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Old 09-05-23, 12:42 PM
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I was looking for pedals (to put on my bike with toe clips). After a while, I caught my self saying, "sexy" to some old SR pedals. Dang, I've been around bicycles parts too long when I say that. Anyone thought that way?
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Yes, but they are all in prison and are not allowed to use the internet.
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Depends on which SR pedals...
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Originally Posted by Colorado Kid
I was looking for pedals (to put on my bike with toe clips). After a while, I caught my self saying, "sexy" to some old SR pedals. Dang, I've been around bicycles parts too long when I say that. Anyone thought that way?



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That's the word Richard Ballentine used to describe the original version of the Austro-Daimler Vent Noir in (I think) the 2nd edition of Richard's Bicycle Book. And that I remember this 40-odd years later is telling.
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Some folks need to get out more often.....Just Sayin
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SR pedals? Um...no.

However...
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A friend brought his new bike over to my apartment once (about 1987) and it was all C-Record. I said "Wow, that is a SEXY crank". My roommate laughed.
Not going to post a photo because if you know, you know.
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Originally Posted by rustystrings61
That's the word Richard Ballentine used to describe the original version of the Austro-Daimler Vent Noir in (I think) the 2nd edition of Richard's Bicycle Book. And that I remember this 40-odd years later is telling.
that was the book where the Condor bike was upside down on the floor while working on it ?

cover art

/markp
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Originally Posted by mpetry912
that was the book where the Condor bike was upside down on the floor while working on it ?

cover art

/markp
Yeah, I think that was it. I foolishly let go of a lot of my vintage bike books ...
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Richard's Bicycle Book Richard's bicycle book: Ballantine, Richard: 9780330242035: Amazon.com: Books

anybody's bike book is Cuthbertson (with a final chapter by Al Eisentraut) Anybody's Bike Book: A Comprehensive Manual of Bike Repairs: Cuthbertson, Tom, Morall, Rick: 9780898159967: Amazon.com: Books

Ballantine passed in 2013

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Corseted too...


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Originally Posted by smd4
SR pedals? Um...no.

However...
Mario has some great stuff on his website!
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Go big or go home alone
Check the girth on that sucker!
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Go big or go home alone
Check the girth on that sucker!
I'm more shocked by how high that front derailleur is mounted!
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Originally Posted by mpetry912
I was wrong - it was in this edition of Ballentine's book -
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why did he not buy a repair stand ?

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Originally Posted by smd4
I'm more shocked by how high that front derailleur is mounted!
It's a size thing.
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Originally Posted by mpetry912
Doing that to a bike with non-aero levers ... shameful.
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Unless he's in the circus, what's the point of adjusting the rear mech when the bike is upside down?
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Originally Posted by Colorado Kid
I was looking for pedals (to put on my bike with toe clips). After a while, I caught my self saying, "sexy" to some old SR pedals. Dang, I've been around bicycles parts too long when I say that. Anyone thought that way?
The only pedals I'd mutter that about from my youth are the SunTour Superbe X bodies. I ran those for more than a few years.
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Originally Posted by SurferRosa
Doing that to a bike with non-aero levers ... shameful.
glad I am not the only one who noticed

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Originally Posted by DiabloScott
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You don't have the appropriate model-release signed?
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