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02-13-24, 10:15 AM
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Posted By steine13

mhespenheide >> a lot of us probably have bikes...

mhespenheide
>> a lot of us probably have bikes that we'd rather hold on to than sell at their market value!

True enough, and I have a few of those.
But they aren't listed on Craigslist.

It...
01-02-24, 09:02 PM
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Views: 237,408
Posted By steine13

The red tundra a few posts up is s great reminder...

The red tundra a few posts up is s great reminder to check your ball joints regularly.

I had that happen while driving, but at only 25 mph, thankfully. Scary. Never again.

cheers -mathias
12-22-23, 06:41 AM
Replies: 71
Views: 2,605
Posted By steine13

Turn my near-mint 1978 Trek 710 into a fendered...

Turn my near-mint 1978 Trek 710 into a fendered 650b do-everything bike.

cheers -mathias
12-14-23, 09:03 PM
Replies: 2,610
Views: 667,483
Posted By steine13

Findling 520 at the Co-op

Learned Friends:

This bike caught my attention at our co-op here in Lansing, Michigan.
The serial # is 54285, making it a 1983 520 per vintage-trek.com. The size is 22.5" or 58 cm.
Reynolds 501...
12-08-23, 09:58 AM
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Posted By steine13

>> It's a bit too matchy-matchy for my taste. ...

>> It's a bit too matchy-matchy for my taste.

Took me a moment. That's funny.
Didn't say the chest was included though.

cheers -mathias

[It's #81206 ten posts up.]
12-06-23, 06:04 AM
Replies: 83,053
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Posted By steine13

All lthis unicrown talk makes me sad. I have four...

All lthis unicrown talk makes me sad. I have four bikes with unicrowns and three of them are dear to me.
Over time I've come to see classic forks as prettier, but I manage to get over it when...
12-05-23, 11:46 AM
Replies: 416
Views: 79,214
Posted By steine13

It's bike-fix-up time at the Lansing co-op for...

It's bike-fix-up time at the Lansing co-op for the annual Christmas give-away.
This edgy stem treatment caught my eye. It appears the bike was ridden this way.
...
11-27-23, 03:32 PM
Replies: 1,760
Views: 237,408
Posted By steine13

Kind of an amateur effort. The airbag didn't even...

Kind of an amateur effort. The airbag didn't even deploy. Tell him to try again.
cheers -mathias
11-01-23, 04:36 PM
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Posted By steine13

Alleged Super Course in Lansing, MI. At $25...

Alleged Super Course in Lansing, MI.
At $25 it's worth it for the shifters alone, but I'm cleaning OUT the garage, not puttin bikes IN the garage and I have enough projects for the winter.

"I...
10-08-23, 01:36 PM
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Posted By steine13

>> It get the bars and stem up without needing a...

>> It get the bars and stem up without needing a Technomic or the like and keeps the steerer from being too stressed

..and does it with a level top tube.
Recent Rivendell frames have that feature...
09-30-23, 02:24 AM
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Posted By steine13

And some more pictures from the Rhine valley. A...

And some more pictures from the Rhine valley.
A most pious area at one time, with plenty of "gravel" to ride.

Wider is better, but 35 mm Schwalbes did alright on these dubious surfaces.

cheers...
09-30-23, 02:20 AM
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Posted By steine13

Old Euro Iron

Since there was some resonance with the VW and BMW classics I posted a few weeks back, how about some classics I found in my travels in my home town:

I've read that the original Fiat 500 was built...
09-22-23, 06:48 PM
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Posted By steine13

But the donation that REALLY blew up my skirt is...

But the donation that REALLY blew up my skirt is this originally equipped, super cool 1986 ST600. Cool to me, anyway.
...
09-22-23, 06:33 PM
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Views: 460,856
Posted By steine13

Michigan State University has its own bike shop....

Michigan State University has its own bike shop. It's not a co-op but it has some similarities -- one of them being that people bring in bicycles to donate.

So someone brought in two Cannondales...
09-18-23, 04:38 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,056
Posted By steine13

Learned Friends: I have a Joe Blow Sport and...

Learned Friends:

I have a Joe Blow Sport and in an ill-advised move -- yeah, that's it! It wasn't stoopid, it was ill-advised... -- I opened the valve at the very bottom of the pump to let out...
09-17-23, 11:05 AM
Replies: 1,410
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Posted By steine13

Repeat offender here: One of the twin T400s from...

Repeat offender here: One of the twin T400s from a few posts up was pressed into road service for the 350 mile DALMAC ride from Lansing, MI to the Mackinac bridge.
I had planned to ride a Motobécane...
09-10-23, 08:12 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,981
Posted By steine13

Hrmph. For the past three years, my practice...

Hrmph.
For the past three years, my practice has been to obtain an orphan bike in the fall or winter, and make it mine for the season. Over Labor Day, I ride the DALMAC organized tour from Lansing...
09-06-23, 04:54 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 2,614
Posted By steine13

>> I know even less than I thought I did You...

>> I know even less than I thought I did

You do, and it's true for just about everyone else, certainly for me.

When I looked into it years ago I was shocked to find out how little is known...
09-04-23, 07:18 PM
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Posted By steine13

A classic Cannondale and a couple classic Germans...

A classic Cannondale and a couple classic Germans in the tony town of Harbor Springs, Michigan.
"VW Porsche" and a BMW 3.0 CS.
cheers -m...
08-27-23, 11:04 AM
Replies: 7,672
Views: 903,022
Posted By steine13

On this thread, the following may not even be...

On this thread, the following may not even be off-topic.

>> I had two of these [Audis]

THERE's yer problem.

Seriously, I know quite a few people who had them over the years.
It's somewhere...
08-26-23, 05:27 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 2,614
Posted By steine13

The short version: It's not that hard but it's...

The short version:
It's not that hard but it's not trivial either.
It's very much like learning to ride all over again.

I did it by using raised 2x6s to provide a platform either side to put my...
08-25-23, 06:06 AM
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Posted By steine13

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Here's some 'wrenching' I hadn't planned for... I broke a...
08-23-23, 04:43 AM
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Posted By steine13

SoCaled ehcoplex >> Oh man, this makes me feel...

SoCaled ehcoplex
>> Oh man, this makes me feel slightly better about my mess

I think I found Waldo.
cheers -mathias
08-19-23, 08:11 PM
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Posted By steine13

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I've been meaning to post an in-the-wild shot of these two.
Great do-it-all...
08-17-23, 10:46 AM
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Posted By steine13

@ Colorado Kid These bikes are indeed special. ...

@ Colorado Kid
These bikes are indeed special.
There are many threads on the subject in the C&V forum, and a wealth of information.

Regarding the old ones, I have a 25" ST 600 from 1987 and...
08-15-23, 07:42 PM
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Posted By steine13

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This was a frustrating exercise.
The Motobécane I bought in January was on the...
08-15-23, 07:35 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,981
Posted By steine13

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We are finally getting somewhere.
I replaced the too-narrow-too-low 40 cm...
08-13-23, 08:22 PM
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Posted By steine13

Scroll up ~ two pages and look for the RB-2 NRS...

Scroll up ~ two pages and look for the RB-2 NRS posted from the Detroit area that was $60. If the weather had been crappy, I might have driven the 70 miles to get it.

And four-digit anything is...
08-13-23, 05:29 AM
Replies: 83,053
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Posted By steine13

That Miyata Ridge Runner in WI has horizontal...

That Miyata Ridge Runner in WI has horizontal dropouts.
Hen's teeth if you're looking to convert to IGH or SS.
I looked for over a year to find a Specialized that would work, and the slots are...
08-11-23, 09:55 AM
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Posted By steine13

And here I thought it was customary to hacksaw...

And here I thought it was customary to hacksaw the derailleur hanger off the dropout... clearly it's easier to just cut the dropout in half... same effect, right?
It goes faster with a torch, too....
08-08-23, 10:41 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 875
Posted By steine13

So, good story. And we're still in the early...

So, good story. And we're still in the early phase of this fiasco, where the accident is just a theoretical, if likely, future event. So we can offer suggestions and say, maybe it'll be OK.

By the...
08-07-23, 08:18 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,981
Posted By steine13

It's high time for an update. We've become good...

It's high time for an update. We've become good friends, my Moto and I, but we've had to talk about a few things, too. After the Brooks Pro shown above chafed, how to delicately say this, the back of...
08-07-23, 11:39 AM
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Posted By steine13

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I finally got around to putting SKS longboard fenders on my Motobécane Grand...
07-18-23, 08:46 PM
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Posted By steine13

That's 531 not 501 but those decals are easy to...

That's 531 not 501 but those decals are easy to misread..

cheers -mathias
07-18-23, 10:12 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,262
Posted By steine13

I'm a little late to the party, having discovered...

I'm a little late to the party, having discovered this thread last night from a picture shown elsewhere.

I'm glad to year you had a great time. The Rhine valley is a beautiful place.
My mom was...
07-15-23, 11:11 AM
Replies: 83,053
Views: 14,037,001
Posted By steine13

Well, that was interesting.. I got there about 20...

Well, that was interesting.. I got there about 20 minutes after the sale opened, not being in a tizzy over anything, and of course the Brooks was gone. Everything was priced, and most of it at co-op...
07-15-23, 05:37 AM
Replies: 83,053
Views: 14,037,001
Posted By steine13

Estate sale in mid-Michigan, a mile from my...

Estate sale in mid-Michigan, a mile from my house... the pictures are lousy, but I spy a few interesting items... a Brooks Pro or B17 special.. if the latter, that's me, the narrow ones don't work...
07-11-23, 05:36 PM
Replies: 1,760
Views: 237,408
Posted By steine13

Salubrious wrote >> Yahoo! 20 miles or so of...

Salubrious wrote
>> Yahoo! 20 miles or so of singletrack to Silverton...

Great picture!
Why do they call it "singletrack"?

Spaghetti Legs:
A German with enough means and motivation to ride...
07-02-23, 04:52 PM
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Views: 237,408
Posted By steine13

Michigan is canoe country, and it's not rare to...

Michigan is canoe country, and it's not rare to see them on people's cars... and every once in a while there's a wood-strip canoe. But I've never seen EIGHT of them together like that.

Anybody...
07-01-23, 06:01 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 3,059
Posted By steine13

>> don't know why it's so hard for folks to get ...

>> don't know why it's so hard for folks to get

Who says we don't get it? For me, it's too much work constantly shifting and trimming. And if I'm not doing that, I might as well pick gear spacing...
06-24-23, 02:40 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,951
Posted By steine13

Nobody is saying "must pay by X"... we're saying...

Nobody is saying "must pay by X"... we're saying "must communicate within a day or so, rather than disappear without explanation."

cheers -mathias
06-24-23, 05:14 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,951
Posted By steine13

A friend of mine who's a car dealer taught me...

A friend of mine who's a car dealer taught me that "the car business is the now business."

I feel that way about any kind of deal making on used items. Communication is key, if someone needs time,...
Replies: 16
Views: 1,192
Posted By steine13

>> Are you asking for a favorable purchase price...

>> Are you asking for a favorable purchase price estimate, or as the seller?

I purposely avoided stating that, because I wanted a "clean" valuation.

I would have liked to say "I'm selling", but...
Replies: 16
Views: 1,192
Posted By steine13

>> I always wonder about the story of how that...

>> I always wonder about the story of how that came to be.

Unspectacular and fairly obvious, I think: Bicycling is hard. Maybe harder for those who can afford to plunk down $1300 in 88 money on a...
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Views: 1,192
Posted By steine13

1988 Bianchi Superleggera

Learned Friends:

This bike has only been ridden 35 miles, so the tires are in great shape ;)

I have no idea what it's worth to within a factor of three, but it does look interesting.
Thanks in...
06-07-23, 08:16 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 875
Posted By steine13

Unless I was on top of it and knew it was coming,...

Unless I was on top of it and knew it was coming, I thought of it as "I stepped into the dang hole again!"

cheers -mathias
06-04-23, 03:43 PM
Replies: 1,410
Views: 460,856
Posted By steine13

My money is on 58. I wouldn't buy it based on...

My money is on 58. I wouldn't buy it based on that but I'd drive a bit and take a tape measure. The fat tubes make the head tube look short. By the time you can get a fist around the head tube...
05-28-23, 07:11 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,981
Posted By steine13

The ~ 2 mm runout of my chainrings drove me nuts,...

The ~ 2 mm runout of my chainrings drove me nuts, especially when riding in a group, so I swapped in the rather excellent Sugino triple I scored on the sales thread -- thank you, Sactown_Albert --...
05-23-23, 05:50 AM
Replies: 83,053
Views: 14,037,001
Posted By steine13

>> "Going for" is asking price. and >> Those...

>> "Going for" is asking price.
and
>> Those are the selling prices I guess.

Asking prices are First Amendment exercises and often meaningless.
Selling prices are where the information is. Same...
05-14-23, 08:48 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 2,156
Posted By steine13

I like wider bars, like 44 and 46 cm Nitto...

I like wider bars, like 44 and 46 cm Nitto Noodles... those have a lot of real estate, and I like to keep quit a bit of it unwrapped for things like clamp-on lights and cyclocross levers.. not to...
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