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Hello everyone! "You should get a proper road bike" they said. Well, here it is, my first attempt at road bikes: a late 1950s Nervex-lugged, judging from the weight (10,5 kgs/ 23,3 lbs) Reynolds tubed (Wim) Grunewald. During my teacher training last year I was living in Wiesbaden, Germany and...

Hello everyone, I thought I'd share this with you. A couple of weeks ago I got this nameless French Mixte Randonneur that I am trying to identify (c.f. other thread). One reason to get it in the first place was the weird 50s tech that looks like it's from another planet. So far I've taken it...

Hello everyone, the other day I went shopping for Toilet paper and bread, dropped in at my local bike shop and brought home a presumably late 40s randonneur (Neither bread nor toilet paper were bought that day). https://imgur.com/a/5YhmMjq I'd really like to know if that frame was by any...

Hello folks, I didn'find anything via the search mask, so here's my question: How do I prevent my NOS Sachs Power Grip Pro handlebar grips from melting? They're starting to become slightly sticky. I know, grip shifters... Thanks for your advice! -Dan

Hello everyone, The Sachs 6000 rear hub I have on my Cadex seems to have some compatibility issues. Currently I am using it with a Shimano HG41 -7 Cassette. I had to put a very thin spacer behind it in order to prevent the lock ring from pressing the dust cap against the bearings, and hence...

Hello everyone, The Sachs 6000 rear hub I have on my Cadex seems to have some compatibility issues. Currently I am using it with a Shimano HG41 -7 Cassette. I had to put a very thin spacer behind it in order to prevent the lock ring from pressing the dust cap against the bearings, and hence...

Hello again, Finished the bike today and here are some pictures taken at the first ride: https://imgur.com/a/Ui3W3 As I said in the original post, I didn't want to rebuild the frame with the m900 XTR-parts for monetary reasions and because I wanted to do something with some SACHS-Parts I had...

Hey everyone! This pristine-looking, tiny 16" '93 Giant Cadex frame with aluminum forks has been sitting in the corner next to my dest for the past six months or so. Didn't know what to do with it except for keeping it as a barter object (since my gf says she "already has a bike"). Now I got...

Goode evening everyone, So today a colleague and I went through the bike stuff in his garage. He has to get rid of some stuff. He showed me a Giant Cadex carbon fibre frame with aluminum lugs. I am 175cm and the thing is tiny... 43 cm max. Probably WAY to small for me. On the other hand, this...

Hey! Got this (presumably) '95-'97 Gary Fisher Montare for free. Not Sure what I should so with it yet. I'm thinking of turning it into my daily driver/touring-capable bike as I only have very impractical bikes right now. What do you know about this model/frame and general build quality? Is it...

Hello everyone! A regular customer of the bike shop where I work is selling his Koga-Miyata World Traveller touring bike. According to his rather vague descriptions, it is a 1990/1 model; anyways, he's bringing the bike tomorrow. I've been looking for a decent touring bike frame within my...

Good morning, while mounting mudguards on my steel-framed winter bike yesterday, I noticed small holes in several places: BB shell, lower fork blades, and in seat- and chainstay, just before they intersect with the rear dropout. That most frame manufacturers drill holes in low spots in order...

Good evening everyone, I recently bought a 1936 New Hudson "Carmine Club Model" that I saw in the local classifieds. Paint is still good and so are the hubs and bearings. So far I've overhauled those parts, rebuilt the wheels and replaced some other parts. It now rides like a charm - until I...

Hey guys! I found this in the classifieds this week. Had to have it. For the time beeing, I'm just getting it into a shape that's acceptable to my quality-standards; cleaning up the silt, old grease. Yesterday I re-greased the 5 gear- F&S gear hub. It's a (approx.) 1985 Hercules MTB Special...

Hey guys, a couple of weeks ago I found this '97/8 (?) Cannondale M700 in the classifieds for 120 bucks. I actually wanted to buy some kind of road bike for the upcoming tour but then I stumbled across this orange-ish thing and bought it. I slapped on some 26x2.00 Schwalbe Marathon Tour Plus...