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    Late 40s / Early 50s René Herse tip find

    Brilliant work.
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    Late 40s / Early 50s René Herse tip find

    I feel that Jan Heine would be happy to see this bike restored and being used again - I mean he loves the original Rene Herse bikes so much he bought the brand to continue it. He supports classic Herse restoration here...
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    Retroronde 2025

    Man, I'd love to come to Europe and ride the Retroronde and Eroica.
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    Quill stems

    My preference is wedge stems over expander - i find the expanders sieze more frequently. I also just watched a video by the BikeFarmer which suggested that some expander type stems can fail.
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    1" Threaded Steel Fork Recommendations

    You could buy new here https://www.somafab.com/archives/product/corsa-road-fork-threaded-1
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    Retro Triathlon Bikes ??????????????????????????????????????

    I've been tempted to pick up an old Centurion Dave Scott Tri-bike because those very early tri bikes had 700c wheelsets and my understanding is the geometry was more relaxed than your typical American racing bike targeted to critiums. I've seen many interesting examples of 650c bikes on the...
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    New to Curly Hetchins

    What bars did you find?
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    New to Curly Hetchins

    I get that, but I hate that bar profile I replaced all of mine with Nitto Noodles. I think Maes produced bars BITD with the nice round bend of a Nitto Noodle, but they are hard to source. Rene Herse sells a nice modern Maes style bar as well - probably just another Nitto product.
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    New to Curly Hetchins

    The handlebar orientation is hurting my brain. Otherwise the bike has cleaned up nicely.
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    Advice on buying first vintage road bike?

    My advice is to know your size in the period of bike you are looking at - british style bikes of the 70's and early 80's fit differently than modern bicycles or Italian style bikes of those earlier decades. I personally would target a "sport touring" or "touring" bike because they tend to have a...
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    Holdsworth Mistral - Dad's 'work' bike

    Thanks for sharing the story of your Dad's bike. It really highlights how even with a degree of neglect these old steel bikes just keep on going. It cleaned up nice. I'm sure it will find a new home with someone who will ride it and cherish it.
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    1981 Nishiki Master - Randonneur build

    Any colour cotton bar tape with a couple of coats of dark shellack will look great.
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    Ellis Briggs NOT gone into liquidation

    I saw the video the other day and thought it was odd he was going to add writing a book to his workload. Its understandable that he got behind due to illness as a one man operation that offered frame building courses. The Pegoretti documentary published shortly before his death showed that he...
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    White Porcs - repro

    Its kinda crazy to think they weigh a kilo each - I think the 26 inch Schwalbe Fat Frank weighs 800g. Didn't vintage non-folding tires weigh around 600g each?
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    Rene HERSE Cycles tech info.

    The challenge with Jan's testing method is consistent replicability. The rolling resistance fellow has a very consistent easily replicable testing method which gives people a lot of confidence in the results. I believe he's modified his methogology as well in response to Jan's testing results...
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