The Thread about Nothing....

[531Aussie]

Originally Posted by me

I'm gunna show him this photo and tell him he got ripped off.......again!!

He fargin got ripped off a bewdy recently. Some crunt sold him some 10sp Campag carbon Record levers, but when he put them on a bike, he couldn't work out why the levers only gave him 9 'clicks' when he was testing the gears. It turned out that the crunt had put some old shiddy 9sp mechanism in some 10sp carbon Record shells before he sold them to him!!!

[classic1]

I now have a pair of Deda 215 shallows on my bike to try out.

Won't be able to ride the baarstard until Saturday coz they love me at work so much they have me there 10 hours a day.

Did ride them up and down the street last night and they felt grouse. Don't have to bend the wrist to reach the thumb shifter. I have them pushed out a la Frank Vandenbrouke. I normally have the bars pushed out a tad but mainly because I am too jewy to go and buy new stems.

If it turns out I hate them the old man scores them. If I really like them there will be probably be two pair of 215 deeps 44cm for sale.

I noticed that I have about 12 pairs of handlebars hanging in the shed. I'm considering offloading some old Cinelli bars, 66's (deep), 42 c-c, 26.4mm diameter, as well as some Modolos, anatomic, 26mm (same shape as what Rominger used) and some of them anatomic odd shaped ones with the flat bit so you have wrist clearance - x-tenos or q-even or some stupid name, all 44cm outside to outside IIRC. PM if you are interested.

No, you can't have my 3ttt Merckx, 3ttt Gimondis, Cinelli 64's or Cinelli 65's.

[classic1]

CAMPAGNOLO EUCLID VINTAGE 36h 8-SPEED HUB SET, NOS/NIB - eBay Wheels, Rims Hubs, Bike Parts, Cycling, Sporting Goods. (end time 07-Sep-09 02:45:00 AEST)

Euclid hub goodness. Look like Chorus or Record IMO. 130mm spacing.

[bbp]

Originally Posted by 531Aussie

How much would you pay for the frame? Frames are heaps easier to post

bummer! Good story, but.

I dunno. $600?
He's more than welcome to chuck the record **** in the bottom of the box and I'll do it myself.

[531Aussie]

Originally Posted by bbp

I dunno. $600?
He's more than welcome to chuck the record **** in the bottom of the box and I'll do it myself.

I'll ask him

[531Aussie]

Originally Posted by classic1

I now have a pair of Deda 215 shallows on my bike to try out.
.

Crikey! I thought I had a lot of spare bars, but i ain't got that many.

I hope we're talking traditional bend?

The first bars I bought were shallow, so I just got used to them.

I've got 3 sets of OS shallow Newtons: two older pairs of 215s and a newer set with the little red stripe on them, and I reckon they're grouse. I've also got some Cinelli 64s, some old ITM Pro 2s (26mm], and some Ritchey Classics. Hanging up I've got a set of deepish, narrow, bronze-coloured 3ttt Mexico Merckx bars, and some really old Cinellis

[531Aussie]

Originally Posted by classic1

CAMPAGNOLO EUCLID VINTAGE 36h 8-SPEED HUB SET, NOS/NIB - eBay Wheels, Rims Hubs, Bike Parts, Cycling, Sporting Goods. (end time 07-Sep-09 02:45:00 AEST)

Euclid hub goodness. Look like Chorus or Record IMO. 130mm spacing.

Like I keep sayin', it was a sad day when Campag stopped embossing their stuff. I paid a small fortune ($110) for a Record post (well, the guy at Action Cycles told me it was Record) in about 1993, and I 'Silvoed' it so much it nearly made me sick. Man, I loved it, until the little grooves in the clamp wore out and it started slipping.

Their old embossed downtube levers and some of their rear derailleurs are pure pawn, and their shanks don't even need to be mentioned. Gord, I was jealous of the cool kids with their Delta brakers when I was hacking around with my Shimano 600. When I finally got some Chorus cranks I ponced around like a millionaire for ages.

[matagi]

Originally Posted by 531Aussie

Their old embossed downtube levers and some of their rear derailleurs are pure pawn .....

I didn't know you were a chess player OzMan

[swampy1970]

Originally Posted by 531Aussie

Like I keep sayin', it was a sad day when Campag stopped embossing their stuff. I paid a small fortune ($110) for a Record post (well, the guy at Action Cycles told me it was Record) in about 1993, and I 'Silvoed' it so much it nearly made me sick. Man, I loved it, until the little grooves in the clamp wore out and it started slipping.

The record posts are easy to spot - they don't have the little 'shielded' aero section either side of the seat binder bolt like the chorus and victory posts did:



If you can see the saddle binder bolt from the side it's a record - if you can't then it isn't.

Those chorus seatposts weigh a ton.

[531Aussie]

^ Good tip, but I don't have it any more.

[Thylacine]

Originally Posted by bbp

Yep.

Sure I didn't get to buy the wheels I wanted, but at least a mate of mine just sniped hisself an all mountain rocket. 2006 Specialized Stumpjumper Comp - eBay Mountain Bikes, Bikes, Cycling, Sport. (end time 09-Sep-09 15:19:43 AEST)
We's gonna have fun down at Sparrow and watching the real men gun for it at Stromlo this weekend.
YouTube - sam hill downhill world championship 2008 insane ride
Bring it. Less the stack at the end, thanks.

My ******* god, that was the most insane run I've ever seen. If I was Peat I'd relinquish....seriously.....he had 5 seconds.

FIVE SECONDS is forever on that sort of run.

Fark.

Oh, and no Beepers I didn't buy the I9 wheels. I don't have any 26" bikes anymore. Plus like I said I can get them new for under a grand.

[Thylacine]

Originally Posted by classic1

CAMPAGNOLO EUCLID VINTAGE 36h 8-SPEED HUB SET, NOS/NIB - eBay Wheels, Rims Hubs, Bike Parts, Cycling, Sporting Goods. (end time 07-Sep-09 02:45:00 AEST)

Euclid hub goodness. Look like Chorus or Record IMO. 130mm spacing.

"Rear hub 36h 130mm spacing & weighs only 226g !!"

Add a 300g freewheel ya farkwit and by modern standards it's a boat anchor.

[cs124]

Originally Posted by classic1

...handlebars...
No, you can't have my 3ttt Merckx, 3ttt Gimondis, Cinelli 64's or Cinelli 65's.

You will hate the shallow 215s and so will your old man. Save yourself the trouble and send 'em to me.

Anyone know how to custom bend alloy tube? I reckon there's a few bob to be made selling "Shinelly" 65's in modern metallurgy.

best. bars. evah!

[Jono L]

Excuse the bad pun, but this is a ballsy effort
No medal but Johnston's a champion effort

[swampy1970]

Originally Posted by 531Aussie

^ Good tip, but I don't have it any more.

I still have my chorus post though Its sitting in the garage gathering dust. I really need to get rid of this old stuff - or pick up an old frame and build a retro bike, I got all the fecking components for one then take it out on next years Deathride and whistle merrily while riding past all the really skinny guys on $10,000 Super Record equiped Scott Addicts... I just need an old school frame.

Now if only I could find some shoes that'd take old school cleats. I never thought I rue the day a couple of years ago that I threw out my old 'Bernard Hinault' blue and red Patrick shoes.