-a-halfpipe.jpg

The skaters may be a resource for construction ideas.

I'm...
Forum: Track Cycling: Velodrome Racing and Training Area
11-04-11, 01:53 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,195
Posted By melville

OP has a Bellevue location, from which I presume...

OP has a Bellevue location, from which I presume the track will be Marymoor. I had good luck BITD with Vittoria Cronos at Marymoor. I second that recommendation.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-24-11, 04:50 PM
Replies: 9,056
Views: 3,120,450
Posted By melville

Do you know about the late release color for...

Do you know about the late release color for 1989? The catalog showed just the red, but midyear they made a smoked beige run as well. Almost cool enough to get me off a red bike (most of the rest...
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