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Post by 54roadie on Jul 20, 2015 4:44:52 GMT
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Post by triitout on Jul 20, 2015 12:16:08 GMT
Let there be comfort in knowing "You are not alone"  |
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Post by velocipete on Jul 20, 2015 12:32:39 GMT
It's good to keep forks in the dining room! I always kept my best bike in the bedroom.
Got to cosset a good ride!
Cheers,
Pete.
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Post by bendo on Jul 20, 2015 12:57:52 GMT
Yer a bachelor obviously. b
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Post by 54roadie on Jul 20, 2015 21:42:59 GMT
Bendo, yes, pretty obvious. Michael, it's nice to know I'm not alone; my thanks to you and Pete.
Frank
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Post by oldroadietehachapi on Jul 31, 2015 0:54:23 GMT
Having a workshop looks about the same; it just moves the mess. I must stop using the Porsche as a work bench.
Jim
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Post by velocipete on Jul 31, 2015 6:10:30 GMT
That's all they're good for,or maybe hedge and ditch trimming!
Cheers,
Pete.
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Post by oldroadietehachapi on Aug 1, 2015 2:48:27 GMT
I have never tried hedge and ditch trimming with it:-) I have found it useful for track days, autocrosses, concourse and quick trips on mountain roads.
Jim
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Post by kickstandman on Oct 24, 2015 20:49:34 GMT
This is cool, I was over at "thecabe.com", retro-bike site and someone has a similar thread to this, except those are mostly Schwinns and someone made a pun, about it being the "Schwinnter". Rather than create another thread, I have a few frames including a CCM Concorde, I think the main diamond of the frame only is Reynolds 531 if anyone has ever seen a bike like that, I guess I could actually get it going again, it originally had Altberger (spelling) brakes, so we will see. I don't think it is too dismantled. I get some real clunkers compared to what some have. Of course, I found the man's bike not the Mixte.   A more down to earth look at the Concorde. Another CCM, not that great I was thinking but maybe I'm wrong. Pretty basic.  But the wiki article indeed, calls it the Silver ghost: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCM_%28cycle%29 CCM for the uninitiated means something like Canadian Cycle and motor. They make (made?) a lot of ice hockey equipment too. |
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Post by 54roadie on Oct 24, 2015 21:33:58 GMT
Don't you love those old, carefree days, ads? You won't see anything like that again for a long while, I'm guessing. Thanks!
Frank
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Post by triitout on Oct 25, 2015 0:57:27 GMT
I'd guess that the last thing on the couples mind in the Concorde ad is the bicycle or ANYTHING cycling related! My guess is someone got lucky  |
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Post by kickstandman on Oct 25, 2015 1:35:21 GMT
I like that Salmon coloured bicycle there quite a bit, Salmon, Pink, Coral, whatever is the correct term, it looks rather snazzy. Nice bikes and uniquely nice modern looking saddles. |
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Post by kickstandman on Oct 25, 2015 2:56:16 GMT
For awhile, I was involved in a retro-bike discussion group and I went to the library and looked at old bicycling magazines on microfilm and made copies. I now do not have access to those copies but it would still be on the microfiche and I guess I looked at actual magazines from the '70s. There were a lot of fine advertisements back then.  And of course, all or most of us know the old Viscount ads, this is pretty cool here and I have seen another nice Raleigh ad of a girl in front of a union jack, she is wearing a miniskirt.  I like the saddle bag set up. '60s, '70s, '20s, '30s, a lot of eras had some great bike ads.  So, this is a bit OT in this thread but so be it. Pretty cool. |
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Post by kickstandman on Oct 25, 2015 3:04:02 GMT
What's this about? I thought the Chunnel was a new deal. An old ad.   Sorry to go OT to the OP, that CCM Mixte looks really eloquent, lavender is a nice color for bikes yet, you don't see it often. |
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Post by 54roadie on Oct 25, 2015 4:48:50 GMT
The bike you're referring to is actually an early seventies Gitane Tour de France. A beautiful bike, with a wonderful ride. Actual color is orange, very close to Molteni. Both of the white ones are Paramounts, the frame in the foreground needing a bunch of work, including a great paint job, before it gets built and ridden again. The metallic blue one in back is a Schwinn Superior, pretty much a Paramount - Nervex lugs, full 531 tubes, but the geometry was a tad different, and the bike was built in Chicago the year after Paramount Design Group opened in Wisconsin. They used up lugs etc., that PDG was no longer using and were the last Schwinns to be hand built in Illinois.
On the Giant you'll find a B-17 narrow, the Gitane was then wearing the saddle originally on the Giant - it's plastic so I didn't worry about it being out in the rain. Paramount has a Serfas Stinger and the Superior an old Turbo, the Viscount has a Terry "fly" Tri/TT saddle with Ti rails. So far it works just fine on a TT bike.
Love those ads! Thanks again.
Frank
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Post by robt on Oct 25, 2015 9:20:45 GMT
Stella is our in-house model who's posed for a couple of photoshoots to replicate old Viscount adverts. If you're out there, Stella, how about copying the Fuji and Raleigh poses? (I'm too much of a gentleman to suggest the Sturmey-Archer one!)
54roadie, what's the Matt Black Kestrel(?) frame with the high-level chainstays? It looks as if it's intended for a very specific purpose.
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Post by velocipete on Oct 25, 2015 18:27:19 GMT
She wears the shorts at the DFR rides Rob.Don't say you didn't notice?
Cheers,
Pete.
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Post by Jem on Oct 25, 2015 18:33:16 GMT
I like the look of the Fuji...
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Post by robt on Oct 25, 2015 18:41:10 GMT
She wears the shorts at the DFR rides Rob.Don't say you didn't notice? Cheers, Pete. Pete, we'll be looking for someone to stand in as the guy in the background for the Fuji re-shoot. I'm sure you'll have an old-school bike 'helmet' somewhere. Should we contact your agent? Or would you prefer the CCM ad for yourself if you have an appropriate sleeveless pullover? |
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Post by 54roadie on Oct 25, 2015 20:25:05 GMT
Stella is our in-house model who's posed for a couple of photoshoots to replicate old Viscount adverts. If you're out there, Stella, how about copying the Fuji and Raleigh poses? (I'm too much of a gentleman to suggest the Sturmey-Archer one!) 54roadie, what's the Matt Black Kestrel(?) frame with the high-level chainstays? It looks as if it's intended for a very specific purpose. Yay Stella! Go for it. Robt, that is a Kestrel MX-Z frame that has followed me around for 15 years and never been built up. I have a double compact crankset I could use, pedals, seatpost, very old, never very plentiful, Sun Tour X-Press shifters, and that's about it. I will keep looking at Working Bikes to find a decent bike I can grab and scrounge for everything else. The elevated stays were developed to help prevent chain suck, or maybe to help protect carbon stays from chain slap. It was touted as the first full carbon MTB frame, so I'm loathe to get rid if it. And I need - yeah, "need", that's the word - a mountain bike. My last one was stolen years ago and I never replaced it. Of course I REALLY need a couple of real track bikes - somehow I think that Northbrook and Kenosha are calling me again, after all these years. (Outdoor velodromes, 18 and 60 miles away, respectively) and the South Chicago Velodrome has been saved from developers and I should somehow get involved down there, too. Nor do I yet have a cross bike. Or anything made from titanium or aluminum.... It's nice having a hobby. Frank |
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