Thanks. It's an old post but worth a shot. A thought i had Crazy guy memorized but i missed those so i appreciate the tip.
Link's broken I'll dig around s'more and see what I can find. edited to add: I'm planning on a Paris-Roubaix homage ride on the first Sun in April. All y'all are welcome. I've got a half dozen or so stretches of pave (aka dirt roads) linked together. Bring yer box section tubulars and lets have fun! M
Got some pictures of the two mtb wheels sets I have that need to go live elsewhere. First up are the modern set, 9-speed I think, $50 + shipping or offer? Rims Hubs Last set, oldies - Rear on the drive side has the seal missing. Free just pay for shipping, Hubs Rim wear Rims Cassette 7-speed And Gummee! if you want those old computers, PM me an address.
Hey Mr. Head: what say you unbuild them XT wheels and send the hubs with the 'pooters? I like that vintage stuff. (and don't need the shipping OR the rims) Hey Jeffy! Buy the other set. Screamin deal for what they are. You can even have the spare rims if Mr Head unbuilds em for me! Went for an hour toodle 'around the block' this PM. Was thinkin mebbe UW Hockey tonite, but since I haven't heard whether the pool's open or not (swim meet) and its 45min+ away, I didn't fancy driving up there only to hafta turn back around. So I didn't wanna get too aggro today 'just in case' of UW Hockey, AND wanted to scout some dirt roads I thought I knew of. Turns out a few of em are gated off and the last one that I KNOW goes thru to Camp Upshur on Quantico MCB was gated off too. This one actually had a lock on it! What do they think it is?! A military installation?! I'm searching dilligently for all the thru dirt roads in the area. Know of enough that I can make a ride out of em. Found a few more names on a map that *may* actually be roads. Lots aren't tho. Like the 2 I passed today. Wore some new Louis Garneau bib knickers with some h2o proof knees. I guess I overdressed 'cause my knees were sweaty when I got home. M
I already got rid of the oldies. Sorry Gummee! But they are going to a good home. And my garage is going to be clearer, though there are these female packrats that keep stacking stuff on my stuff.:huh Now, I need to go measure these wheels for shipping...
Tires are worn pretty good. They don't work so good on the stuff around here; sand and loose stuff. Or maybe it is the raked out shopper geometry the fork provides when paired with antique steel?
14 miles today - a nice, simple 14 mile loop w/ a 6 mile off-road portion. My house is indicated by the green arrow. Beautiful day in the desert was a bonus. The frame bag and other items from Revelate Designs (Eric Parsons)arrived today....pictures to follow in a day or two.
phew. my son got back for the week from college, brought his 1977 Trek TX300 back... if you were following my dribble before, this frame was meant for 120mm 5-speed hubs, but had a 135mm 7-speed deore hub jammed into it, and it wasn't real happy about it... so I had scored a set of vintage DuraAce 6-speed 125mm wheels, along with a crankset that included a octawhazza sealed Ultegra BB, and my plan was to have my favorite LBS coldset the frame and true it up for the 125mm hub... so I pulled the chain, the wheels, the crankset, and hauled the frame down to said LBS yesterday, a drizzly sunday. LBS is dead slow. head wrench looks at it, says we really don't like to do cold set kinda stuff, insurance yada yada, don't have right jigs (but the other guy said...butbutbut...) so he sticks it up on his work stand, measures it, hey, its 125mm now. uses a piece of string and hey, tis centered now. puts his Park Tools rear dropout alignment thing on it and hey, the dropouts are perfect. whoa. swaps the BB for me, hands me back the frame. I ask "how much?" he says, 'catcha next time'. so bring it home. duraace+mavic wheelset fits perfectly. finish cleaning the rather gritty chain (arcata rains a LOT!), compressor-blow-dry it, dribble just enough triflow on it, install new octathingie Ultegra cranks, replace front triple derailleur with a 105 double I already had (bike wasn't a triple anyways, so wtf with the longarm Shimano 600 that was on it?), and sweeeeet. oh yeah, took my chainsaw file to the brake calibers to drop the pads the last mm (frame and brakes were for a 27" wheel, bike has 700c on it), now pads sit mid rim and not right at the top. kid rides it today, says its riding fast and smooth, and rides even sweeter than before (700x23mm UltraGatorskins FTW!). I know, pictures, pictures. I still need to see if I can find a short arm rear vintage derailleur, like an older 105 or something, to swap for the Deore longarm it has, then I'll take a new pic. meanwhile, said kid has new money making scheme, he'll buy CL bikes locally where they are plentiful and sell them up there in Arcata where they sell for twice as much. finds a 1985 Trek 420 61cm all original in decent riding condition for $100, hopes to flip it for $200+, good luck. I showed him how to use a chain punch and crank puller today to clean it up proper. only mechanical funny was the rear hub was a little loose, so I tweaked the cones (didn't even want to get in there and clean/repack), and poof, its smooth. the front axle feels kinda grungy but wtf, college students just want a roadie that gets them around, and this one has all the mounts for fenders and rack. double butted truetemper cro-mo, too.
Got woke up by the neighbor's dogs barking. ...and barking. ...and... So I thought I'd sleep in and go play UW Hockey tonite. Then I went downstairs for coffee and brekky and saw that it was already 50+. No effing way I'm not going riding when its this nice. It won't be too much longer. Wore 1/2 layer too many clothes, but WTF?! I wasn't in a jacket, didn't need shoe covers, etc. Sure nuff! Later on in the PM: rain. Tomorrow = 90min of wandering around looking for more dirt roads. M
It was 70 and sunny when we started riding today, 58 and rain when we got back. I like this bike more every time I ride it.
South Mountain? I have a buddy who lives right off Chandler Blvd and I try to get out there every year or two for a long riding weekend. Fun riding out there.
