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Syrte
·A very deep rabbit hole if you’re not careful!! Bottom line - a bike is a bike, and as long as you love riding it, ride it as long & far as you can 😀
Beautiful day to ride a bike!
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styggpyggeno1
·Actually I’m not too worried! 👍
Syrte, you only need one adress:
Cycles Alex Singer, 53 Rue Victor Hugo, 92300 Levallois-Perret
https://www.cycles-alex-singer.fr/
Go there. Please. Pleeeease!
My French is non existant but I do however speak Mavic, Mèral, Geliano, Mafac and Idéale!
Here is a new Idéale 90 I got home from France - made by a very nice couple that has gathered all the old tools and knowledge to make them again - have a look at:
https://www.sellesideale.fr/
A 50 year old one:
The Italians traditionally have the racing bicycle market cornered but the French have their tourers/cyclo camping/randonneurs.
My old and trusted Mèral Super Randonneur. A more versatile bike than a racer.
But the French can also go racing. Even if the name Geliano sounds Italian the bikes are as French as a baguette. This one kitted with French Mavic components.
When (not if...) you go to Singer. Please take photographs and post them here...
I promise you - once you go there you will start to worry.
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bombaywalla
·Man I love Chicago. Spent 13 years in Printers Row and on South Michigan Ave (14th).........Gino's Pizza, Lou Malnati's, Rosebud on Taylor, Charlie Trotter's (before if closed), Al's Beef........on and on and on. Man I miss Chicago! Thanks Hijak for the flashback!
great city in the Spr, Fall & summer. avoid in the winter....😉
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bombaywalla
·Ah, you ride the bike down those cables!! must be a thrilling ride.....😉
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Sa Calobra
·Ah, you ride the bike down those cables!! must be a thrilling ride.....😉
Enough steep roads around here!
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Fritz
·Edit and PS - weight with a ton of Brooks and steel seatpost and all (about 23.4 for the ones not doing Kilo)
Ha ha..... my Gazelle Populair weighs in at 51 pounds... no attempt at weigh savings there.
it’ll likely be good for jousting though.
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Syrte
·Syrte, you only need one adress:
Cycles Alex Singer, 53 Rue Victor Hugo, 92300 Levallois-Perret
https://www.cycles-alex-singer.fr/
Go there. Please. Pleeeease!
My French is non existant but I do however speak Mavic, Mèral, Geliano, Mafac and Idéale!
Here is a new Idéale 90 I got home from France - made by a very nice couple that has gathered all the old tools and knowledge to make them again - have a look at:
https://www.sellesideale.fr/
A 50 year old one:
The Italians traditionally have the racing bicycle market cornered but the French have their tourers/cyclo camping/randonneurs.
My old and trusted Mèral Super Randonneur. A more versatile bike than a racer.
But the French can also go racing. Even if the name Geliano sounds Italian the bikes are as French as a baguette. This one kitted with French Mavic c
When (not if...) you go to Singer. Please take photographs and post them here...
I promise you - once you go there you will start to worry.
Also… you’re the one who should come to Paris to visit this place- and then we can have a beer with your wife!
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rob#1
·A very deep rabbit hole if you’re not careful!! Bottom line - a bike is a bike, and as long as you love riding it, ride it as long & far as you can 😀
Very much a rabbit hole - I’m in the middle of restoring a 1980’s Daccordi Racing bike with Campagnolo and early Dura Ace components that I rescued from a charity shop. It looks like it had been used for years as a cruiser (handlebars bent backwards and a fat sprung saddle) so I’ve been having fun finding period-appropriate parts, some of which are tricky to find like Campagnolo Record brake hoods. I’m currently replacing all the cables as one snapped while adjusting it, and I don’tt like the idea of relying on brake cables in similar condition.
My normal steeds are a Giant Roam E+ and a Gary Fisher designed Trek mountain bike (though this hasn’t had much use recently as the e-bike is so much easier and I live at the top of a hill). I also have another ‘project’ bike; a 1990s Allsopp powercurve mountain bike that needs rebuilding once I’ve finished the Daccordi. I’ll stick some photos up later...
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Wetworks
·Hardtail is out, short travel XC bike (downcountry is the new slang) is in:
Don't think I've shared the long-travel rig since I skinned it in winter camo:
Looking forward to the heat and road cycling though. This spring has been an eternal windy March here in the Northeast USA.
Don't think I've shared the long-travel rig since I skinned it in winter camo:
Looking forward to the heat and road cycling though. This spring has been an eternal windy March here in the Northeast USA.
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madjestikmoose
·Very much a rabbit hole - I’m in the middle of restoring a 1980’s Daccordi Racing bike with Campagnolo and early Dura Ace components that I rescued from a charity shop. It looks like it had been used for years as a cruiser (handlebars bent backwards and a fat sprung saddle) so I’ve been having fun finding period-appropriate parts, some of which are tricky to find like Campagnolo Record brake hoods. I’m currently replacing all the cables as one snapped while adjusting it, and I don’tt like the idea of relying on brake cables in similar condition.
My normal steeds are a Giant Roam E+ and a Gary Fisher designed Trek mountain bike (though this hasn’t had much use recently as the e-bike is so much easier and I live at the top of a hill). I also have another ‘project’ bike; a 1990s Allsopp powercurve mountain bike that needs rebuilding once I’ve finished the Daccordi. I’ll stick some photos up later...
Awesome! A few months ago I saw a kid riding around on a pristine, gleaming 1980s Mongoose BMX, chrome plated, freestyle wheels, the lot. First time I’d seen one since I was about twelve. Someone clearly loved that bike. Hoping that my Dogma Think2 will get similar treatment one day.
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JayBe
·At this time of the year, almost every day is good day to ride. I wish, I had as much time to ride as during covid. 😗
And despite having many vintage road bikes, I always find myself gravitating towards this C40. I should take some watch-addition time off and get a Pegoretti frame from ~10-20 years ago before prices stop being reasonable. But bike frames are harder to source than watches. You need the right model, size, painting scheme and its harder to ship. And then the storage in a European capital. Probably should get a Richard Sachs as well anyways, as long as he still makes them. 😵💫
And despite having many vintage road bikes, I always find myself gravitating towards this C40. I should take some watch-addition time off and get a Pegoretti frame from ~10-20 years ago before prices stop being reasonable. But bike frames are harder to source than watches. You need the right model, size, painting scheme and its harder to ship. And then the storage in a European capital. Probably should get a Richard Sachs as well anyways, as long as he still makes them. 😵💫
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makaria indica
·
Quick blast through the Forrest to my wife’s uncles place .
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Mad Dog
·Yeah…beautiful [FREAKING HOT] day to ride a bike [1989 Schwinn Waterford Paramount]…went on a local group social ride…started leg cramping at about the 1.5 hour point…luckily, I didn’t get dropped…because if you’re wearing a 7-ELEVEN kit, that would look really, really bad. Anyway, nobody was impressed with my manual wind [3861] cycling computer mounted via an Omega Velcro strap…
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styggpyggeno1
·Back log
A week ago or so I took the 2003 alu-carbon-thingy for a spin. Hunting dog Pekka was not impressed. He sniffed the tires quickly but as I had not run over anything interesting he soon thought his favourite ball much more rewarding.
This one is way too modern for me but it is a good bike for riding - I have to admit. Very reluctantly.
A while ago I scored big time at a local real auction. When they put up this early 1987 Bianchi X4 for auction they described it as a 1970ies Bianchi with 26” wheels. As they (apparently) did not have a clue they put a way too low valuation on it. The auction ended well above the valuation but I was prepared to go a lot farther than I had to. Still, it was a bargain score. The X4 was Bianchis top of the line 1986-1988 - until the Columbus MAX Bianchi Proto came to market.
It is, "original" down to the tires, cables, straps and every other little part. In some markets (mainly the US) these were sold built up and the US spec sheet shows they actually used a Super Record seatpost instead of a C-Record. In 1986-87 the Campagnolo C-Record "delta" brakes were withdrawn to get the bugs in the design sorted out and Campagnolo instead re-introduced the Super Record brake as the "cobalto". In Europe most top of the line frames were sold as bare frames - that is why I call it "original" as in a original build.
This one is going to be a treat to gently clean and preserve. It is my size exactly (a thing I have always had as a “cap” to limit my collecting) and I might take it for a spin before I clean it but after that it will be retired into the collection.
I do believe this might be one of the best-preserved, "original" and untouched, Bianchi X4: s around.
A week ago or so I took the 2003 alu-carbon-thingy for a spin. Hunting dog Pekka was not impressed. He sniffed the tires quickly but as I had not run over anything interesting he soon thought his favourite ball much more rewarding.
This one is way too modern for me but it is a good bike for riding - I have to admit. Very reluctantly.
A while ago I scored big time at a local real auction. When they put up this early 1987 Bianchi X4 for auction they described it as a 1970ies Bianchi with 26” wheels. As they (apparently) did not have a clue they put a way too low valuation on it. The auction ended well above the valuation but I was prepared to go a lot farther than I had to. Still, it was a bargain score. The X4 was Bianchis top of the line 1986-1988 - until the Columbus MAX Bianchi Proto came to market.
It is, "original" down to the tires, cables, straps and every other little part. In some markets (mainly the US) these were sold built up and the US spec sheet shows they actually used a Super Record seatpost instead of a C-Record. In 1986-87 the Campagnolo C-Record "delta" brakes were withdrawn to get the bugs in the design sorted out and Campagnolo instead re-introduced the Super Record brake as the "cobalto". In Europe most top of the line frames were sold as bare frames - that is why I call it "original" as in a original build.
This one is going to be a treat to gently clean and preserve. It is my size exactly (a thing I have always had as a “cap” to limit my collecting) and I might take it for a spin before I clean it but after that it will be retired into the collection.
I do believe this might be one of the best-preserved, "original" and untouched, Bianchi X4: s around.
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JayBe
·Yeah…beautiful [FREAKING HOT] day to ride a bike [1989 Schwinn Waterford Paramount]…went on a local group social ride…started leg cramping at about the 1.5 hour point…luckily, I didn’t get dropped…because if you’re wearing a 7-ELEVEN kit, that would look really, really bad. Anyway, nobody was impressed with my manual wind [3861] cycling computer mounted via an Omega Velcro strap…
Awesome kit, the shimano 7400 series is my absolute favourite. Precise and bullet proof 👍
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JayBe
·My dedication to 74xx shows in this old foto that I found of my bachelor apartment. The remaining bikes were either in my living room, or repair corner with bike stand. 😗
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rob#1
·Back log
A week ago or so I took the 2003 alu-carbon-thingy for a spin. Hunting dog Pekka was not impressed. He sniffed the tires quickly but as I had not run over anything interesting he soon thought his favourite ball much more rewarding.
This one is way too modern for me but it is a good bike for riding - I have to admit. Very reluctantly.
A while ago I scored big time at a local real auction. When they put up this early 1987 Bianchi X4 for auction they described it as a 1970ies Bianchi with 26” wheels. As they (apparently) did not have a clue they put a way too low valuation on it. The auction ended well above the valuation but I was prepared to go a lot farther than I had to. Still, it was a bargain score. The X4 was Bianchis top of the line 1986-1988 - until the Columbus MAX Bianchi Proto came to market.
It is, "original" down to the tires, cables, straps and every other little part. In some markets (mainly the US) these were sold built up and the US spec sheet shows they actually used a Super Record seatpost instead of a C-Record. In 1986-87 the Campagnolo C-Record "delta" brakes were withdrawn to get the bugs in the design sorted out and Campagnolo instead re-introduced the Super Record brake as the "cobalto". In Europe most top of the line frames were sold as bare frames - that is why I call it "original" as in a original build.
This one is going to be a treat to gently clean and preserve. It is my size exactly (a thing I have always had as a “cap” to limit my collecting) and I might take it for a spin before I clean it but after that it will be retired into the collection.
I do believe this might be one of the best-preserved, "original" and untouched, Bianchi X4: s around.
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Mad Dog
·It’s always fun taking this old TT hot rod out [even with its Mavic Ksyrium training wheels]…did an easy 1:25:50 with some hillpeats today…
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for the watch I had on. It was good advice. I had road rash about a week later.
