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This is what I get for venturing out of the BK&T sub! You guys are killing me with these awesome pics.
Bwahahaha!
As my first bike shop employer used to say: "the French copy NO one!........and....no one copies the French". This was in the early eighties, so....we had 33 drawer cabinets filled with parts for all those Huret Simplex derailleurs (hah! French word!) cottered Nervar cranks (with their own stupid BCD, IIRC)....About the only thing they got right were those Helicoil hubs/freewheels that were on the many Peugeots I built and repaired. I don't think that that ONE good invention in any way redeems the hundreds of other ill-considered parts and standards churned out by their national engineering department.
I haven't the funds to purchase any new bikes for some time.....and I don't have the time to ride nearly as much as I used to, either. Got rid of my Tri setup this summer, since, at 52 with a previously torn hamstring and back surgery 2 years ago, I won't be competing in one EVER again. Kestrel 4000, with an assortment of parts, including 2 custom wheelsets to use 9 speed shifters with an old, 126mm rear hub spacing (9 speed cluster with the pins drilled out and the biggest cog removed; re-assembled on an old 6/7 speed hg hub body. Voila! 8 speeds index shifting with 9 sp. shifters. I had to explain to the guy who bought it that he would NEVER be able to get a rear wheel change during a race....)
My regular ride, a Specialized Tarmac Pro SL. Love this bike, carbon tubular wheelsets are the bomb. Funny though, people always are asking me if I "train with sew-ups".....and I tell them no.....I just ride them. I haven't "trained" in almost 3 decades.
My old Stumpy M2FS. Most everything on this bike has been replaced, including the frame (original broke at the top/seat tube weld ~2 years in...).....OK, the only thing left from the '96 purchase are the pedals. Which were aftermarket, come to think of it....
Still rides OK and I can't afford a new one, nor do I get out and do the kind of riding that would warrant a double springer even if I had the cha-ching.
And lastly my 'Cross ride, which is the only one I've raced in recent memory....like, 6 or 7 years ago. I keep it hoping I'll be able to race it again someday....but until then it's a great winter road bike or travel bike. Goes almost anywhere.
Can't find the photos of it. Aluminum Redline Conquest setup with Avid mech disc brakes and SRAM Rival, for the most part. I'll have to look around for some pics or take a couple more.
I also have a few old and older Schwinns. My touring bike is a Schwinn Voyageur with Eclipse bags; I also have a 5 speed Schwinn tandem from the 70's that needs a LOT of restoration work and a Schwinn ladies Suburban with wire baskets front and rear that was my "around town/grocery getter" a couple decades ago. Thing's been ridden so much the freewheel is almost silent.
Bwahahaha!
As my first bike shop employer used to say: "the French copy NO one!........and....no one copies the French". This was in the early eighties, so....we had 33 drawer cabinets filled with parts for all those Huret Simplex derailleurs (hah! French word!) cottered Nervar cranks (with their own stupid BCD, IIRC)....About the only thing they got right were those Helicoil hubs/freewheels that were on the many Peugeots I built and repaired. I don't think that that ONE good invention in any way redeems the hundreds of other ill-considered parts and standards churned out by their national engineering department.
I haven't the funds to purchase any new bikes for some time.....and I don't have the time to ride nearly as much as I used to, either. Got rid of my Tri setup this summer, since, at 52 with a previously torn hamstring and back surgery 2 years ago, I won't be competing in one EVER again. Kestrel 4000, with an assortment of parts, including 2 custom wheelsets to use 9 speed shifters with an old, 126mm rear hub spacing (9 speed cluster with the pins drilled out and the biggest cog removed; re-assembled on an old 6/7 speed hg hub body. Voila! 8 speeds index shifting with 9 sp. shifters. I had to explain to the guy who bought it that he would NEVER be able to get a rear wheel change during a race....)
My regular ride, a Specialized Tarmac Pro SL. Love this bike, carbon tubular wheelsets are the bomb. Funny though, people always are asking me if I "train with sew-ups".....and I tell them no.....I just ride them. I haven't "trained" in almost 3 decades.
My old Stumpy M2FS. Most everything on this bike has been replaced, including the frame (original broke at the top/seat tube weld ~2 years in...).....OK, the only thing left from the '96 purchase are the pedals. Which were aftermarket, come to think of it....
Still rides OK and I can't afford a new one, nor do I get out and do the kind of riding that would warrant a double springer even if I had the cha-ching.
And lastly my 'Cross ride, which is the only one I've raced in recent memory....like, 6 or 7 years ago. I keep it hoping I'll be able to race it again someday....but until then it's a great winter road bike or travel bike. Goes almost anywhere.
Can't find the photos of it. Aluminum Redline Conquest setup with Avid mech disc brakes and SRAM Rival, for the most part. I'll have to look around for some pics or take a couple more.
I also have a few old and older Schwinns. My touring bike is a Schwinn Voyageur with Eclipse bags; I also have a 5 speed Schwinn tandem from the 70's that needs a LOT of restoration work and a Schwinn ladies Suburban with wire baskets front and rear that was my "around town/grocery getter" a couple decades ago. Thing's been ridden so much the freewheel is almost silent.
. I applaud your self flagellation. And am secretly jealous that I don't have the stones to do anything even remotely as burly. 
