I have a 40th Anniversary model, but may sell it as some are paying crazy money for certain model Big Rippers, and mine is one of those bikes.
I'm returning it to stock. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1669082239.jpg

Not to worry, I have replaced it with this.
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Since the accident, my balance is still not working correctly, so my wheelies aren't what they once were, plus the wheelie crowd is not the crowd you want to be associated with.
I say that as a 1st generation BMXer, who started riding in the early 70s, mimicking Evel Knievel, then found a BMX track in the mid 70s, racing straight through to the mid to late 90s, as knee and injuries , as well as COPD (and at that time I never smoked ANYTHING) made it harder and harder to complete on the national level.
Even then, I still never got out of it and kept most of my BMX stuff from over the years , and boy, I never thought that it would increase in value the way it has.

^ that reminds me, I have an Brooks saddle in a box that needs a bike!

Buy the darn thing if you've got the money! Once you get the wheelies down pat, then you can work on your manuals and really impress the grandkids!
Do it!

(Byron, sorry about your balance. Must be like a pianist losing the use of a hand. Feel better soon!) :(

Speaking of big bucks and missed opportunities, I remember when swingbikes could be got for cheap. Seemed like everyone that I knew that bought one used it for a while, decided it was kind of dumb, and then abandoned it to the garage. 20 bucks (or a bag of pot) would have been top price. Now the clean ones are getting 4 figures. Oh well.


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Beryl Burton

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Peter,

Do you know any company that make a good, relatively light Octalink Italian Bottom Bracket? I looked but only found shimano 105. I have a couple of Dura Ace ones I took off my old bikes but are English thread. Very light at under 200 grams. Its for the Yellow Colnago. My youngest kids has finally grown tall enough to ride it. He and I will be sporting our old Colnagos (me in the C40) to those special rides and piss off old men in spandex / purest.

I ran into Roger Young (not so famous in Europe or down your way), American track star, Olympian, of the late 70s. He was in all of the few cycling books in our library. I was walking out of an old friend's house (he sells old air cool parts for a living). I see this old dude loading an old steel road bike in the back of his car so naturally I had to walk by and say hello and check out his old bike. He said he was Roger Young, My eyes lid up and has to ask, the Roger Young, track rider? He smiled and nodded and said with a very surprise look, "You know me?" AFter chatting for a couple minutes, he invited me for a ride later in the week. On the ride, there were lots of questions from me about those early days of racing internationally for Americans. He thought it was funny that when he was riding Worlds and Olympic track races, I wasn't able to ride a bike straight yet.

Holy siht, man. 100 mile TT?

I've never heard of a non Shimano Octalink. Great news about your young lad. My son is not interested in doing anything physical :(

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She was amazing but sadly she died young.

He and I started riding around 13. He just turned 15 last Monday. We have been waiting for a Zipp freehub part for his Shimano cassette. 12 spd electronic baby.SmileWavy He out grew my old bike and we are just about done with his new Trek Emonda. I was really hoping we can get him to ride it on his b day. Oh well, way it goes. The Conlago is the piss-off-old guy coffee ride. Someone is going to give me siht about the incorrect wheels. Krysium SSC from around that time, the Cinelli Ti threadless stem and the carbon Look pedals.

Looks like I am stuck with a 105 BB. Heavy sucker.

I made some changes to my Raleigh Cadent 3

see post 939

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/bmw-r1100s-r1200s-tech-forum/519206-show-your-bicycle-32.html

New flat bars, friction shifter for the chain ring
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The cool bit is this dual brake lever

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Nicely done Mr Butt. You're an inspiration to all of us.

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You will have to act soon, as it is a Black Friday sale.
I'm thinking about ordering one, because the price with the components is a screaming deal, I'll only need to put my 180 flite cranks on since it comes with 175s, and maybe taller handlebars. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1669418225.jpg
https://abmxc.com/products/ra29-r

Now I need someone to talk me out of the Race Inc.

I like that! I adapted some from regular leavers for my bike kart . You can buy them but i just made mine.

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Christmas 1977, Destin, Florida. My Sears 10 speed bike with hydraulic brakes. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...450dfd9bbb.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...d1e56d94cb.jpg

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These have been sitting in a drawer at the bottom of my tool box for a long, long time.
Anybody know what they're worth?
Or where I can find their worth?
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Thanks.SmileWavy

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