Our Raleigh bicycle restoration
06-18-16, 11:54 AM
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Our Raleigh bicycle restoration
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06-28-16, 08:22 AM
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That corncob cogset is ideal for the standard AW wide-ratio (0.75/1.0/1.33) Sturmey-Archer internal planetary gearset. My favorite kicking-around-town transmission was a 14-16-18-20 cogset on an AW hub, but you have upped the ante. (Most of the 1960s hybrid kits used 1/8" chains, limiting them to 3 cogs, or, in rare circumstances sch as mine, 4 close-ratio cogs.)
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
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Very cool bikes!
In what country are you?
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08-09-16, 08:10 AM
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In his case, with only one chainring, he can still change his overall gear range easily.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
08-09-16, 09:22 AM
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In the early to mid 1970s some of us had two small chainrings, a larger half-step one for mostly level cruising, and a smaller one for hilly rides. One of my friends routinely used only 3 chainring bolts to swap between his 49 and his 42T inner ring. I use all 5 bolts, but I configured my Bianchi to be either 50-47/14-16-18-20-23-26 half-step or 50-42/14-16-18-20-23-26 1.5-step.
In his case, with only one chainring, he can still change his overall gear range easily.
In his case, with only one chainring, he can still change his overall gear range easily.
10-08-16, 04:34 AM
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I bought the SA hub from England and shipped it to Jamaica where the bicycle is.
10-08-16, 08:44 AM
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I guess it must be a Jamaican thing, because I just don't get it.....
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I mean, why spend so much time and money restoring kid size bikes, when you can't comfortably ride something that small? And, while I'm at it, that black bike's 'stance' looks odd, like the fork on it is at least 3-4" shorter than the frame was designed for, giving you a forward-sloping top tube, and one can only imagine, some dangerously incorrect steering geometry. Yeah, the parts are all nice and shiny, but why go to such extremes on a child-size bike? And one that is many years out of being "cool", at that? I even looked up the biblical reference on the other bike to see if that shed any light on what you were trying to do ("God detests the prayers of a person who ignores the law."), with no insight from that, either. And all those reflectors! When I was a kid, the reflectors were the FIRST thing we ripped off the bike! Nobody would be caught dead riding to school with spoke reflectors! Adding extra??? Why?
I remember Sheldon Brown doing a similar internal gear with derailleur setup 20 years ago, thinking that this has all the downsides of both systems with none of the positive aspects, all while adding weight. Sheldon could often be a bit of a 'crackpot', and I believe this was one way he had of thumbing his nose at conventional thought, while proving that it COULD be done (without ever answering WHY anybody would consider doing such a thing). I didn't understand the logic behind that project, either.
FWIW, I don't understand the allure of folding bikes, either. Or BMX bikes.
I remember Sheldon Brown doing a similar internal gear with derailleur setup 20 years ago, thinking that this has all the downsides of both systems with none of the positive aspects, all while adding weight. Sheldon could often be a bit of a 'crackpot', and I believe this was one way he had of thumbing his nose at conventional thought, while proving that it COULD be done (without ever answering WHY anybody would consider doing such a thing). I didn't understand the logic behind that project, either.
FWIW, I don't understand the allure of folding bikes, either. Or BMX bikes.
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10-09-16, 07:20 PM
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I mean, why spend so much time and money restoring kid size bikes, when you can't comfortably ride something that small? And, while I'm at it, that black bike's 'stance' looks odd, like the fork on it is at least 3-4" shorter than the frame was designed for, giving you a forward-sloping top tube, and one can only imagine, some dangerously incorrect steering geometry. Yeah, the parts are all nice and shiny, but why go to such extremes on a child-size bike? And one that is many years out of being "cool", at that? I even looked up the biblical reference on the other bike to see if that shed any light on what you were trying to do ("God detests the prayers of a person who ignores the law."), with no insight from that, either. And all those reflectors! When I was a kid, the reflectors were the FIRST thing we ripped off the bike! Nobody would be caught dead riding to school with spoke reflectors! Adding extra??? Why?
I remember Sheldon Brown doing a similar internal gear with derailleur setup 20 years ago, thinking that this has all the downsides of both systems with none of the positive aspects, all while adding weight. Sheldon could often be a bit of a 'crackpot', and I believe this was one way he had of thumbing his nose at conventional thought, while proving that it COULD be done (without ever answering WHY anybody would consider doing such a thing). I didn't understand the logic behind that project, either.
FWIW, I don't understand the allure of folding bikes, either. Or BMX bikes.
I remember Sheldon Brown doing a similar internal gear with derailleur setup 20 years ago, thinking that this has all the downsides of both systems with none of the positive aspects, all while adding weight. Sheldon could often be a bit of a 'crackpot', and I believe this was one way he had of thumbing his nose at conventional thought, while proving that it COULD be done (without ever answering WHY anybody would consider doing such a thing). I didn't understand the logic behind that project, either.
FWIW, I don't understand the allure of folding bikes, either. Or BMX bikes.
I have grown up to see adults riding all size Raleigh frames from Raleigh Mountie to Superbe.
Reflectors are a must and they must be cateyes.
Its a Spanish Town, Jamaica culture that I grew up to see in the 90's.
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