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Mostly Harmless
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#7327
Mostly Harmless
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: At Large
Posts: 57,071
Bikes: Have two wheels
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#7328
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
Join Date: May 2007
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 19,375
Bikes: Litespeed Ultimate, Ultegra; Canyon Endurace, 105; Battaglin MAX, Chorus; Bianchi 928 Veloce; Ritchey Road Logic, Dura Ace; Cannondale R500 RX100; Schwinn Circuit, Sante; Lotus Supreme, Dura Ace
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need advice on my 90s merckx which i've been riding and loving it. Its an 8 speed and the back rim is just about had enough.
Do i:
1. Strip all components and powder coat the frame & get new components 9/10 speed and new wheels.
2. Build a new set of wheels and keep the old 8 speed.
3. Just replace the rim and do nothing else.
Or
4. Just hang this bike on the wall as a display piece and get a ritchey steel frame and build it uo
Do i:
1. Strip all components and powder coat the frame & get new components 9/10 speed and new wheels.
2. Build a new set of wheels and keep the old 8 speed.
3. Just replace the rim and do nothing else.
Or
4. Just hang this bike on the wall as a display piece and get a ritchey steel frame and build it uo
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#7329
cowboy, steel horse, etc
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: The hot spot.
Posts: 46,047
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#7330
cowboy, steel horse, etc
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I had one for a year or so in the 80s. It was my internship year and I had no time or energy to shop around so I bought the cheapest thing in the classifieds. God, what a dog! I took it to Tom Magliozzi at the Good News garage in Cambridge for an accelerator pump and he was merciless. LSS wouldn’t get into it, much less drive it. I had it towed away when it totally **** the bed.
That's a proper brush with greatness!
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#7331
cowboy, steel horse, etc
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I took driver training in a Plymouth Fury in high school. The thing was huge and 6 of us fit in it easily. They didn't have a steering wheel for the instructor, just a brake pedal. Anytime one of us screwed up the instructor would jump on the brake pedal. I used ot call those cars "3/4 ton cars".
Charles Phoenix said they were the only car named after anger.
Charles Phoenix said they were the only car named after anger.
#7332
cowboy, steel horse, etc
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#7333
VFL For Life
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 52,249
Bikes: Velo Volmobile
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#7334
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: In the foothills of Los Angeles County
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#7335
cowboy, steel horse, etc
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I'm considering getting this Kaiser if we can strike a deal tomorrow...
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#7337
Senior Member
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#7338
dot dash
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Land of Pleasant Living
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Only which ever one Tom was. Ray didn’t work at the garage. LSS went to grad school at MIT and it was within walking distance from her office. This was before they went national and their show on the WBUR was much sillier and somewhat less car related.
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Silver Comet Fred
#7340
dot dash
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don't forget Velo Vol's brush with greatness in July.
#7341
VFL For Life
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Knoxville, TN
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Bizarrely, that show continued to run on local public radio until a few months ago.
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Silver Comet Fred
#7343
dot dash
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#7344
Silver Comet Fred
#7345
VFL For Life
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#7346
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Greenville SC
Posts: 4,271
Bikes: 1975 Motobecane Grand Jubile, 2020 Holdsworth Competition, 2022 Giant Trance 29 3
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Need advice on my 90s Merckx which I've been riding and loving it. Its an 8 speed and the back rim is just about had enough.
Do I:
1. strip all components and powder coat the frame & get new components 9/10 speed and new wheels.
2. build a new set of wheels and keep the old 8 speed.
3. just replace the rim and do nothing else.
or
4. Just hang this bike on the wall as a display piece and get a Ritchey steel frame and build it uo
Do I:
1. strip all components and powder coat the frame & get new components 9/10 speed and new wheels.
2. build a new set of wheels and keep the old 8 speed.
3. just replace the rim and do nothing else.
or
4. Just hang this bike on the wall as a display piece and get a Ritchey steel frame and build it uo
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#7347
Mostly Harmless
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#7348
Senior Member
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#7349
Administrator
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Hudson Valley, NY
Posts: 33,392
Bikes: Merlin Cyrene '04; Bridgestone RB-1 '92
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We call that your standard winter in the north & northeast. Builds character.
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#7350
he said member
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