Ultimate Bike Thread....

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by look 171

Byron, you gonna to be doing this siht at 71?

I'll be lucky to still be breathing at 71, my father passed away at 68.

["A"]

Originally Posted by Racerbvd

I'll be lucky to still be breathing at 71, my father passed away at 68.

Interesting design, I have a cargo mullet bike that I am trying to convert to add a motor to it this winter.
20" front hub motor and a silverfish battery should make easy work out of carrying the load.

[CurtEgerer]

[CurtEgerer]

Kentucky has the Bourbon Trail. Italy has the Bicycle Trail

[CurtEgerer]

This park is nearby. I'm going to go check it out soon.

[rockfan4]

I picked up a couple of frames yesterday off FBM for winter builds.



First is a Bianchi Randonneur. Made in Japan, double butted tubing. I have an old touring bike that I've had since college, and it has always been just a touch big for me, so I don't ride it that much. This frame is 1/2" smaller, should be perfect.

Question: It has some patina to it. Should I leave it, repaint the frame the original color, or just clear over the bare spots? I've had thoughts of painting it Celeste green.



Second frame is a Trek 8.5 DS. I have a Trek 7500 with a 17.5" frame, the top tube has always felt short. This bike obviously has a long top tube, plus it is 19.5" I may end up getting a shorter stem.

Question: This Isozone suspension deal. I almost considered not buying the frame because of it. It looks like there's a guy on eBay who makes replacement rubber blocks, but he's sold out right now. I won't know if I need new ones until I build this and ride it. Thinking of just making a couple aluminum bushings and locking out all the movement. Maybe not aluminum, maybe delrin or something. Anyone want to 3d print a pair out of something really stiff?

[CurtEgerer]

^^^ Nice finds. There's some real deals out there right now. The bike industry is in the toilet right now and that's trickled down to the used market. I think I'd paint the Bianchi celeste.


Love these new Alans and the old-school paint schemes.

[rockfan4]

I took apart the rear suspension on the Trek. The bushings are gone, the pins are all chewed up. I'm going to have to find some solution to replace this. I don't think Trek sells replacement parts for this frame anymore, or at least they don't online. I wish I had a lathe.

[David]

Originally Posted by rockfan4

I took apart the rear suspension on the Trek. The bushings are gone, the pins are all chewed up. I'm going to have to find some solution to replace this. I don't think Trek sells replacement parts for this frame anymore, or at least they don't online. I wish I had a lathe.

Trek is usually good about having spare parts. Go to their main page, click on Bike Archive down at the bottom under support, find your frame/bike, click on service, find the manual, find the part, type the part number into the search box at the top of main screen.

[rockfan4]

Originally Posted by David

Trek is usually good about having spare parts. Go to their main page, click on Bike Archive down at the bottom under support, find your frame/bike, click on service, find the manual, find the part, type the part number into the search box at the top of main screen.

That doesn't work for me. It does work if you're signed in as a dealer. I stopped at the local Trek dealer on the way home this afternoon, and he was able to find the part number for the kit, and four dealers who may have it in stock. Trek corporate no longer stocks the part. I've got an email out to the first dealer, let's see if the repair kit costs more than a frame.

[Paul_Heery]

[herr_oberst]

End of an era; Campagnolo will not be represented on a single World Tour team bicycle in 2024.

[rwest]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

End of an era; Campagnolo will not be represented on a single World Tour team bicycle in 2024.

What a shame. I wonder why? I know Shimano has much deeper pockets to sponsor teams, but I thought I read or heard that not all teams get component deals?

[herr_oberst]

Here's one story.

http://velo.outsideonline.com/road/whats-going-on-with-campagnolo-no-worldtour-team-for-2024/

[CurtEgerer]

Hopefully, just a temporary situation. If not, Pogacar on Colnago-Campagnolo will be the last TdF winner for them. Not a bad way to go out.

[herr_oberst]

^

Supernice.

[CurtEgerer]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

Those are called goat heads where I come from, and they're a cycling menace for sure.

I thought maybe I could simply avoid the plants that produce those goat heads. No Bueno! They fall and accumulate and, presumably, never go away. So my refuge riding plan is toast and it was a slow slog through much of the loose sand anyway But everything happens for a reason I always say. I decided to take the bike to the local MTB trails as a last resort and see what would happen. It was an absolute blast out on the trail - more fun than my old full-suspension MTB. Feels really good to be out on the trails again after a 10 year absence.



Heading to this place next week

[rwest]

Originally Posted by CurtEgerer

Hopefully, just a temporary situation. If not, Pogacar on Colnago-Campagnolo will be the last TdF winner for them. Not a bad way to go out.

Campagnolo and Colnago should always be together. Putting Shimano on it probably killed an angel!

[CurtEgerer]

Originally Posted by rwest

Campagnolo and Colnago should always be together. Putting Shimano on it probably killed an angel!

Like putting a Subaru engine in a Porsche. Some things should just not be done!

[CurtEgerer]

Yard sale at Jumbo ... dang it - missed out on Vingegaard's 51cm in my size!