Recent content by basketcase

I think I posted a frontal view of this before - '85 Bianchi Grizzly - Sold off some years ago. It had the dreaded Suntour Mountech rear derailleur, that shifted perfectly, btw. Also, the very first set of wheels I built - 4 cross, even :eek:

That looks better than most bikes I buy ;)

I barely have a 29" inseam ............. 32" 😨 ........... 36" :eek:

What is that, in the last photo?

After rebuilding the Stumpy, I had to take it for a ride - So we took it, and my wife's Cannondale, and drove up into Alabama, to ride some trails on the Troy university property. A lot of the trails were like this - Just a nice ramble through the woods. But there were also mazes of very tight...

Talk environmental issues, and it's really, really hard not to do that.........

Defenders of the faith ?

I guess those must be roof drains, but they look like arrow slots :oops:

I think we have a terminology issue - The "chamfered ring" IS the crown race, and is meant to be a drive fit at the base of the steerer. You have to drive it down flush with the top of the fork crown, to properly install the headset bearings. If it wasn't such a tight fit there, it would spin...

The bottom of the steerer tube is always larger diameter, just above the crown, to make the crown race a drive (press) fit. The crown race is supposed to get stuck there ;) Is that what you mean ?

I don't know if you can get them in the UK, but I've used these on a couple RS forks : https://cycling.endurobearings.com/collections/fork-seals?pf_t_suspension_brand=Suspension+Brand%3ARock+Shox

OK for a while, then maybe wolves .......

This has become a most interesting thread. Does interest in bicycles generate such philosophical bent, or is it the other way around? 🤔

Napoleon's favorite saying : "Never ascribe to malice, what can be adequately explained by incompetence" :)

I lived in southern New England for many years - Small towns, semi-abandoned farmland, and extensive wooded areas. EVERYONE I knew had hit deer with their car, at least once - I did, a few times! This was usually at night, or early AM, and usually caused heavy damage to both deer and vehicle...