50 Years Ago: December 1973 in Bicycling! magazine
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50 Years Ago: December 1973 in Bicycling! magazine
Articles/columns included are:
LETTERS
QUESTION MAN
"Reconditioning a Bike" Part 3
"Salon de Bicyclette" (1973 Paris Bike Show) is presented in Post #2 of this thread.
The following article from this issue was posted previously:
ROAD TEST - Windsor Carrera Sport (https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...era-sport.html)
Let me know if you'd like to see something else listed in the ToC and I'll add it in a reply to this post or send you a link to a pdf.
LETTERS
QUESTION MAN
"Reconditioning a Bike" Part 3
Part 1 is here: 50 Years Ago: October 1973 in Bicycling! magazine
Part 2 is here: https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...-magazine.html
"Conquering a Hard Leather Saddle"Part 2 is here: https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...-magazine.html
"Salon de Bicyclette" (1973 Paris Bike Show) is presented in Post #2 of this thread.
The following article from this issue was posted previously:
ROAD TEST - Windsor Carrera Sport (https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...era-sport.html)
Let me know if you'd like to see something else listed in the ToC and I'll add it in a reply to this post or send you a link to a pdf.
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1973, the beginning of vaporware.
‘the TA pro cranks with black anodized rings…
the TA aluminum water bottle cage would show up for Christmas 1974.
‘the TA pro cranks with black anodized rings…
the TA aluminum water bottle cage would show up for Christmas 1974.
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The write in about the section of Highway 1 near Big Sur and the dangers is particularly interesting to me . I graduated HS in 1972 . The following year my best friend had been accepted to Berkeley to start his education for a bachelor’s degree. He rode his bicycle from Oxnard , taking Highway 1 all the way up the coast . He was hit or run off the road twice and neither time the driver stopped. To this day he does not ride a bicycle. When we were in HS we rode together a lot . It is a shame but I can’t say I blame him. Attitudes were much different back then about giving room for cyclists.
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The write in about the section of Highway 1 near Big Sur and the dangers is particularly interesting to me . I graduated HS in 1972 . The following year my best friend had been accepted to Berkeley to start his education for a bachelor’s degree. He rode his bicycle from Oxnard , taking Highway 1 all the way up the coast . He was hit or run off the road twice and neither time the driver stopped. To this day he does not ride a bicycle. When we were in HS we rode together a lot . It is a shame but I can’t say I blame him. Attitudes were much different back then about giving room for cyclists.
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This is great. Thanks for posting. I was an avid Bicycling reader from the age of 9, with Eddy Merckx, et all cut out pictures on the back of my bedroom door.
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That Weinmann symmetric sidepull made me think of the Altenburger symmetric sidepulls... but after pulling up a photo, these are clearly two different designs...
Then I was reminded of some symmetric sidepulls that Bridgestone used to use.... but these were different too.
It's a bit amazing that there were this many different versions of centering sidepulls and none ever became popular.
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Then I was reminded of some symmetric sidepulls that Bridgestone used to use.... but these were different too.
It's a bit amazing that there were this many different versions of centering sidepulls and none ever became popular.
Steve in Peoria
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I was surprised to see that the Peugeot UO-8 was less money than the Schwinn Varsity. I did not know that Maillard put out an aluminum freewheel. Who made the Mercyx frames?
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I'll give Eugene A. Gaston M.D. this: he's an overachiever. "While it's apart, why don't I just change the thread pattern and grind down the nut to fit a different wrench?" Guessing he relished beating on the leather, too.
