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    1904? Miami cycle

    Could be a 1904 model by looking at their catalog. Like mountain bikes now, early bicycle manufacturers promoted gimmicks and touted the gimmicks as the latest and best. Miami cycles gimmick was large chainrings, like this 1907 model. I got the bike about 10 years ago at Christmas time at a...
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    rBoTM RBotM March 2024 - Open Month - Enter Now!!! Now!! Now!!

    1910s-teens Miami Cycle fixed gear wood wheeled bicycle. Thread '1904? Miami cycle' https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1904-miami-cycle.477786/
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    The British bike thread

    Yeah, very nice event. I only rode the Claud for part of the 12 hours, the hills were nasty on fixed gear.
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    Not vintage or French Tourers/Campeurs, Trade/Porteurs, Audax/Randonneurs, Commuters/Town

    I’m not sure of the brand, but it’s French. I’ve never been able to figure out exactly what I have here. Tubular track style tyres and rims, Super Champion, Reynolds 531 tubes, Lam long reach side pull brakes, French BB, French thread pedals and French 4 speed cassette.
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    The British bike thread

    My Claud Butler Ernest Chambers designed track bicycle. 4 years ago I rode this on a motorplex 12 hour time trial. Seven PM to 7 AM. The seat brace was missing but you could see where there was one. The stain from it is visible right behind where the new faux one is. I replaced it with a...
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    The British bike thread

    It looks like my bsa. Thanks for this, love it
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    Vintage tracker Frankenbike tribute build

    276x267.5 mm. I used 267+ wheel nipple washers. A slightly different combo of sizes on each side may work without washers, but I’m tired of playing musical spokes. Five spoke calculators didn’t agree so I’ve been guessing spoke lengths for each side. It looks like the drive side originally used...
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    Vintage tracker Frankenbike tribute build

    I got the spokes figured out.
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    Misshaped Brooks B17 repair.

    I’m not a big fan of leather saddles. It’s fairly wet here. I used to ride to work when it’s dry, then it rains. I come out to ride and my Brooks is soaked. Fenders, shower caps and Proofide don’t keep it dry. The leather deforms and dries. Sometimes you can clean an old really bad saddle by...
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    Vintage tracker Frankenbike tribute build

    I used spokes 3 mm shorter on the small hub flange side ( drive side of the hub ) to see if I could pull the hub over so it would center in the rim and they were too short and wouldn’t fit. I’m getting spokes that are one mm longer for the non drive side to see if this pushes the hub over far...
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    Late 40s / Early 50s René Herse tip find

    I clean stuff like this with detergent and then rub them with aluminum foil and a polishing compound. Then power felt wheel and compound, if it’s not to your liking after the foil. I almost always stop after foil polish.
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    Vintage tracker Frankenbike tribute build

    I’m going to use spokes that are 5 mm shorter for the drive side to see if I can pull the hub into center. It’s off by almost 3cm. I think the Sipam calculation might have been better? This might be too short but I want to see what this does to the longer spoke
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    Road Racing Pictures •

    Track racing. Major Taylor One of his bicycles
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    Vintage tracker Frankenbike tribute build

    I used 3 spoke length calculators for the front wheel. Two of them gave me 270+- mm, close to 270. The third calculator gave me 258. I’ve had this happen quite a few times in the past so it was obvious 258mm was wrong. Two seventy was perfect. I always try to use at least three calculators. I’ve...
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