November is grey bike month
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11-03-23, 02:48 PM
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Death fork? Naaaah!!
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You know it's going to be a good day when the stem and seatpost come right out.
(looking for a picture and not seeing it? Thank the Photobucket fiasco.PM me and I'll link it up.)
You know it's going to be a good day when the stem and seatpost come right out.
(looking for a picture and not seeing it? Thank the Photobucket fiasco.PM me and I'll link it up.)
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11-03-23, 03:16 PM
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OK, hard to tell in a B&W photo, but I swear it's a grey raw-steel (oiled).... '79 Holdsworth Pro
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11-07-23, 10:49 AM
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GT Course 853 with Campy in "Atomic Carbon" if I recall correctly. I call it the Cadillac.
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11-07-23, 11:01 AM
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I give you, "The Rules"
This a late 80's Gardin Team I picked up for $30. Columbus SL tubing. I added a EC90SL fork languishing in my parts bins. Chorus 10 speed group.
Painted in "tractor grey" and festooned with exerps from the velominati Rules.
Obey the rules.
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This a late 80's Gardin Team I picked up for $30. Columbus SL tubing. I added a EC90SL fork languishing in my parts bins. Chorus 10 speed group.
Painted in "tractor grey" and festooned with exerps from the velominati Rules.
Obey the rules.
The Rules
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11-07-23, 05:31 PM
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Went from this:
to this:
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11-08-23, 10:14 AM
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Oh, goody! Now I can really play! I got a bunch of gray bikes.
A 2005 Specialized Epic I built up for the “On the road again” challenge. It’s been melted back into the parts bins.
A 2006 Dean El Diente. I got a steal on it in 2006. $1500 for the frame which was regularly $3000. I think someone ordered it and didn’t want it.
A 1998 Moots YBBeat. I use it for off-road bikepacking and for winter use. In terms of mountain bike vintage, this is almost a 1890 Rudge
The Moots naked
2000 Dean. It’s a great hardtail
A 2003 Specialized S-Works Epic doing a bit of bikepacking duty. Still a “vintage”…if not antique…mountain bike.
Naked.
A 2005 Specialized Epic I built up for the “On the road again” challenge. It’s been melted back into the parts bins.
A 2006 Dean El Diente. I got a steal on it in 2006. $1500 for the frame which was regularly $3000. I think someone ordered it and didn’t want it.
A 1998 Moots YBBeat. I use it for off-road bikepacking and for winter use. In terms of mountain bike vintage, this is almost a 1890 Rudge
The Moots naked
2000 Dean. It’s a great hardtail
A 2003 Specialized S-Works Epic doing a bit of bikepacking duty. Still a “vintage”…if not antique…mountain bike.
Naked.
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Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Old School…When It Wasn’t Ancient bikepacking
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
11-08-23, 04:20 PM
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I said I don't own a grey bike, but oops, I do. I'm not colorblind, but I'm a bit color-insensitive. In other words, take two very close hues, and I can see the difference. But I don't always call colors by their right names. It's a Lemond titanium frame with carbon fork, the only bike I have that is not steel and the only one with any carbon fiber. I converted it to 650b, and I plan to convert it back to narrow 700c.
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11-08-23, 06:37 PM
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Almost forgot...
2001-2002 Mongoose Cipressa, made by TST, aerospace grade Titanium. And hey, I love the second looks at the coffe shop!
2001-2002 Mongoose Cipressa, made by TST, aerospace grade Titanium. And hey, I love the second looks at the coffe shop!
11-08-23, 07:20 PM
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I thought titanium was more of a silver, but I'll throw mine into the pile:
1999 Van Tuyl VT950 Titanio - from the original owner.
Victoria titanium tubing and originally a Campagnolo Chorus 10 speed group.
Van Tuyl was a Dutch bike mega-shop. It has been confirmed that this was built for them by Wittson Custom Ti Cycles - builder Vidmantas “Vitas” Zukauskas, by his son, Mindaugas Zukauskas.
1999 Van Tuyl VT950 Titanio - from the original owner.
Victoria titanium tubing and originally a Campagnolo Chorus 10 speed group.
Van Tuyl was a Dutch bike mega-shop. It has been confirmed that this was built for them by Wittson Custom Ti Cycles - builder Vidmantas “Vitas” Zukauskas, by his son, Mindaugas Zukauskas.
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11-09-23, 12:10 PM
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Nice job on the paint and new build-out. I like the way it came out right down to the rubber block pedals. I am a fan of hybrid gearing, that is, using an internally geared hub in combination with a derailleur. Your Raleigh looks to employ a Sturmey Archer 3 speed hub with several, (can't tell how many) cogs, plus, it looks like at least two chainrings, perhaps three chainrings in the front.
What are the details on this drivetrain?
Also, it looks like a Brooks B72, but for some reason doesn't look like a Brooks logo on the side of it. It also looks new and Brooks dropped the B72 a while ago. I'm just curious.
What are the details on this drivetrain?
Also, it looks like a Brooks B72, but for some reason doesn't look like a Brooks logo on the side of it. It also looks new and Brooks dropped the B72 a while ago. I'm just curious.
11-09-23, 01:37 PM
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Nice job on the paint and new build-out. I like the way it came out right down to the rubber block pedals. I am a fan of hybrid gearing, that is, using an internally geared hub in combination with a derailleur. Your Raleigh looks to employ a Sturmey Archer 3 speed hub with several, (can't tell how many) cogs, plus, it looks like at least two chainrings, perhaps three chainrings in the front.
What are the details on this drivetrain?
Also, it looks like a Brooks B72, but for some reason doesn't look like a Brooks logo on the side of it. It also looks new and Brooks dropped the B72 a while ago. I'm just curious.
What are the details on this drivetrain?
Also, it looks like a Brooks B72, but for some reason doesn't look like a Brooks logo on the side of it. It also looks new and Brooks dropped the B72 a while ago. I'm just curious.
As for the gearing... it has 81 speeds. The hub is a Sturmey Archer CS-RF3 that I built into NOS Rigida 700C rims. I've been told an 11-speed cassette will also fit, and I am thinking of finding one appropriate to match the 9 on it now and giving me 18 additional lower gearings.
Better picture showing gearing:
and the gear chart:
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11-09-23, 01:41 PM
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It looks silver to me, but Cinelli calls this color "Titanium Grey," so there you go.
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11-09-23, 09:24 PM
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Thank you for the pictures, details and gear ratios @USAZorro . This is similar to a set-up that I remembered Sheldon Brown had on one of his bikes with 63 gear ratios. As much as this seems like a staggering number of ratios and combinations. It looks like you can use the Sturmey Archer for the biggest changes, the rear derailleur for the medium sized changes and the front derailer to fine tune your gearing for a just right cadence.
It seems like a logical shifting arrangement. This sort of takes the idea of half step and slices the steps even finer. And with the IHG three speed you could always make a big change if you find yourself at a stop unexpectedly.
I didn't know you could dye a leather bicycle seat (saddle). I thought it was too, ummm, dense on the surface to take dye. I am learning a lot from you and your Raleigh.
So, one more thing, how did you anchor the cable housing for Sturmey-Archer by the seat tube?
Nice job on this bike. Is it posted anywhere else on this forum?
It seems like a logical shifting arrangement. This sort of takes the idea of half step and slices the steps even finer. And with the IHG three speed you could always make a big change if you find yourself at a stop unexpectedly.
I didn't know you could dye a leather bicycle seat (saddle). I thought it was too, ummm, dense on the surface to take dye. I am learning a lot from you and your Raleigh.
So, one more thing, how did you anchor the cable housing for Sturmey-Archer by the seat tube?
Nice job on this bike. Is it posted anywhere else on this forum?
11-09-23, 10:07 PM
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Thank you for the pictures, details and gear ratios @USAZorro . This is similar to a set-up that I remembered Sheldon Brown had on one of his bikes with 63 gear ratios. As much as this seems like a staggering number of ratios and combinations. It looks like you can use the Sturmey Archer for the biggest changes, the rear derailleur for the medium sized changes and the front derailer to fine tune your gearing for a just right cadence.
It seems like a logical shifting arrangement. This sort of takes the idea of half step and slices the steps even finer. And with the IHG three speed you could always make a big change if you find yourself at a stop unexpectedly.
I didn't know you could dye a leather bicycle seat (saddle). I thought it was too, ummm, dense on the surface to take dye. I am learning a lot from you and your Raleigh.
So, one more thing, how did you anchor the cable housing for Sturmey-Archer by the seat tube?
Nice job on this bike. Is it posted anywhere else on this forum?
It seems like a logical shifting arrangement. This sort of takes the idea of half step and slices the steps even finer. And with the IHG three speed you could always make a big change if you find yourself at a stop unexpectedly.
I didn't know you could dye a leather bicycle seat (saddle). I thought it was too, ummm, dense on the surface to take dye. I am learning a lot from you and your Raleigh.
So, one more thing, how did you anchor the cable housing for Sturmey-Archer by the seat tube?
Nice job on this bike. Is it posted anywhere else on this forum?
Dying the seat was not the very best idea I've ever had. While the seat remains rather black, even this evening - four years on from when I colored it, there is still some transfer. Black leather paint may be a better option if one simply must make a brown saddle black.
I've mentioned this and I think made a thread about my troubles with repeated flatting (due to inappropriately using washers under the spoke nipples - since remedied by some really great rim strips), but if I made a thread dedicated to the build, I'm not finding it.
I had to pay it a visit to recall how I did anchor that cable. I had forgotten that I had mimicked a trick that Mark Ball (proprietor of my previous LBS, VeloCity Bike & Bean in Florence, KY) used when installing my Velo Orange front rack on another bike of mine that has cantilevers. I'll call it "the old long-bolt solution". Perhaps a bit hare-brained, but it works.
I'm always open to answering questions, though I think we may be getting dangerously close to derailing this thread. Feel free to PM me if you want any more info.
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11-09-23, 10:36 PM
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Is it grey or silver 
(Disassembled for now.)
Grey
(Disassembled for now.)Grey
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11-10-23, 10:11 AM
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By the time I cleaned all the rust off this one it kinda turned grey? It was a rose colored silver.
1972 ItalVega
1972 ItalVega