MRP loveliness (16th July)
- Thread starter barry2017
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Today just this:
29. Profile 1" threaded stem. Quite a lot of rise, but nice quality. Champagneish colour, would go nicely with Shimano parts. £5 posted.
30. Strong 1" stem. Black. Sexy. Two bolt quill design. This was fitted to a Puegeot Dakkar 21, Puegeot's top mountain bike in 1989. How I wish I still had that bike, it's now been resprayed metallic orange. Still, it's going to trundle out another couple of decades for its new owner so I can't complain, at least it's being used. Anyway.SOLD
31. Sturmey AW hub with long axle. This could be made to fit in a 130mm hub. Complete with shifter and cable and selector gubbins, all you need is a fulcrum clip and a sprocket to turn an old derralieur frame into an ultra reliable 3 speed. Seriously, think about the possibilities here. You could have the myriad advantages of a singlespeed bike, only it's got a gear for going up hills and a gear for going down them. 36h, manufactured in April 1989 according to its date stamp. REDUCED £18 posted, before I turn Jimmy Saville into a 3 speed and create a new kind of "lifestyle" bike that everyone will pay through the nose for. Trek's 2010 lineup will include a machine called the Saville 3.
29. Profile 1" threaded stem. Quite a lot of rise, but nice quality. Champagneish colour, would go nicely with Shimano parts. £5 posted.
30. Strong 1" stem. Black. Sexy. Two bolt quill design. This was fitted to a Puegeot Dakkar 21, Puegeot's top mountain bike in 1989. How I wish I still had that bike, it's now been resprayed metallic orange. Still, it's going to trundle out another couple of decades for its new owner so I can't complain, at least it's being used. Anyway.SOLD
31. Sturmey AW hub with long axle. This could be made to fit in a 130mm hub. Complete with shifter and cable and selector gubbins, all you need is a fulcrum clip and a sprocket to turn an old derralieur frame into an ultra reliable 3 speed. Seriously, think about the possibilities here. You could have the myriad advantages of a singlespeed bike, only it's got a gear for going up hills and a gear for going down them. 36h, manufactured in April 1989 according to its date stamp. REDUCED £18 posted, before I turn Jimmy Saville into a 3 speed and create a new kind of "lifestyle" bike that everyone will pay through the nose for. Trek's 2010 lineup will include a machine called the Saville 3.
You need another interest to counteract the bike tinkering obsession
Get into the timber and go for a long overdue refit
:shock: Refit
Tinkering with wood is cheaper and takes longer to finish = Less time to buy and tinker bikes
You will also only use a couple of bikes and can wait for the best bits to adorn it with.
Get into the timber and go for a long overdue refit
:shock: Refit
Tinkering with wood is cheaper and takes longer to finish = Less time to buy and tinker bikes
You will also only use a couple of bikes and can wait for the best bits to adorn it with.
Prometheus
Senior Retro Guru
Hi Chris.
Go on then i'll take the black 1" quill stem please. As you admire a haggler we can call it £4.00 then can we
Cheers.
Dave.
Go on then i'll take the black 1" quill stem please. As you admire a haggler we can call it £4.00 then can we
Cheers.
Dave.
Dyna-ti, while you're correct, the bottom line is I like tinkering with bikes much more than I like refitting boats.
And I'm not interested in botique parts, or the frames that most people here would drool over. That doesn't mean I won't appreciate yours, or the work you've put into it; but chasing the best is a hiding to nothing with bikes. They enter my life, I admire them, play with them a bit, and they move on again. I'd much rather be doing that than watching TV!
Dave , I so admire a haggler I'm going to accept your offer. But only if you're paying by cheque or bank transfer. I bloody hate Paypal.
And I'm not interested in botique parts, or the frames that most people here would drool over. That doesn't mean I won't appreciate yours, or the work you've put into it; but chasing the best is a hiding to nothing with bikes. They enter my life, I admire them, play with them a bit, and they move on again. I'd much rather be doing that than watching TV!
Dave , I so admire a haggler I'm going to accept your offer. But only if you're paying by cheque or bank transfer. I bloody hate Paypal.
