Making my Ti bike a "trophy bike", deep cleaning, long-term storage, lessons learned
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I have a seven. It's a nice bike. I like it a lot. I clean it when it gets dirty and perform routine maintenance when it needs it. Mine has S&S couplers so I take it apart and put it in a suitcase when I travel with it. I've never really thought about just leaving it in the case forever. Something to consider for the future I guess.
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It is a very nice bike that he isn't comfortable with thrashing around with on the unsuitable roads where he lives at the moment.
So he stores it until that situation changes.
As nice as it is it isn't "art" so why hang it on a wall to look at?
Can't see why anyone would have trouble understanding this.
So he stores it until that situation changes.
As nice as it is it isn't "art" so why hang it on a wall to look at?
Can't see why anyone would have trouble understanding this.
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Just got my Merlin titanium back from its place of purchase ( Aug. ‘93) with a Chorus 12 gruppo, new wheels and a box of Chorus 8 components that I had the bike equipped with at purchase. It looks new and still is a dream ride, but my favorite ride and it’s 3000’ + climb is even sweeter for this 68 yr old. I’d never pack up a good ride and I admit to thinking maybe I should have pushed on with the old configuration of 52/42 x 12/23. Then again I still have my 1978 custom Moseman (Rodney Moseman of Lititz, PA) and it’s Campy components with 52/42 x 12/21 that I love climbing over that mt. on in my Detto Pietros with nailed on cleats. Bottom line for me, love the one your with and don’t ever put them down.
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It is a very nice bike that he isn't comfortable with thrashing around with on the unsuitable roads where he lives at the moment.
So he stores it until that situation changes.
As nice as it is it isn't "art" so why hang it on a wall to look at?
Can't see why anyone would have trouble understanding this.
So he stores it until that situation changes.
As nice as it is it isn't "art" so why hang it on a wall to look at?
Can't see why anyone would have trouble understanding this.
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If you read my first post, I said I want to explore wider tires and gravel bike types, disc brakes, subcompact chainrings. This doesn't mean I don't want to have a bike that is pure road bike with skinny tires, full size chainrings, no suspension. So I'm giving the road bike a break, but keeping it safe in the meantime.
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If you read my first post, I said I want to explore wider tires and gravel bike types, disc brakes, subcompact chainrings. This doesn't mean I don't want to have a bike that is pure road bike with skinny tires, full size chainrings, no suspension. So I'm giving the road bike a break, but keeping it safe in the meantime.
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Nice welds indeed. When it comes to Ti construction, I imagine that welds are the most common point of failure, given the technical difficulties in welding Ti, so as I see it, the more experience the welder has, the better (ie, high volume isn't necessarily a vice). My bog standard mass-produced Litespeed has pretty decent welds too. I think the point others are making is that, at the end of the day, your Seven is a mass-produced (albeit very well-made - I'm not denigrating Seven at all) consumer item that anyone with a few grand to spend on a frame can buy - it's not the Mona Lisa.
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I'm pretty sure my "what bike should I not buy next" thread was dumber than this. I hope it was at least also more entertaining.
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Hey buddy, nobody has a gun to your head asking you to get involved. If this is the stupidest thread in the history of Bike Forums, stay away, ok? Unless you were feeling that your own stupidity needed validation, which sucked you in.
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Well this entertaining thread has taken an unfortunate turn for the worst. Doesn't your mummy bike need some tanna leaves or something?
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