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12792 Peter Naiman
hetchinspete1 Send Email
Apr 1, 2013
4:49 pm
Kirk,  Fixie is a track frame or short for fixed gear.  Best regards, Peter~~~~~ Peter NaimanGlendale, WI USAhetchinspete1@... mMobile: 414.429.4362 ...
12793 js montes
montes_js Send Email
Apr 1, 2013
9:05 pm
I suspect that most people forget the date. There was no dumpster find, "Kirk" is just pulling your legs, unless he presents graphical evidence...the chances...
12794 Kirk MacMillan
kirkpatrickmacmillan@... Send Email
Apr 1, 2013
9:16 pm
Jim, I tried massaging the bottom bracket like you said, but then the bicycle started making all kinds of unnerving moaning noises. Then it stole my phone and...
12795 Rick Paulos
rickpaulos Send Email
Apr 1, 2013
9:21 pm
Any such bike in a dumpster is probably hot or tossed by an irate landlord. Rick...
12796 Paulos, Richard G
rickpaulos Send Email
Apr 1, 2013
11:12 pm
Yeah, that guy was living in that dumpster. bon chance. ________________________________________ From: Bicycle_Restoration@yahoogroups.com...
12797 freetobike2012 Send Email Apr 3, 2013
10:57 am
Over the winter I upgraded the 92 Paramount PDG to a 9 speed. I've been running a Velo Orange Grand Cru 50.4 bcd crankset on the bike for about a year and had...
12798 panurgist6 Send Email Apr 4, 2013
1:18 pm
... I don't have a good answer to your question but thought you might be interested in this article on Jan Heines blog about using triple shifters with...
12799 Chris
chris3trask Send Email
Apr 4, 2013
1:57 pm
... I came up with my own cheap repair stand yesterday. I simply took a couple of pieces of scrap 2x3" lumber, did a little machining to make pockets and...
12800 Steve Birmingham
stevebirm2000 Send Email
Apr 4, 2013
2:37 pm
He's got the CX-70 mounted way too high. The inward lip on the very front of the cage barely meets the chain. That lip helps push the chain off the big ring. ...
12802 diarmaede Send Email Apr 4, 2013
5:08 pm
Don't click the link. She's been hacked. - Forbes...
12803 Steve Birmingham
stevebirm2000 Send Email
Apr 4, 2013
6:18 pm
Finally got around to one of my projects, I'm hoping to make these a going thing. Nice wood bike stands. Much nicer than the metal ones if you keep the bike in...
12804 freetobike2012 Send Email Apr 6, 2013
2:34 am
Very Nice.. No promises but if I can, I'll get one to stand either the Paramount of the Alfine 11 IGH down at the cirque du cyclisme in May. Nothing like 300...
12805 freetobike2012 Send Email Apr 6, 2013
2:44 am
I'd stay with the dura ace 9spd downtube shifters over any brifter setup but I can see the triples FDs'throw&#39; wouldn't work. There's this small window of...
12806 steven.hello Send Email Apr 11, 2013
12:50 pm
giant xtc 2, 6000 series, AL aluxx how much is this bike worth?...
12807 Will
mr___goodbar Send Email
Apr 11, 2013
2:34 pm
Well, let's think about it for a minute: First, the bike is "worth" whatever its purchaser will pay. What someone will pay for a bike (or anything) depends on...
12808 j m
xninxfanx Send Email
Apr 12, 2013
11:58 am
To follow on with Will's reply: You've told us nothing about it. No model year, no list of components, no estimation of miles ridden, or the type of riding....
12809 frank
e_nukk Send Email
Apr 13, 2013
11:03 pm
Found a terribly mangled Bridgestone MB-1 in a dumpster today. I'll be able to cull the drive train and seat post. I'd like to use the Ritchey/Nitto on my...
12810 Forbes Black
diarmaede Send Email
Apr 14, 2013
12:19 am
First off, I'd pull the serial number off the frame and check with the police to see if the frame is stolen. Assuming not, some of that aluminum stuff might be...
12811 Chris Trask
chris3trask Send Email
Apr 17, 2013
2:16 pm
I'm slowly gathering parts for yet another restoration, and I have something fairly specific in mind. I'd like to find a 1960's era French frame set,...
12812 Paulos, Richard G
rickpaulos Send Email
Apr 17, 2013
2:33 pm
What size? I have a red Gitane in the shed. With yellow decals. Complete bike. Mostly stock. newer tires. I'd put it more in the early 1970s. Plastic...
12813 Chris Trask
chris3trask Send Email
Apr 17, 2013
2:53 pm
... 59cm to 62cm. The 1968 Peugeot UO-8 I built up like this is a 58cm and that is the bottom end of my comfort zone. It looks and feels good to ride a...
12814 Chris Trask
chris3trask Send Email
Apr 25, 2013
1:57 pm
I visited a communal bike repair shop on Tuesday and came away with a 1977 Peugeot UO-8 in fairly good condition. Someone had turned it into a track bike, and...
12815 MIKE
thebicyclest Send Email
May 1, 2013
7:30 pm
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=124324107764840&set=a.108827779314473.1073741828.100005617541144&type=1&theater...
12816 Peter Naiman
hetchinspete1 Send Email
May 6, 2013
7:46 pm
For Sale: A Quatro Assi 70cm cycle with complete early to mid 1980s Campagnolo Chorus/C-Record Group with Nuovo Record pedals, 7spd friction shift in very nice...
12817 Fourth
fourth_and_one Send Email
May 11, 2013
4:23 pm
Thanks for any help in advance. I have a real problem with flat rear tires, one or two a month. Valve stems cut at tube. History, new bike bought with 29 X...
12818 wilsonrt2000 Send Email May 11, 2013
8:10 pm
I have been experiencing similar problems. Always around the stem and happens with different brands. I think the quality of tubes is really low right now. I...
12819 Steve Birmingham
stevebirm2000 Send Email
May 11, 2013
8:22 pm
Slippage usually only happens with both lots of force and low pressure, or very low pressure. So I’d say the tire/tube moving on the rim is probably not it. ...
12820 Fourth
fourth_and_one Send Email
May 12, 2013
9:52 am
Thanks to you both. The inner stem hole was checked and found not to be sharp or ruff. Reminder I did go 550 miles with no flats on two different sets of...
12821 Steve Birmingham
stevebirm2000 Send Email
May 12, 2013
2:47 pm
Usually that’s not a problem. The tubes the shop sells are labeled with a range, 700x 35-38, 700x38-40, 700x35-45 that sort of thing. The difference between...
12822 Fourth
fourth_and_one Send Email
May 13, 2013
11:29 am
"Steve Birmingham" Thank you. What is the tire size ability of a 700 X 38S tube?...
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