Addiction 2021.4
11-22-21, 07:12 PM
#7326
Mostly Harmless
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Chittenango, NY
Posts: 53,065
Bikes: Have two wheels
Mentioned: 168 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 11151 Post(s)
Liked 2,542 Times
in
1,522 Posts
The largest car I've owned was a 1989 Mercedes-Benz 560 SEC.
__________________
Originally Posted by patentcad
If this thread doesn't go 10 pages I'm quitting BF.
11-22-21, 07:14 PM
#7327
Mostly Harmless
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Chittenango, NY
Posts: 53,065
Bikes: Have two wheels
Mentioned: 168 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 11151 Post(s)
Liked 2,542 Times
in
1,522 Posts
The largest vehicle I've driven on a regular basis was my dad's 1977 Chevrolet Silverado crew cab with and 8 foot bed.
__________________
Originally Posted by patentcad
If this thread doesn't go 10 pages I'm quitting BF.
11-22-21, 07:14 PM
#7328
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
Join Date: May 2007
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 10,037
Bikes: Canyon Endurace, 105; Battaglin MAX, Chorus; Bianchi 928 Veloce; Ritchey Road Logic, Dura Ace; Cannondale R500 RX100; Schwinn Circuit, Sante; Lotus Supreme, Dura Ace
Mentioned: 34 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 5416 Post(s)
Liked 5,677 Times
in
2,894 Posts
Originally Posted by sshakari
need advice on my 90s merckx which i've been riding and loving it. Its an 8 speed and the back rim is just about had enough.
Do i:
1. Strip all components and powder coat the frame & get new components 9/10 speed and new wheels.
2. Build a new set of wheels and keep the old 8 speed.
3. Just replace the rim and do nothing else.
Or
4. Just hang this bike on the wall as a display piece and get a ritchey steel frame and build it uo
Do i:
1. Strip all components and powder coat the frame & get new components 9/10 speed and new wheels.
2. Build a new set of wheels and keep the old 8 speed.
3. Just replace the rim and do nothing else.
Or
4. Just hang this bike on the wall as a display piece and get a ritchey steel frame and build it uo
__________________
"Don't take life so serious-it ain't nohow permanent."
"Everybody's gotta be somewhere." - Eccles
"Don't take life so serious-it ain't nohow permanent."
"Everybody's gotta be somewhere." - Eccles
11-22-21, 07:22 PM
#7329
cowboy, steel horse, etc
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Valley of the Sun.
Posts: 39,358
Bikes: everywhere
Mentioned: 70 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8954 Post(s)
Liked 3,868 Times
in
2,077 Posts
Originally Posted by rjones28
They're probably safely tucked away in garages. One sold on BAT for like $27k a couple of months ago.
My FIL had the plain vanilla Plymouth version of that car, BITD.
My FIL had the plain vanilla Plymouth version of that car, BITD.
11-22-21, 07:24 PM
#7330
cowboy, steel horse, etc
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Valley of the Sun.
Posts: 39,358
Bikes: everywhere
Mentioned: 70 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8954 Post(s)
Liked 3,868 Times
in
2,077 Posts
Originally Posted by MoAlpha
I had one for a year or so in the 80s. It was my internship year and I had no time or energy to shop around so I bought the cheapest thing in the classifieds. God, what a dog! I took it to Tom Magliozzi at the Good News garage in Cambridge for an accelerator pump and he was merciless. LSS wouldn’t get into it, much less drive it. I had it towed away when it totally **** the bed.
That's a proper brush with greatness!
Likes For LesterOfPuppets:
11-22-21, 07:26 PM
#7331
cowboy, steel horse, etc
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Valley of the Sun.
Posts: 39,358
Bikes: everywhere
Mentioned: 70 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8954 Post(s)
Liked 3,868 Times
in
2,077 Posts
Originally Posted by big john
I took driver training in a Plymouth Fury in high school. The thing was huge and 6 of us fit in it easily. They didn't have a steering wheel for the instructor, just a brake pedal. Anytime one of us screwed up the instructor would jump on the brake pedal. I used ot call those cars "3/4 ton cars".
Charles Phoenix said they were the only car named after anger.
Charles Phoenix said they were the only car named after anger.
11-22-21, 07:28 PM
#7332
cowboy, steel horse, etc
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Valley of the Sun.
Posts: 39,358
Bikes: everywhere
Mentioned: 70 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8954 Post(s)
Liked 3,868 Times
in
2,077 Posts
Originally Posted by Velo Vol
11-22-21, 07:29 PM
#7333
VFL For Life
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 46,062
Bikes: Velo Volmobile
Mentioned: 760 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 23170 Post(s)
Liked 1,182 Times
in
833 Posts
Originally Posted by rjones28
The largest car I've owned was a 1989 Mercedes-Benz 560 SEC.
__________________
Originally Posted by Velo Vol
People here don't get it.
11-22-21, 07:30 PM
#7334
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: In the foothills of Los Angeles County
Posts: 18,994
Mentioned: 7 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4242 Post(s)
Liked 3,645 Times
in
1,976 Posts
Originally Posted by rjones28
If it were me, I'd pick No. 1. Except, I'd go to 11.
11-22-21, 07:38 PM
#7335
cowboy, steel horse, etc
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Valley of the Sun.
Posts: 39,358
Bikes: everywhere
Mentioned: 70 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8954 Post(s)
Liked 3,868 Times
in
2,077 Posts
I'm considering getting this Kaiser if we can strike a deal tomorrow...
Likes For LesterOfPuppets:
11-22-21, 07:40 PM
#7336
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: In the foothills of Los Angeles County
Posts: 18,994
Mentioned: 7 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4242 Post(s)
Liked 3,645 Times
in
1,976 Posts
Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
My friend had a Fury wagon. That was one big vehicle.
11-22-21, 07:44 PM
#7337
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: In the foothills of Los Angeles County
Posts: 18,994
Mentioned: 7 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4242 Post(s)
Liked 3,645 Times
in
1,976 Posts
Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
I'm considering getting this Kaiser if we can strike a deal tomorrow...
11-22-21, 07:54 PM
#7338
• —
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Land of Pleasant Living
Posts: 9,745
Bikes: Shmikes
Mentioned: 55 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8106 Post(s)
Liked 4,183 Times
in
2,256 Posts
Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
You met Click and/or Clack!!!???
That's a proper brush with greatness!
That's a proper brush with greatness!
11-22-21, 08:07 PM
#7339
Silver Comet Fred
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: NW Metro Atl.
Posts: 8,861
Bikes: 1
Mentioned: 143 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6444 Post(s)
Liked 1,443 Times
in
890 Posts
Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
You met Click and/or Clack!!!???
That's a proper brush with greatness!
That's a proper brush with greatness!
11-22-21, 08:12 PM
#7340
• —
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Land of Pleasant Living
Posts: 9,745
Bikes: Shmikes
Mentioned: 55 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8106 Post(s)
Liked 4,183 Times
in
2,256 Posts
Originally Posted by DougRNS
don't forget Velo Vol's brush with greatness in July.
11-22-21, 08:13 PM
#7341
VFL For Life
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 46,062
Bikes: Velo Volmobile
Mentioned: 760 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 23170 Post(s)
Liked 1,182 Times
in
833 Posts
Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Only which ever one Tom was. Ray didn’t work at the garage. LSS went to grad school at MIT and it was within walking distance from her office. This was before they went national and their show on the WBUR was much sillier and somewhat less car related.
__________________
Originally Posted by Velo Vol
People here don't get it.
11-22-21, 08:18 PM
#7343
• —
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Land of Pleasant Living
Posts: 9,745
Bikes: Shmikes
Mentioned: 55 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8106 Post(s)
Liked 4,183 Times
in
2,256 Posts
Originally Posted by DougRNS
he met me. 
#LoweredExpectations
#LoweredExpectations
11-22-21, 08:19 PM
#7344
Silver Comet Fred
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: NW Metro Atl.
Posts: 8,861
Bikes: 1
Mentioned: 143 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6444 Post(s)
Liked 1,443 Times
in
890 Posts
Originally Posted by DougRNS
he met me.
#LoweredExpectations
#LoweredExpectations
Likes For Velo Vol:
11-22-21, 08:51 PM
#7346
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Greenville SC
Posts: 3,573
Bikes: 1976 Motobecane Grand Jubile, 2020 Holdsworth Competition, 2022 Giant Trance 29 3
Mentioned: 41 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2812 Post(s)
Liked 2,452 Times
in
941 Posts
Originally Posted by sshakari
Need advice on my 90s Merckx which I've been riding and loving it. Its an 8 speed and the back rim is just about had enough.
Do I:
1. strip all components and powder coat the frame & get new components 9/10 speed and new wheels.
2. build a new set of wheels and keep the old 8 speed.
3. just replace the rim and do nothing else.
or
4. Just hang this bike on the wall as a display piece and get a Ritchey steel frame and build it uo
Do I:
1. strip all components and powder coat the frame & get new components 9/10 speed and new wheels.
2. build a new set of wheels and keep the old 8 speed.
3. just replace the rim and do nothing else.
or
4. Just hang this bike on the wall as a display piece and get a Ritchey steel frame and build it uo
Likes For abshipp:
11-22-21, 09:16 PM
#7347
Mostly Harmless
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Chittenango, NY
Posts: 53,065
Bikes: Have two wheels
Mentioned: 168 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 11151 Post(s)
Liked 2,542 Times
in
1,522 Posts
Pic of the Mercedes, just before I sold it. It was in need of a refresh.
__________________
Originally Posted by patentcad
If this thread doesn't go 10 pages I'm quitting BF.
Likes For rjones28:
11-22-21, 09:26 PM
#7348
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: In the foothills of Los Angeles County
Posts: 18,994
Mentioned: 7 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4242 Post(s)
Liked 3,645 Times
in
1,976 Posts
Originally Posted by rjones28
Pic of the Mercedes, just before I sold it. It was in need of a refresh.
11-22-21, 10:18 PM
#7349
Administrator
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Hudson Valley, NY
Posts: 30,528
Bikes: Merlin Cyrene '04; Bridgestone RB-1 '92
Mentioned: 312 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 9974 Post(s)
Liked 3,742 Times
in
2,112 Posts
Originally Posted by big john
I liked the headlight wipers. I've driven when the snow piles up on the headlights and reduces their effectiveness.
__________________
See, this is why we can't have nice things. - - smarkinson
Where else but the internet can a bunch of cyclists go and be the tough guy? - - jdon
Last edited by BillyD; 11-22-21 at 10:22 PM.
