General Bike Thread (Desiderata, questions, porn) - Page 89

Here is my baby:



She is a mid-80's Eddy Merckx. Late 90's dura-ace build for the most part.
Edited by Biscotti - 6/12/12 at 4:23pm

Is that a uni-crown fork? Hard to tell from the pic.

And I've been totally outvoted. You should listen to them and not me. They actually have good reasons.


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Yes indeed, I had it made by Vicious Cycles awhile ago.

abomination!

Think I am going with silver campy Veloce (or maybe Athena...but...11sp? really?) on my CX bike now.

Brakes will probably be shimano cx70 or tektro mini-v (both with the logos acetone'd off). Veloce is pretty inexpensive and everything seems great about it. It might weigh a bit more...but I am not overly concerned about weight.

Still have to decide on a fork...may end up with steel if I can't find anything besides high-end carbon that would flow with the bike.

lool....why?

Thanks for all the answers. I'm scheduling viewings this weekend. Haven't heard back from the Trek's owner but will see this one on Sunday.

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/bik/3069853182.html

What do you think? Frame is 55 cm or 21" which seems a little large.

Just a personal opinion, classic steel frame should have lugged forks. Also looks like you have one of those abominable threaded to thread-less stem adapters, and some kind of adjustable stem, makes my eyes bleed.

I agree in some respects; however, bikes are to be ridden and I was able to get this fork for a great deal, fits the frame well...and I really like the guys over at Vicious.

That is a spacer on the top of the stem.

Basically made of gas pipe, well not that bad but not worth $200.

Sure. So it's a thread-less stem?

Yup. Thomson one.

 

she's my steed: 80's Velos with old school Shimano 600! I've changed the seat to a honey Brooks B17 Champion Flyer (spring loaded). she's a dream to ride. 

^nice!!! (i'd like to get my bike into its original specs: actually the shimano 600 STIs you have on your bike).

here's the latest itineration of my Bridgestone RB-1. I found a huge 62cm RB-1 frame that had a fork totally rusted. The fork was salvagable - i had it powder blasted and re-painted, found a place that sells proper vintage decals, and turned it into a proper threadless fork conversion. The frame was in good shape - it sold quickly here in NYC.

here's the vintage decal shop: VELOCALS

new: headset (cane creek 100 classic), thomson masterpiece setback seatpost (ugly, but needed a setback post).