OT - WTB: Old Road Bike

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

Oddly I knew exactly what he was talking about, I'm old enough that "ten
speeds" were a big novelty when I was a kid, we had the old banana seat low
riders before those fancy ones with hand brakes.
cathy

On 2:45 pm 07/09/07 "Joe Mair" <jmair@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Fixed gear = no freewheel.  If your bike is moving, your pedals are
> moving.
>
> It's a minimal sort of transportation popular with bike messengers for
> its simplicity, as well as its lack of weight and complexity.  There
> are no derailleurs to break, no brakes to come out of adjustment, and
> a general lack of components is a nice departure from the
> techno-craziness of the bike world.  Granted, I like riding a
> techno-cool road or mtn bike, too, just not all of the time.
>
> I have an old steel Performance frame with a Suzue fixed gear rear
> hub. I also built up some Velocity double-walled Aerohead wheels
> built up with some straight gauge spokes and brass eyelets.  Stout as
> hell.  In fact, I've ridden it for about two years without needing to
> true either wheel up.
>
> Fixed gears are AWESOME!
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brendan Doyle [mailto:lord_verminaard@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 2:19 PM
> To: Neptuno; GGehrke; Scirocco list
> Subject: Re: OT - WTB: Old Road Bike
>
> Ok, this doesn't happen very often.... but I have NO IDEA what you
> guys are talking about.  :P
>
> Brendan
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Neptuno <neptunonc@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: GGehrke <ggehrke@xxxxxxxxx>; Scirocco list <Scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxx
> g>
> Sent: Monday, July 9, 2007 9:43:04 AM
> Subject: Re: OT - WTB: Old Road Bike
>
> Grant,
>
>   Oh someone building a fix gear???? I never pegged you for a
> fixie.... Well, It could be worse you could be a pixie!
>
>    Well that is not to bad either, I loved the Pixies and boy could
> that Black Francis scream
>
>   Ok I digress, everywhere I look in Ann Arbor the fixed gear craze is
> present....One would think a velodrome was near by... Maybe there is
> one? Anyhow if you see anything on CL in my area and you want me to
> snag it let me know.
>
>   El T
>
> GGehrke <ggehrke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   Looking for an older road bike. Prefer minimal components - just
> frame, fork, maybe bottom bracket, stem, headset, handlebars, brakes.
> Prefer horizontal dropouts, which were more common on older bikes,
> especially those built for the velodrome. A unique steel lugged frame
> would be awesome. Bianchi, Colnago, etc would be great but I know my
> chances of finding that are slimmer.
>
> Got anything cluttering up the garage? I'll give you a fair price for
> it and pay any associated shipping charges.
>
> I'm turning it into a cheap around-town bike. Planning to strip it,
> paint it an obnoxious colour (1- so you're seen in traffic, 2-less
> likely to be stolen), convert it to a single-speed drivetrain with
> decent quality components, narrow handlebars, front brake only, throw
> on some strong road wheels and ride it around. I have a nice carbon
> racing bike, but I don't want to ride that into town or to school.
>
> Part of me is thinking, too, that it'd be fun to have an italian road
> bike from the 70's or 80's to go with my italian designed 1980 VW.
> Colour match them and take them to shows, I think it'd add a unique
> element.
>
> -Grant-
>
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