The PINK MACHINE!!!
04-16-23, 08:38 PM
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The PINK MACHINE!!!
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/1268891-free-bike.html#post22829694
I gave the bike away and the person that I gave it to has been building it up as the PINK MACHINE.
I gave the bike away and the person that I gave it to has been building it up as the PINK MACHINE.
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04-18-23, 08:45 AM
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Exposed headset bearings is generally not recommended.
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What's the deal with bikeforums lately? Everybody has been posting such serious things. I'm going to have to bump my Herse thread just to get some levity in here.
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04-18-23, 10:23 AM
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Be still my beating heart
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I recently saw a Copake auction where a Herse went for about 2.5G’s. Have you any idea how many Huffy’s that could buy?
I mean, considering most are fee, and all.
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04-18-23, 11:00 AM
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Schwinn exercise bicycle chainring ftw.
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I confess to being corrupted due to my participation in a FB Group with Bike builders - who quite seriously show off bikes with zero ground clearance, forks that place the front wheel so far in front of the bike that it probably couldn't make a left turn in most cities, and which require spine removal to contact pedals, seat and bars simultaneously.
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I confess to being corrupted due to my participation in a FB Group with Bike builders - who quite seriously show off bikes with zero ground clearance, forks that place the front wheel so far in front of the bike that it probably couldn't make a left turn in most cities, and which require spine removal to contact pedals, seat and bars simultaneously.
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07-10-23, 10:42 PM
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selle resembles milking stool
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selle resembles milking stool
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Is do you mean before Pacific Cycle bought the brand? If so, then yes I believe. I don't know exactly what you are saying if it's not that but it was made in the 1980s. I got it for free originally because I am into collecting these vintage American drop bar road bikes with clamped in dropouts, brazed construction, and one piece cranks. I got rid of it because it was far too small for me and it wasn't worth the money fixing it up. I gave it to my friend for free and he did this stuff to it.
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07-12-23, 09:38 PM
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Is do you mean before Pacific Cycle bought the brand? If so, then yes I believe. I don't know exactly what you are saying if it's not that but it was made in the 1980s. I got it for free originally because I am into collecting these vintage American drop bar road bikes with clamped in dropouts, brazed construction, and one piece cranks. I got rid of it because it was far too small for me and it wasn't worth the money fixing it up. I gave it to my friend for free and he did this stuff to it.
In all seriousness though. I also like Ashtabula cranks. And simple bikes.
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07-13-23, 12:57 PM
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It is the department store road bikes like that. They are always slow but smooth and comfortable, but still you feel like you are going fast as it is a road bike.
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07-13-23, 01:20 PM
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