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I put these on my husband's MTB because he didn't like the cages. They're great. I use them when I steal his bike.
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Early 70's? PX10, toured out, rusty, Campy Record hubs, 1 flat skewer, 1 curved, Superbe brakes, original HS, Big S touring pedals, flat bars with mushroom grips, Blackburn racks, front lowrider , Deore Fd and deerhead RD, now between the two there is almost two matched sets of derailleurs.
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Early 70's? PX10, toured out, rusty, Campy Record hubs, 1 flat skewer, 1 curved, Superbe brakes, original HS, Big S touring pedals, flat bars with mushroom grips, Blackburn racks, front lowrider , Deore Fd and deerhead RD, now between the two there is almost two matched sets of derailleurs.
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Tx, I like the Blue too but the top tube is pretty rusty and there is cover up paint on the seatube so we'll see where it ends up.
I have another White one with Nervex lugs that I'm a big fan of, wish this had them.
I will probably try to sort both out.
I have another White one with Nervex lugs that I'm a big fan of, wish this had them.
I will probably try to sort both out.
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What are NC beers? Microbrew?
Inquiring minds want to know.
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I went to a home to pick up a couple of orphaned bikes...asked if there was any other bike related stuff...lady pointed to the box...old stuff nobody wants...Nothing ventured, nothing gained...threw in the truck for later entertainment...lotsa well ridden parts and a couple of nice surprises...a cup of coffee time span envestment...
Oh yeah...there were some wheels and tires...
Oh yeah...there were some wheels and tires...
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Some people don't value vintage bicycles as much as we do. They sometimes sell what we would give our left arm for, for pennies. Or they may even throw them on the trash pile! Show us your screamin good deals, and the bikes you've saved from the compactor. Yes, make us all jealous, it only fuels our addiction more.
As found from CL posting, abused, neglected and subject to abandoning. No.!
Saddle needs re-upholstering, though.
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Bikes and Beers, Great Combination
That frame, as determined by myself and others, is a Swiss marque; but it would seem that the frame/fork are all Italian. There are indications that it was built by Giovanni Losa, Columbus tubing used, BB is 70mm with Italian thread 36x24F. A much better frame than I at first thought.
The beer was most generously provided by 3speedslow. Sisters of the Moon (Kinston, NC), Duck-Rabbit (Farmville, NC), White Street (Youngsville, NC), Highland (Ashville, NC), et al. A nice variety of Session, Pale, IPA, and Porters. Went for a nice ride around Jacksonville, NC capped off with good company and a nice local beer; perfect!
Another catch: Lucas "King Of The Road" antique auto horn. Will be mounted on the '50s Hercules (with slight modification, it's 20" long; adding a flex hose). If you think it's an antique car behind you tooting it's horn; don't worry, it's just me!
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I thought Lucas was the Prince of Darkness, not King of the Road. In any event, good thing that horn's not electric....
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Needs some love, but price was right. Cool speedo...
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Those of us with LBCs (Little British Cars) do, indeed, refer to Lucas as the Prince of Darkness. My first of numerous MGs, a 1949 MG-TC that I bought in London in 1973, had several bits and pieces with "King of the Road" logos on it.
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Birthday catch!
27 bike
That was the title of the Offerup ad with the picture above. The other pictures got my attention, but it looked pretty beat up and it was about an hour away. A few weeks later I was headed out of town to a century ride and decided to make a side trip on the way to check it out.
The seller took my offer and I left with a well worn Holdsworth Mistral with a dog's breakfast build: Dura Ace crankset, SunTour VX-GT rear derailleur, OMAS hubs laced to Araya 27" rims, Superbe brakes and a funky adjustable stem, and one of the Superbe levers butchered for use with the straight handlebar:
The lever was cut off and a lag bolt screwed into it with a piece of hose over the screw for comfort.
The seatpost came out easily, but the stem took a couple of weeks of PB Blaster and "gentle persuasion." The fixed cup was the big issue.I didn't think it would ever come out until I wiped off the grease and grime and realized it was Italian threaded. I thought maybe it was stripped at one point and re-tapped Italian, but the bottom bracket shell measures 70mm.
The paint and decals are pretty well shot, so after a tear down, reassembly with a proper drop bar, and a few test miles, I'm probably going to powder coat and get decals from Velocals.
27 bike
That was the title of the Offerup ad with the picture above. The other pictures got my attention, but it looked pretty beat up and it was about an hour away. A few weeks later I was headed out of town to a century ride and decided to make a side trip on the way to check it out.
The seller took my offer and I left with a well worn Holdsworth Mistral with a dog's breakfast build: Dura Ace crankset, SunTour VX-GT rear derailleur, OMAS hubs laced to Araya 27" rims, Superbe brakes and a funky adjustable stem, and one of the Superbe levers butchered for use with the straight handlebar:
The lever was cut off and a lag bolt screwed into it with a piece of hose over the screw for comfort.
The seatpost came out easily, but the stem took a couple of weeks of PB Blaster and "gentle persuasion." The fixed cup was the big issue.I didn't think it would ever come out until I wiped off the grease and grime and realized it was Italian threaded. I thought maybe it was stripped at one point and re-tapped Italian, but the bottom bracket shell measures 70mm.
The paint and decals are pretty well shot, so after a tear down, reassembly with a proper drop bar, and a few test miles, I'm probably going to powder coat and get decals from Velocals.
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In Saturday just passed, my wife and I, in the loaded to the nuts Honda Civic, set out for our winter travels to Winnipeg (for a few days) and then on to Jamaica. After closing up the cottage, we had one bag of garbage to throw away, so we stopped in at the Shuniah landfill site. There were four bikes there - three department store mountain bikes and an all chrome Torpado from the early seventies. I have owned several of these but, absolutely, hated leaving it sitting where I found it. There was just no room left in the car for anything as big as a bicycle.
I did call a friend, who likes to flip mountain bikes, about those at the dump. I doubt that he will bother to get the Torpado for me, but it was worth a shot. And, since I like pictures, here is one of the last all chrome Torpado that I built up...
I did call a friend, who likes to flip mountain bikes, about those at the dump. I doubt that he will bother to get the Torpado for me, but it was worth a shot. And, since I like pictures, here is one of the last all chrome Torpado that I built up...
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Randy - You should have shown a photo of what the bike at the dump looked like!
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Birthday catch!
27 bike
That was the title of the Offerup ad with the picture above. The other pictures got my attention, but it looked pretty beat up and it was about an hour away. A few weeks later I was headed out of town to a century ride and decided to make a side trip on the way to check it out.
The seller took my offer and I left with a well worn Holdsworth Mistral with a dog's breakfast build: Dura Ace crankset, SunTour VX-GT rear derailleur, OMAS hubs laced to Araya 27" rims, Superbe brakes and a funky adjustable stem, and one of the Superbe levers butchered for use with the straight handlebar:
The lever was cut off and a lag bolt screwed into it with a piece of hose over the screw for comfort.
The seatpost came out easily, but the stem took a couple of weeks of PB Blaster and "gentle persuasion." The fixed cup was the big issue.I didn't think it would ever come out until I wiped off the grease and grime and realized it was Italian threaded. I thought maybe it was stripped at one point and re-tapped Italian, but the bottom bracket shell measures 70mm.
The paint and decals are pretty well shot, so after a tear down, reassembly with a proper drop bar, and a few test miles, I'm probably going to powder coat and get decals from Velocals.
27 bike
That was the title of the Offerup ad with the picture above. The other pictures got my attention, but it looked pretty beat up and it was about an hour away. A few weeks later I was headed out of town to a century ride and decided to make a side trip on the way to check it out.
The seller took my offer and I left with a well worn Holdsworth Mistral with a dog's breakfast build: Dura Ace crankset, SunTour VX-GT rear derailleur, OMAS hubs laced to Araya 27" rims, Superbe brakes and a funky adjustable stem, and one of the Superbe levers butchered for use with the straight handlebar:
The lever was cut off and a lag bolt screwed into it with a piece of hose over the screw for comfort.
The seatpost came out easily, but the stem took a couple of weeks of PB Blaster and "gentle persuasion." The fixed cup was the big issue.I didn't think it would ever come out until I wiped off the grease and grime and realized it was Italian threaded. I thought maybe it was stripped at one point and re-tapped Italian, but the bottom bracket shell measures 70mm.
The paint and decals are pretty well shot, so after a tear down, reassembly with a proper drop bar, and a few test miles, I'm probably going to powder coat and get decals from Velocals.
Have no before heard tell of a Holdsworthy product with an Oytoy threaded shell. Is adjustable side Oytoy as well?
Guessing it was likely reamed and retapped for repair of damaged threads.
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Both sides Italian, 36 x 24. I remeasured the shell width with a caliper instead of a worn out tape measure, and it's closer to 68 mm.
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Out from the depths of a dark, dusty, dreadful and distressed comes some early Dura Ace( before it was Dura Ace ). But, these don’t have the turkey levers!
They will do handle bar duty on my 70’s Sekine frame I got from John Thompson.
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Would those levers have been paired with Tourney center pulls?
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Thanks very much for the response.
Were you able to locate a serial that could give you a date? [have no knowledge of Holdsworthy serials]
Am thinking that from its looks it appears to hail from the 1978-79 time.
You will have lots of good fun working with this.
Hope it is your size so you can commence a build thread...
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NB for @dweenk -
when Yoshi & Co. launched the first DA products in 1973 there was not a full road ensemble. early release fittings were chainset, front mech, shift levers, hubs. to make a road ensemble early DA equipped machines had pedals from KKT, Crane rear mechs and these Tourney centrepull brakes stamped DA. they were only around for about one or one and one half years before the DA sidepull set launched, whereupon they disappeared.
Zeus did something similar when they launched the 2000 road ensemble. they did not have a full group so filled it out with some Criterium series components.
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While not quite the steal some of you have found I bought these form our local thrift store for $74 and change a few weeks ago. I have them both rideable without much work. I may restore the Racer.
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Juvela, please excuse my ignorance, but what is an "oytoy" thread in reference to? I've never heard of the term. Thanks for the schooling! Never heard of a 68mm shell with Italian, vice 70mm without Italian thread. Was this a common practice?
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