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Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-26-23, 10:45 AM
Replies: 7,944
Views: 967,647
Posted By rustystrings61

Post-ride adjustments today - rear hub cones were...

Post-ride adjustments today - rear hub cones were a touch loose, slightly out of true rear wheel, rotated bars back up to have flat ramps, dialed in derailleurs due to cable stretch and tightened the...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-05-23, 04:35 PM
Replies: 7,944
Views: 967,647
Posted By rustystrings61

I have been lugging around this 1986 Univega...

I have been lugging around this 1986 Univega Arrowpace for maybe three years. I bought it for $24.99 from the local Salvation Army mainly to stay in the good graces of Calvin, the guy who sorts out...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-23-23, 01:07 PM
Replies: 7,944
Views: 967,647
Posted By rustystrings61

Last year I was hanging out at the now-defunct...

Last year I was hanging out at the now-defunct LBS, Bikes and Boards. I spotted this ‘92 Trek 820 that someone had fitted with a bad single speed conversion and bull horns. Coleman the owner said...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-17-21, 10:40 AM
Replies: 7,944
Views: 967,647
Posted By rustystrings61

I dismantled the 1988 Panasonic DX3000 I got...

I dismantled the 1988 Panasonic DX3000 I got Thursday for $40. It looks like it was ridden but babied. While it has an ancient and failing set of the stock Panasonic Tecnova tires, I don’t think...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-03-21, 11:11 AM
Replies: 7,944
Views: 967,647
Posted By rustystrings61

In the end I wound up driving the stem remnants...

In the end I wound up driving the stem remnants out from below using a very long 1/2-in deep socket with an extension bar inserted up through the bottom of the crown, putting a headset top nut on the...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-01-21, 07:24 PM
Replies: 7,944
Views: 967,647
Posted By rustystrings61

My recently acquired Tim Neenan Lighthouse has a...

My recently acquired Tim Neenan Lighthouse has a sizable chunk of an old stem quill stuck inside it.
...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-19-21, 03:31 PM
Replies: 7,944
Views: 967,647
Posted By rustystrings61

The ‘99 Cannondale Silk Path 500 hybrid that...

The ‘99 Cannondale Silk Path 500 hybrid that started out like this -

...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
09-06-21, 08:28 PM
Replies: 7,944
Views: 967,647
Posted By rustystrings61

Does obsolete 22-year-old count as vintage? I...

Does obsolete 22-year-old count as vintage? I bought a 1999 Cannondale Silk Path 500 for $25 Friday and worried I’d overpaid - NOTHING moved, But then I got it into the workshop and found that the...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-06-21, 07:40 PM
Replies: 7,944
Views: 967,647
Posted By rustystrings61

finished one!

When I came home from work last evening the bottom bracket was waiting for me in the mailbox. I installed it this morning and gave the Sugino VP cranks a quick polish and mounted those, fitted the...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
08-05-21, 09:16 AM
Replies: 7,944
Views: 967,647
Posted By rustystrings61

I pulled my ‘82 Mercian Colorado off the pegs it...

I pulled my ‘82 Mercian Colorado off the pegs it has called home for several years. A recent interest in 80s Shimano indexing developed from the last two Clunker Challenge bikes led me to reading,...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
10-27-20, 09:37 AM
Replies: 7,944
Views: 967,647
Posted By rustystrings61

I spent some time this morning messing around...

I spent some time this morning messing around with chain tension and chainring concentricity with my Mercian - which now wears Crank Brothers Egg Beaters. Twenty years after I swore off clipless on...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-22-19, 02:54 PM
Replies: 7,944
Views: 967,647
Posted By rustystrings61

I have been working on this 1973 Raleigh...

I have been working on this 1973 Raleigh Competition, which involved scrubbing away decades worth of dirt, treating frame and fork with Evapo-Rust and bronze-brushing the rust and loose chrome from...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-18-19, 07:20 PM
Replies: 7,944
Views: 967,647
Posted By rustystrings61

I didn’t feel like paying that much for the Dos...

I didn’t feel like paying that much for the Dos Eno either, so I scored a deal on a used one. SS is a different animal from fixed and from derailleur geared bikes, too. I will have to adjust to it,...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-17-19, 07:44 AM
Replies: 7,944
Views: 967,647
Posted By rustystrings61

I've started riding my '02 Mercian Vincitore...

I've started riding my '02 Mercian Vincitore again. I wound up removing the 18T fixed cog I use for dirt roads and swapping in a 17/19T Dos Eno freewheel I picked up used. Yesterday and today are...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-06-17, 08:52 AM
Replies: 7,944
Views: 967,647
Posted By rustystrings61

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