Hey Byron, ever see one of these? http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1725495459.jpg

Been a while, but yes..
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That's exactly why I posted it! :) An engineering scratch your head type thing!

In other news, I am humbled. I THOUGHT I was a rider. 100 mile mtb races and such. Bigger rides for bigger fish would be something like Leadville or Unbound.

Oh no, YT pulled me down the rabbithole of the Silk Road race. If you get bored, here's the video,

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It is a dreamland, and culturally fascinating.

and here's the FB link, scrolling through has some of the most beautiful pics I've ever seen.

https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=silk%20road%20mountain%20race

Maybe next year! :)

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Byron, what's that twin top tube white bike in the rafters? A haro?


This was my bucket list ride in 2003. This includes a pedal by Mt. Everest base camp.

Life got busy. I wrote it off when my leg got crushed in 2006. In 2003, one was encouraged to enter China illegally, and sneak through the border crossings early in the morning to avoid detection by the sleeping guards, go into Tibet and cruise right through, descending the largest downhill on the planet into India, and hopefully not get mugged. That's a little too much excitement for me. I'm in it for relaxation, not international drama. With trips like this 20 years later, perhaps I should pencil it back in. It is a bucket list item after all!!!! :)

https://makaluadventure.com/en/nepal/mountain-biking/lhasa-to-kathmandu-mountain-bike-tour

Picked up a set of Hunt 40mm deep 25 internal width gravel rims last week. Mounted with RH 44mm tires. I run them 20-30 psi with tubolito tubes. Perfect for gravel here. This frees up an older Pacenti rimset for use for 28mm tires, which with a 21mm internal rim width, lets them plump out to 29-30mm (compared to my 13mm 16mm? internal rim width mavic road wheels- which squeezes the 28mm tires to 26mm). The 29mm is perfect for the imperfect road here.

Both rimsets are about 1400g. Both tiresets are lighter than unicorn farts. The pacenti's have never had one spoke touched in 6 years. The new hunts are fun and have an aero hum. With about 100 miles into them, all smiles.

Now I've got a road and gravel quick change wheelset. My road bikes are still fastest, but I'm planning a bike trip based around the pacenti/28mm combo on the gravel bike! The 28's on the pacenti's I run around 60 psi and are smooth as butter! )Compared to about 75- 80lbs for the mavic ssc rims- much more compliant, and lighter.

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Yes sir, a "Retro" Haro Master i built, I also have a "Survivor 88 Coral Haro Master.
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As for your "Bucket List" ride, you should go for it.

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Beautiful, who built it?
Your's??

The oldest Survivor Monoshock i own.
A Dan Gurney. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1727123624.jpg
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The guy I got it from, got it for his 14th birthday in 1974, then when he turned 16, in 1976, he put it in the shed in his Mother's backyard, where it sat for decades, until I ended up with it.
Being a Dan Gurney, I had to have it to go with my other one.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1727124183.jpg
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But I was a fan back when they 1st came out, before we figured out that, unless you had a down hill track, they weren't very good for racing. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1727124647.jpg

This level of vintage road bike geekdom is off the charts. Details are amazing. I wouldn't want to walk their walk to that level of originality, but I love it!

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^^^ My brother and I had plans to attend and display bikes but too many unexpected things came up this year. Thanks for posting, I forgot about it.

I stopped under a shade tree to make a call this morning and had a little (4-5 footer) friend listening in nearby :D



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we have a concourse from time to time when they run Eroica vintage bike ride out here in CA. I didn't ride it last time I was there but did drive up to see their concourse. Talk about a bunch of anal folks, similar to old 911 nut jobs. The set screw must be a Campy. I get that.

10 yrs ago had some guy chastising me for modifying my early 1990's trek 930 mtb. He was mad I ruined it's originality. I pulled it out of a trash can for heaven's sake.
Yup, I appreciate what they are doing, and am glad they do it, but it ain't me! :)

Guilty: when I built up my Gitane Team Pro several years ago, I spent months searching out and analyzing every period race photo for details. It took many months to find the correct TA water bottle cage bolts :rolleyes: :D

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Our Local Porsche Dealer donated this bike for our Oktoberfest Live Auction. They sell this at the dealer for a little over $11k (a bit out of my league)

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My eBike. I have since switched to 3" tires vs the 4" in my photo. I also put 4 piston calipers and larger rotors. It's very big and heavy but it scoots with the 1000w motor.


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I like that USD fork, much cleaner look than the normal telescopic forks or double crown forks.