Ultimate Bike Thread....

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by CurtEgerer

More 'repurposing'. Broken toeclip light pull

Nice! Here's mine. It's an old stem and a seatpost I liberated from the parts bin (with some other found hardware) to build a sturdy bracket to stabilize the (removable) tray on my bike stand. (It's gotten out of hand. I've remade those little silver fences three times now.)

[CurtEgerer]

^^^ hmmmm, I desperately need a tool tray for my stand. I need to take several minutes and study this!

[CurtEgerer]

[CurtEgerer]

Colner. Had not heard of these before. Google is your friend.

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by CurtEgerer

Do you remember Pedal Pushers, they were a local bike shop that was also a pretty good sized national mail order for Campy(I believe the main campy importer at the time) and other high end road bikes?

[CurtEgerer]

^^^ I remember getting the Pedal Pushers catalog but not sure I ever ordered from them.

[look 171]

I remember Pedal Pusher too. One of us send for their catalogue. No photos but the typical hand drawn parts, simple black and white loosely stapled book. That was long ago.

[CurtEgerer]

Not mine but food for thought ...

[CurtEgerer]

I'm going to go with "Not a Great Idea for $500, Alex":

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by CurtEgerer

Not mine but food for thought ..

This needs a toe-clip pull switch!

[porsche930dude]

[CurtEgerer]

^^^ Nice!

This 1947 Hobbs Barbican race bike is striking to me in its similarity to modern conventional-frame bikes (and even the latest plastic-fantastics for that matter). So little has changed. Didn't know Reynolds 531 dated back that far. Probably used in the war for aircraft construction - just guessing.

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by look 171

I remember Pedal Pusher too. One of us send for their catalogue. No photos but the typical hand drawn parts, simple black and white loosely stapled book. That was long ago.

I figured you guys would, Ron McVeigh also played a big part in getting BMX started in the Jacksonville area. That is him in the yellow shirt, im in the middle. Th

His shop had the coolest stuff.

[Racerbvd]

[Racerbvd]

[CurtEgerer]

No, this is not a lost episode of the Sopranos ....

[herr_oberst]

Does anyone remember the big catalog after Pedal Pushers and Bike Pro merged? I still have a copy from 1994. A couple hundred pages of 4-color pictures and descriptions of all the bike parts and accessories, not to mention charts of frame sizes and descriptions in the back. This was produced during the very onset of desktop-publishing and it must've taken months and months to do - and was probably mostly obsolete by the time it hit the printers because of the pace of component development at the time! Talk about a labor of love.

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I had two copies, maybe still in my basement.

[CurtEgerer]

^^^ I don't recall that catalog at all but it looks like an excellent reference! Maybe someone should scan and upload it

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

Does anyone remember the big catalog after Pedal Pushers and Bike Pro merged? I still have a copy from 1994. A couple hundred pages of 4-color pictures and descriptions of all the bike parts and accessories, not to mention charts of frame sizes and descriptions in the back. This was produced during the very onset of desktop-publishing and it must've taken months and months to do - and was probably mostly obsolete by the time it hit the printers because of the pace of component development at the time! Talk about a labor of l
I'll check with Ron ove.

That is fricking Coolistic!!

I checked with Ron, clearly that is after he sold the shop.
Speaking of cool.

1974 Schwinn Paramount P-13 Track Bike Built by Waterford Bicycles for an Olympic hopeful and assembled and maintained by Johnny Cycles in East Los Angeles. The original wheels were tied and soldered tubulars and the whole bike is Campagnolo Record.