Thanks for all the input and questions answered and thought provoking ideas and questions in 2008. Here's to an even better 2009 Rich Mc. (who will actually be...
... http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/articles/grahamwebster/TECHNICAL_ARTICLE_SRAM_P5.pdf or http://tinyurl.com/8aq8gc ... I talked to Graham who was out of his...
... http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/articles/grahamwebster/TECHNICAL_ARTICLE_SRAM_P5.pdf or http://tinyurl.com/8aq8gc ... I talked to Graham who was out of his...
I'm with you Rich, after reading what others have said about a "fixie" I've decided IF I convert an old bike to a fixie it's gonna freewheel. I like hand...
-Thanks to all who responded to my questions about "Fixies" and multi-speed hubs. You are an interesting and knowledgeable crowd. Thank you, Jack -- In...
... There seems to be some conversion here. If it freewheels it ain't a fixie. Fixie is slang for a "fixed wheel" in which the cog is in a fixed position in...
I now have a "fixie" in my lineup as last fall. An old Triumph. Love it thus far and can't wait to try it over some of the hills around here in WI. I my...
Single Speed it is then! Mark is quite correct Rich Mc. ps..got in the years first ride. 11" of snow,8 degrees temp but...no wind and bright blue skys! (Had a...
Yeah Mark maybe that was my mistake. I saw someone write "Fixie" and thought that was the word for a single speed. But single speed was what I was talking...
i was at a flea market today in Toledo Ohio a guy was selling a old "on the head badge (AMC Flash)" great looking old balloon tire bike, it has the truss rods...
I am in Germany now, and am going to try and head down into the Stadt and find a Radfahren Verkaufer and see if I can find a Torpedo hub. Even if I can't, I...
Seems I read someplace on the WEB that the F&S factory was moved to Poland during WW2.Where they keep producing the torpedo hub till they lost the contract for...
Our B&A photo is a luggless claud butler INTERNATIONAL CLUB . Hillary is correct they are stunning when repainted. #370140872390 The one offered is 4 years...
I have a smaller Claud Butler Frame i am considering selling. It is a Tandem frame, i think late 70's even early 80's by looking at the Reynolds sticker. It...
Hi all, Working on my first project, restoring (more rebuilding) an 1973 Nishiki Competition. (What was described as an "old steel touring frame" on Freecycle...
big rubber mallet. really. You dont' have to hit it that hard. The trick is not hitting the frame and leaving scuff marks. Bicycle Research used to make chain...
Hi Jay, The spindle isn't likely to be bent, it's a pretty strong bit of steel. The most likely things are either the bottom bracket being loose, or the ...
hi can anyone help me out with my SA s5? i need a bar shifter for my 1969 s5 but i haven't seen one before i suppose it looks like a 3 speed top tube shifter...
I've only seen stem, down-tube & top-tube shifters for the S5 and I've heard others operate it with a standard 3-speed trigger (for the right-hand side) and a...
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