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10-22-09, 09:56 PM
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10-23-09, 03:21 AM
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Back in August I purchased a new Gary Fisher Zambrano which I posted earlier in this thread. One of the reasons for that was the Schwinn Frontier that I had in storage shed looked to need to much work. After sitting in shed for the better part of ten years the wheels, crank arms and assorted nuts and bolts were covered with surface rust. The tires were dry rotted, the tubes leaked and the brake pads would not even touch the wheels. I decided a couple of weeks ago to try and clean it up with new tires and tubes, strip the rust off everything with some steel wool and my dremel tool and touch up some of the chips on the frame. I got the bike back together a couple of days ago and to my surprise everything works.
After researching the bike I found out it is a '92 Frontier and it was marketed as a "City Bike" but was listed as a mountain bike in the original sales brochures. To me it looks more like a hybrid than a mountain bike, I am not sure when the hybrid term first came into use or if it belongs in this forum but here are a couple of pics.
After researching the bike I found out it is a '92 Frontier and it was marketed as a "City Bike" but was listed as a mountain bike in the original sales brochures. To me it looks more like a hybrid than a mountain bike, I am not sure when the hybrid term first came into use or if it belongs in this forum but here are a couple of pics.
But seriously, nice bike
10-23-09, 12:33 PM
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Bicycle Repair Man !!!
Thanks... it is pretty basic but I have everything I need to fix pretty much anything and I have a lot of storage... there's 40 feet of wall where we can hang bikes and I will probably have to expand that.
There is a shop space across the street I would dearly love to get into... one side was a shoemakers's shop and has a lot of antique cabinets and the other side was a barber shop that has a big expanse of black and white checkered tile which would make a nice display / retail area.
There is a shop space across the street I would dearly love to get into... one side was a shoemakers's shop and has a lot of antique cabinets and the other side was a barber shop that has a big expanse of black and white checkered tile which would make a nice display / retail area.
10-23-09, 05:19 PM
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10-23-09, 06:19 PM
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Thanks... it is pretty basic but I have everything I need to fix pretty much anything and I have a lot of storage... there's 40 feet of wall where we can hang bikes and I will probably have to expand that.
There is a shop space across the street I would dearly love to get into... one side was a shoemakers's shop and has a lot of antique cabinets and the other side was a barber shop that has a big expanse of black and white checkered tile which would make a nice display / retail area.
There is a shop space across the street I would dearly love to get into... one side was a shoemakers's shop and has a lot of antique cabinets and the other side was a barber shop that has a big expanse of black and white checkered tile which would make a nice display / retail area.
10-23-09, 06:40 PM
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Good job on the hybrid resurrection. Your bike may have been sold as a mtb, but it is more like a "city bike" from that era, which was a designation which predates "hybrid bike". It fits well in the hybrid category.
Thanks, I was perplexed beyond posting about those bar ends. I've been reprimanded in the past for questioning bar end angles. Now about that nose down saddle position..?
Thanks, I was perplexed beyond posting about those bar ends. I've been reprimanded in the past for questioning bar end angles. Now about that nose down saddle position..?
10-24-09, 02:26 PM
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Quite quick. Bike is titanium. Shimano gearings and brakes, Sram shifters, Bontrager wheelset. I love it. The price was right too. It was between this and a Trek 7.5fx when they weren't so high. This came in way less so I chose this. I regret nothing.
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10-24-09, 03:19 PM
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Used my 2008 Giant TranSend for commuting to work for a while when I was riding to school 2 miles away. Then when my commute changed to 33mi round trip, I had to switch to my C-Dale touring bike.
I ended up selling the TranSend this summer to partly fund my new race bike (2009 Giant TCR Alliance1). I still miss it. I loved that bike.
His name was Andre, as in Andre the Giant.
10-24-09, 05:39 PM
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10-24-09, 06:20 PM
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Here's my Giant Cypress. I picked it up this June and have put a few thousand miles on it already. It's become my main ride, and a hope for touring in the spring. Since picking it up I have:
changed the saddle
changed the tire width
switched from schrader to presta tubes
added fenders
added a rear rack and panniers
added a threadless stem adapter
changed the stem
changed to Nashbar trekking bars (I LOVE these things)
added lights
some other things I'm sure I'll edit this post with later...
Anyway, here it is the other week.
changed the saddle
changed the tire width
switched from schrader to presta tubes
added fenders
added a rear rack and panniers
added a threadless stem adapter
changed the stem
changed to Nashbar trekking bars (I LOVE these things)
added lights
some other things I'm sure I'll edit this post with later...
Anyway, here it is the other week.
Too funny.
If you need a riding partner at some point, let me know. I live in Hamden, right next to the Canal Trail, and ride to work in Waterbury nearly every day, so I pass right through Cheshire.
10-24-09, 11:39 PM
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10-25-09, 03:19 AM
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Predates the term "hybrid" by a decade or so.
A five speed dutch commuting bike that I inverted the North Road bars and added a Centre-pull front brake. Now it has a B17 (pre aged) to replace the B66 which died, Marathon Plus front tyre and faux cork grips.
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