Recent content by Nabeaquam

Now that’s a project you never see. Keep progress post please

I would if I couldn’t find a nice replacement. The new triples don’t look vintage, but it should work. It also depends on what crank style you would enjoy the most. Replacement chainrings on the vintage triples are probably going to get scarce and expensive in the future. My crank doesn’t have...

I bought an old Touring frame that still had the three chainring bb. I made it into a dandy gravel bike I used an inexpensive triple. The bike weighs 32 kg loaded. I used a mega gear cog. The big jump is annoying but your thankful on long steep hills. I’ve had no issues with it. One of my...

Flip your hand over so the tendons. Are up. Tap with the fingers of your other hand all over, back and forth in the area where the wrist meets the hand. If you get tingling in your fingers you most likely have carpal tunnel. No handlebar will be comfortable. Micro surgery fixes it. It’s a common...

1897, 1900 miles by bicycle. Black US army troops, buffalo soldiers, 25 infantry regiment. Prof of theory test.

Loose links. I always take a link from the chain of a new mountain bike. Only way they shift right. I think the length formula is a ballpark estimate and many times wrong.

Unridable now. Surface slush or 1cm of new snow with ice under that. My car was heading for the ditch today at 10 k/hr. The car goes where it wants, not where your trying to point it. It’s either snowing or +5C. Typical unsettled weather this time of year. The rivers and lakes are still frozen...