Retro WW Stuff
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For all you Weenies of a certain age...
I was digging around in the tickle trunk today and found a few gems. I can't for the life of me remember why I brought these to Bali. They should be hibernating back in Canuckistan with the Hi-e hubs and green resin Omefga derailleurs...
I'd give my left cashew for a photo of the lightest and worst frame I ever rode; a French brand called ASTRAL. Aluminium tubes swaged into machined fittings and bolted together. the fork dropouts were cast alloy and pop-riveted onto the blades. I'm surprised I made it through puberty intact on that thing. Between it and the Russian tubulars that I ran on my Fiamme Ergals, it's a wonder I'm here at all . Thank God for hairnets and CLB brakes...
Monkeyburger
I was digging around in the tickle trunk today and found a few gems. I can't for the life of me remember why I brought these to Bali. They should be hibernating back in Canuckistan with the Hi-e hubs and green resin Omefga derailleurs...
I'd give my left cashew for a photo of the lightest and worst frame I ever rode; a French brand called ASTRAL. Aluminium tubes swaged into machined fittings and bolted together. the fork dropouts were cast alloy and pop-riveted onto the blades. I'm surprised I made it through puberty intact on that thing. Between it and the Russian tubulars that I ran on my Fiamme Ergals, it's a wonder I'm here at all . Thank God for hairnets and CLB brakes...
Monkeyburger
...finding my inner Onoda-kun...
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13-18T 6 speed freewheels are ace. Almost no choice in gears. I love them so much I am using one now on my old Alan.
Couple one with a 144BCD double chainset for extra madness, I have and love it.
Couple one with a 144BCD double chainset for extra madness, I have and love it.
bm0p700f wrote:13-18T 6 speed freewheels are ace. Almost no choice in gears. I love them so much I am using one now on my old Alan.
Couple one with a 144BCD double chainset for extra madness, I have and love it.
Suntour Microlite another option. Recently sold one I had lying around (probably had that thing for 20 years or so, never rode it) for ~$130 on eBay.
Last edited by refthimos on Fri Jun 29, 2012 5:31 pm, edited 1 time in total.
EVO1 | 5.37kg
EVO3 (sold) | 6.51kg
EVO4 | build thread coming soon
S5 Disc
SystemSix (sold) | 8.01kg
P5 Disc | heavy but fast
EVO3 (sold) | 6.51kg
EVO4 | build thread coming soon
S5 Disc
SystemSix (sold) | 8.01kg
P5 Disc | heavy but fast
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What age of Dura Ace are you looking for? I have some 1995 8-speed dura ace in good shape.
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Hawkwood wrote:Does anyone remember the nylon headset that was available during the 70s? Guess none survived long enough to be photographed.
holy crap, i had one of those! my 2nd uncle gave me a raleigh professional track bike with phil wood steel shell hubs and bb, stronglight (?) cranks, etc. and had a plastic headset. i couldnt make heads or tails of it, i mightve thrown it away thinking it was just for display or something! it was a long time ago...
if i can find pieces of it, i'll certainly take some pics.
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