While cleaning my latest Vanguard I found a serial number on the right rear drop-out. RR1031. I got it from the original owner who cannot remember if he baught...
Interesting place to look....never thought of that. I've checked my two under their bottom brackets, along chainstays, under the bottom tubes, around...
I ordered and received my Ryan in 96. Yes the stock colors were in red and black but they were also available in any of the Dupont Imron colors. So I went to a...
Ooooo.... Jade Green Metallic !!! Sort of like British Racing Green on an old MG-TD (with either black or tan leather seats and either white or chromed wheel...
Mine is also a '96. I ordered it in Imron purple metallic. It's the only one I've seen this color, although I feel certain someone else liked the color enough...
My Vanguard (s/n R58) has the blue / silver paint. I think it's a 1990 model. Most of it is metallic blue, it gets lighter at the headset, and the lugged fork...
We got our Duplex in '98...with Mike's Imron Jade 14283 paint! We actually had picked out something called Emerald Green, but Karl Ryan suggested the Jade...
... welded to the lug to recieve the steering tube. As the handle bars were changed to a modern Longbikes set up, I dont know what original forks should be....
UMMMMM, interesting. I remember Karl in an email stating that he liked the color that I picked out. That might be why you got yours in emerald green. Mike. ......
... green. Oh well its 4:30 in the AM. ... interesting. I remember Karl in an email stating that he liked the color that I picked out. That might be why you...
From the looks of your photo it is differently an earlier version than mine. You don't have the bar extensions that I like so much about my vanguard. It was...
H'lo Zonker: Re: Seat web mesh. Greg Peek at Longbikes may be able to help you there. When he was building the Vanguard for Dick for awhile, he was having...
... No they are as you described. I think our '92 bike was the same in that area. Steel center + al ends riveted on. There is a hole drilled through the steel...
... original condition. The bike in question is the blue one with the earliest seat mounting. Does your '90 blue and silver bike have that older style?. If so,...
I recently bought another Greenfield rear mount kickstand from Bicyclebuys.com. It mounts on the rear triangle of the Vanguard just in front of the rear ...
You can make your own seat by buying the materials from Outdoor Wilderness Fabrics, Inc. at their web site _www.owfinc.com_ (http://www.owfinc.com) . I made a...
The brackets for kickstands on the downtube of the Ryans will do more than bend---I know of two cases where they damaged the down tube itself. If you are going...
Kevin Karplus
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May 5, 2008 5:56 pm
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Thanks for the info. I bought a new/spare seat when they were offered by Ryan a few years ago so I don't need one. Mike. ... From:...
I'm not stopping quickly enough and I have some damage to the levers and housing and bits (grinding them down when I crash from time to time and then slide...
I have Avid 10 cantilever brakes and Avid 1.0L levers: original equipment on my Longbikes Vanguard. They seem to work ok, though the levers are getting a bit...
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Tom, When first got my '97 Vanguard, I worked with my LBS on some changes, one of which were the brakes. The stock cantilevers just weren't enough to stop me...
Tom, Am still using the original cantilever brakes on my '94. Just replaced rear pads this year. Went with Kool Stop. They're working great. I would love to...
My 1992 Vanguard had Suntour CT-XP20 cantilever brakes which I changed seven or eight years ago to Shimano BRM-570 V-Brakes with BLM-570 brake levers. It was...
... replaced rear pads this year. Went with Kool Stop. They're working great. I would love to change over to disc brakes, but that would entail substantial...
... I have not found this to be the case. With a standard road bike, you must be very careful of going over the handlebars. But with a LWB recumbent you can...
Paul wrote ... Beware complacency! I lost my spleen in a high-speed crash on my Vanguard. The body of the bike will catapault you (sidearm, rather than...
