I see a lot of carbon wheels on sale these days at deep discounts.

Invariably it turns out they're hookless.

I think the buying public isn't falling for the hype. I know I'm not interested in hookless rims.

I had a diamondback dual response. Frame was made in italy by verlicchi?.
It was so custom it didn't even had a serial number.

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Cool bike! I bet you'da wished you'd kept it!

The rear swingarm cracked. :( I had it rewelded, but it cracked again, so I got a san andreas instead. That bike was a work of art.

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A plastic seatpost from the 70s. Not FRP, not carbon, just molded plastic :D
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Spotted on Craigslist :D

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I bought this bike a couple years ago from Revbikes. 48V 17.5Ah (840Wh).


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And now, just for the fun of it, I am going to add a vintage 1965 Mattel V-RROOM motor bike motor. This is a test fit, as I will be getting some proper rubber lined cable clamps.

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This is gonna be a hoot when I ride the Katy Trail and come up behind other bikers and walkers. Can't wait for someone to say "you can't ride a motorcycle on the trail".

What the hey? If you can't have fun when you get old... Kinda like when we would put playing cards on the stays and into the spokes to get that engine sound.

Snow day in NYC:

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The new beast. Orbea Oiz OMX Ltd. Naked carbon

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I was just thinking. We have the chopper bike, and a bunch of Schwinn with banana seats in the 70s. Did the kids in the rest of the world have those or similar or even BMX that was so popular in the 80s? Europe, Asia, OZ?

We certainly did but Schwinns in Aus are rare (banana seats). BMX was huge in the 80s and still very popular today.

I've been slowly converting my 1999 Bianchi to Campagnolo Record components over the course of the last 3-4 years. Got a Record titanium cassette recently and an NOS saddle from a fleaBay vendor in Italy. The only thing left now is the wheels. I've got some Campagnolo Barcelona tubular rims but need Record hubs. Then I'll have another 'too nice to ride' vintage bike that will be a wallhanger :rolleyes: The bike started out as a $25 garage sale special about 15 years ago.

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You know what you need? A very clean Ti Merlin. It now jsut hangs off the rafter in my garage right above the Porsche. If we have an earthquake and it falls on the car its your fault:D

Must put it back to storage.

That's a nice looking Bianchi. I have a Campag front Neutron wheel if you ever need it. Has less then 1000 miles on it. Someone stole the back off the bike while in the bike rack on top of my car after a ride while I was having a sandwich.

I still can't get over how nice the bikes hang off the wall with those clips. Too bad wife veto your idea in my castle.

Please don't enable me :D

Right now, I have the 3 on the wall, 2 more on pulley systems that go up in the trusses, 1 on a hook, 1 leaning on a wall, and 4 frames hanging from the trusses. I think there's room for more .... :cool:



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Bag numero deux done!

Bag numero uno was a success! I made it with eyelets to mount directly to the fork. So I did. 50 mile shakedown ride was great. I got shook. The bag held up.

Last night Elissa and her family was on my mind. Got home after work and cranked out a second bag. Got it mounted today (the one on the bars) and now I'm mocking up a frame pack.

I also hard mounted the rear seatpack with a solid mount. No flexing of the sac. Muy importante.

I ordered $200 more dollars of waxed cotton and could make the MASH "swamp" with all I've got coming. All I can say, is I'm currently in my sac phase! :D

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The mockup clears the bottles. I will make the framepack this weekend, and perhaps a second fork pack for the left fork side. Total bikepacking rig, which is ridiculous, cause I'm just gonna whip out the credit card and hop in a hotel shower :).

Frame bag complete!Not perfect, but good learning experience. Kind of like a space-x of sewing. Make it, watch it burn, learn in the process. Much more complex than previous bags. Enough sewing. Time to get out and ride.

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I still have those green enduro leathers somewhere in the attic!!