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On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 12:26:02 -0600,
AMuzi wrote: On 2/14/2020 10:36 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote: OK, frame and fork. When I started riding as an adult, anyone wanting top quality bought their frame and fork (if not the whole bike) from Europe. Everyone knew that bikes made in the U.S. couldn't be any good. We're in a different world now. But seriously, was there a reason you didn't find a European manufacturer? I'm just curious. Frank, when you were a wee lad we had Paramounts, as high a quality handbuilt frame as anything on earth +1 My old riding buddy had a couple of Paramounts. His oldest was a thing of beauty, and much beloved. -- Ted Heise West Lafayette, IN, USA |
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On 14/02/2020 14:53, AMuzi wrote:
On 2/14/2020 12:52 AM, Tosspot wrote: On 13/02/2020 01:45, AMuzi wrote: On 2/12/2020 5:43 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote: Anyone here doing anything BICYCLING related? Cheers Cleaning a 1970 Raleigh Competition (Carlton built) frameset which is, basically, making black snot with emery dust and elbow grease. Applause Weinmann center pulls and everything 70's going on to it? We normally only see the frames here but yes he says it's all original. For those who like that sort of thing, befo http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...ast/ral18c.jpg after: http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...ast/ral18q.jpg I'll be back after my cold shower. Yes they are ****, I know that, but they are the bikes of my youf! |
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On 2/14/2020 1:15 PM, Mark J. wrote:
On 2/13/2020 4:54 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote: On Thursday, 13 February 2020 18:24:10 UTC-5, Roger Merrimanツ* wrote: Sir Ridesalot wrote: On Wednesday, 12 February 2020 21:28:33 UTC-5, Frank Krygowskiツ* wrote: On 2/12/2020 6:43 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote: Anyone here doing anything BICYCLING related? Sort of. Yesterday I used my folding bike for a short ride. Turns out the Cateye wireless cyclometer didn't register any speed or distance. I'm hoping it's just that the sending unit's battery needs replaced. This has been a frequent irritation in cold weather. The 20" wheels and the tall stem make the distance from sender to display unit fairly large, but still within the supposed range, according to the manual. But for years I'd have problems with lost radio contact if the temperature dropped below 40 F. Last year or the year before, I decided it was because the handlebar itself blocked the signal to some degree. I fabricated a plastic mount to hold the display unit in front of the handlebar. It seemed to be working until yesterday's ride, which was right about freezing. I'll change the sender battery and see if it helps. But I'm at an age where I no longer enjoy riding much below 40 F. Today I'm fighting off a sore throat, which has been my usual punishment for a cold weather ride.ツ* :-( -- - Frank Krygowski I'm really glad I'm comfortable riding when it's below freezing. Otherwise I'd miss about 1/2 of the year riding here. Batteries losing power when really cold is the main reason I'm staying with an external battery pack headlight on my bikes. Cheers If anything surely a external should be more prone to cold since it窶冱 removed from most heat sources, though in practice the size of a external should protect it, I have both systems and neither shows any effect which is probably down to the size of the battery packs be they external or internal. The wee Garmin I use on the commute most definitely does get effected by cold, as the temperature reduces to zero so the battery level drops, again my older larger Garmin Touring is not noticeably effected by cold. Roger Merriman Nope. That's because with an external battery pack and the long cable I get with them, I can carry the battery pack inside my jacket where the battery stays nice and warm. I do t he same thing when I go into a store = take the battery with me. Then when I come out I just plug the battery back into the light and it works just like it does in warm weather. After trying to use a CO2 inflator at 30F (-2C) [1] I started carrying the cartridges inside my jacket.ツ* It helped a lot. The cold cartridge did about 40-60% the inflation that a warm cartridge does.ツ* I talked to a physical chemist to try to figure out the exact failure mechanism, we never came to a precise conclusion.ツ* Ideal gas law doesn't account for this much drop in effectiveness. You're not dealing with just an ideal gas inside the cartridge. It's gas in equilibrium contact with liquid CO2. The equilibrium pressure varies a lot with temperature. See this chart: http://www.warpig.com/paintball/tech...sses/co2pv.gif Your cartridge is operating in the region below the inverted "U" curve. Note that in that region, pressure is constant no matter how much it's filled; but pressure varies a lot with temperature. Compare 30F vs. 80F under that "U" curve. Ideal gas behavior does apply to the gas expanding into your tire, but that's not where the temperature problem comes from. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On 2/14/2020 1:29 PM, AMuzi wrote:
On 2/14/2020 11:17 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 2/14/2020 8:53 AM, AMuzi wrote: On 2/14/2020 12:52 AM, Tosspot wrote: On 13/02/2020 01:45, AMuzi wrote: On 2/12/2020 5:43 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote: Anyone here doing anything BICYCLING related? Cheers Cleaning a 1970 Raleigh Competition (Carlton built) frameset which is, basically, making black snot with emery dust and elbow grease. Applauseテつ* Weinmann center pulls and everything 70's going on to it? We normally only see the frames here but yes he says it's all original. For those who like that sort of thing, befo http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...ast/ral18c.jpg after: http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...ast/ral18q.jpg About brakes: Those were the long-arm center pull brakes that came originally on my Raleigh Super Course. It also had a similar stamped steel cable housing stop hanging from the headset. That part was pretty flexible. I always thought those brakes were weak. Eventually I replaced them with Shimano cantilevers and a more rigid cable stop. Also, Kool-Stop salmon pads. I like that setup much better. The Weinmann brakes are now on my three speed. But when the bike had those original brakes, I did loaded tours of England (with some time in hilly Devon) and Scotland (including the hills around Loch Ness) plus the Appalachians. Separate question: Andrew, on my bike, the logos were hand lettered, not decals. Do you do that in your shop? We do not ourselves. We hire it out to an artist; not cheap, it's highly skilled labor. Who did yours? Did you do it yourself? I never attempted it. I did trace the original, hoping to try it someday, but it's 30 years later and I haven't gotten around to it! Vaguely related: For a few years, I've been nibbling away at a weird project, a "reflecting ceiling sundial." I'm at the point where I need to paint a complicated set of overlapping analemma curves on my ceiling. If I had a skilled pinstripe artist or sign painter who could work in an anti-gravity field, I'd hire him. But pinstriping brushes and rollers don't seem to work well upside down. I'm forced to double-mask dozens of these curves. It's terribly tedious. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On 2/14/2020 2:26 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 2/14/2020 1:29 PM, AMuzi wrote: On 2/14/2020 11:17 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 2/14/2020 8:53 AM, AMuzi wrote: On 2/14/2020 12:52 AM, Tosspot wrote: On 13/02/2020 01:45, AMuzi wrote: On 2/12/2020 5:43 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote: Anyone here doing anything BICYCLING related? Cheers Cleaning a 1970 Raleigh Competition (Carlton built) frameset which is, basically, making black snot with emery dust and elbow grease. Applauseテつ Weinmann center pulls and everything 70's going on to it? We normally only see the frames here but yes he says it's all original. For those who like that sort of thing, befo http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...ast/ral18c.jpg after: http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...ast/ral18q.jpg About brakes: Those were the long-arm center pull brakes that came originally on my Raleigh Super Course. It also had a similar stamped steel cable housing stop hanging from the headset. That part was pretty flexible. I always thought those brakes were weak. Eventually I replaced them with Shimano cantilevers and a more rigid cable stop. Also, Kool-Stop salmon pads. I like that setup much better. The Weinmann brakes are now on my three speed. But when the bike had those original brakes, I did loaded tours of England (with some time in hilly Devon) and Scotland (including the hills around Loch Ness) plus the Appalachians. Separate question: Andrew, on my bike, the logos were hand lettered, not decals. Do you do that in your shop? We do not ourselves. We hire it out to an artist; not cheap, it's highly skilled labor. Who did yours? Did you do it yourself? I never attempted it. I did trace the original, hoping to try it someday, but it's 30 years later and I haven't gotten around to it! Vaguely related: For a few years, I've been nibbling away at a weird project, a "reflecting ceiling sundial." I'm at the point where I need to paint a complicated set of overlapping analemma curves on my ceiling. If I had a skilled pinstripe artist or sign painter who could work in an anti-gravity field, I'd hire him. But pinstriping brushes and rollers don't seem to work well upside down. I'm forced to double-mask dozens of these curves. It's terribly tedious. I asked because I couldn't think of a frame with hand painted graphics. I still can't recall one. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On 2/14/2020 3:49 PM, AMuzi wrote:
On 2/14/2020 2:26 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 2/14/2020 1:29 PM, AMuzi wrote: On 2/14/2020 11:17 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 2/14/2020 8:53 AM, AMuzi wrote: On 2/14/2020 12:52 AM, Tosspot wrote: On 13/02/2020 01:45, AMuzi wrote: On 2/12/2020 5:43 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote: Anyone here doing anything BICYCLING related? Cheers Cleaning a 1970 Raleigh Competition (Carlton built) frameset which is, basically, making black snot with emery dust and elbow grease. Applauseテつ* Weinmann center pulls and everything 70's going on to it? We normally only see the frames here but yes he says it's all original. For those who like that sort of thing, befo http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...ast/ral18c.jpg after: http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...ast/ral18q.jpg About brakes: Those were the long-arm center pull brakes that came originally on my Raleigh Super Course. It also had a similar stamped steel cable housing stop hanging from the headset. That part was pretty flexible. I always thought those brakes were weak. Eventually I replaced them with Shimano cantilevers and a more rigid cable stop. Also, Kool-Stop salmon pads. I like that setup much better. The Weinmann brakes are now on my three speed. But when the bike had those original brakes, I did loaded tours of England (with some time in hilly Devon) and Scotland (including the hills around Loch Ness) plus the Appalachians. Separate question: Andrew, on my bike, the logos were hand lettered, not decals. Do you do that in your shop? We do not ourselves. We hire it out to an artist; not cheap, it's highly skilled labor. Who did yours? Did you do it yourself? I never attempted it. I did trace the original, hoping to try it someday, but it's 30 years later and I haven't gotten around to it! Vaguely related: For a few years, I've been nibbling away at a weird project, a "reflecting ceiling sundial." I'm at the point where I need to paint a complicated set of overlapping analemma curves on my ceiling. If I had a skilled pinstripe artist or sign painter who could work in an anti-gravity field, I'd hire him. But pinstriping brushes and rollers don't seem to work well upside down. I'm forced to double-mask dozens of these curves. It's terribly tedious. I asked because I couldn't think of a frame with hand painted graphics. I still can't recall one. 1972 Raleigh Super Course, Carlton factory (I think). -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On 2/14/2020 3:42 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 2/14/2020 3:49 PM, AMuzi wrote: On 2/14/2020 2:26 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 2/14/2020 1:29 PM, AMuzi wrote: On 2/14/2020 11:17 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 2/14/2020 8:53 AM, AMuzi wrote: On 2/14/2020 12:52 AM, Tosspot wrote: On 13/02/2020 01:45, AMuzi wrote: On 2/12/2020 5:43 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote: Anyone here doing anything BICYCLING related? Cheers Cleaning a 1970 Raleigh Competition (Carlton built) frameset which is, basically, making black snot with emery dust and elbow grease. Applauseテつ Weinmann center pulls and everything 70's going on to it? We normally only see the frames here but yes he says it's all original. For those who like that sort of thing, befo http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...ast/ral18c.jpg after: http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...ast/ral18q.jpg About brakes: Those were the long-arm center pull brakes that came originally on my Raleigh Super Course. It also had a similar stamped steel cable housing stop hanging from the headset. That part was pretty flexible. I always thought those brakes were weak. Eventually I replaced them with Shimano cantilevers and a more rigid cable stop. Also, Kool-Stop salmon pads. I like that setup much better. The Weinmann brakes are now on my three speed. But when the bike had those original brakes, I did loaded tours of England (with some time in hilly Devon) and Scotland (including the hills around Loch Ness) plus the Appalachians. Separate question: Andrew, on my bike, the logos were hand lettered, not decals. Do you do that in your shop? We do not ourselves. We hire it out to an artist; not cheap, it's highly skilled labor. Who did yours? Did you do it yourself? I never attempted it. I did trace the original, hoping to try it someday, but it's 30 years later and I haven't gotten around to it! Vaguely related: For a few years, I've been nibbling away at a weird project, a "reflecting ceiling sundial." I'm at the point where I need to paint a complicated set of overlapping analemma curves on my ceiling. If I had a skilled pinstripe artist or sign painter who could work in an anti-gravity field, I'd hire him. But pinstriping brushes and rollers don't seem to work well upside down. I'm forced to double-mask dozens of these curves. It's terribly tedious. I asked because I couldn't think of a frame with hand painted graphics. I still can't recall one. 1972 Raleigh Super Course, Carlton factory (I think). It's not. Those are solvent-applied[1] film graphics. [1] butyl cellosolve -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 15:26:17 -0500, Frank Krygowski
wrote: On 2/14/2020 1:29 PM, AMuzi wrote: On 2/14/2020 11:17 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 2/14/2020 8:53 AM, AMuzi wrote: On 2/14/2020 12:52 AM, Tosspot wrote: On 13/02/2020 01:45, AMuzi wrote: On 2/12/2020 5:43 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote: Anyone here doing anything BICYCLING related? Cheers Cleaning a 1970 Raleigh Competition (Carlton built) frameset which is, basically, making black snot with emery dust and elbow grease. Applauseツ* Weinmann center pulls and everything 70's going on to it? We normally only see the frames here but yes he says it's all original. For those who like that sort of thing, befo http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...ast/ral18c.jpg after: http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...ast/ral18q.jpg About brakes: Those were the long-arm center pull brakes that came originally on my Raleigh Super Course. It also had a similar stamped steel cable housing stop hanging from the headset. That part was pretty flexible. I always thought those brakes were weak. Eventually I replaced them with Shimano cantilevers and a more rigid cable stop. Also, Kool-Stop salmon pads. I like that setup much better. The Weinmann brakes are now on my three speed. But when the bike had those original brakes, I did loaded tours of England (with some time in hilly Devon) and Scotland (including the hills around Loch Ness) plus the Appalachians. Separate question: Andrew, on my bike, the logos were hand lettered, not decals. Do you do that in your shop? We do not ourselves. We hire it out to an artist; not cheap, it's highly skilled labor. Who did yours? Did you do it yourself? I never attempted it. I did trace the original, hoping to try it someday, but it's 30 years later and I haven't gotten around to it! Vaguely related: For a few years, I've been nibbling away at a weird project, a "reflecting ceiling sundial." I'm at the point where I need to paint a complicated set of overlapping analemma curves on my ceiling. If I had a skilled pinstripe artist or sign painter who could work in an anti-gravity field, I'd hire him. But pinstriping brushes and rollers don't seem to work well upside down. I'm forced to double-mask dozens of these curves. It's terribly tedious. You can buy "paint pens", I think that they are called. I've used them to pin stripe things and they worked for me :-) https://www.amazon.com/paint-pens/s?k=paint+pens I pinstriped a frame and than sprayed a clear coat and so far it has held up well. -- cheers, John B. |
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On 2/14/2020 5:04 PM, AMuzi wrote:
On 2/14/2020 3:42 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 2/14/2020 3:49 PM, AMuzi wrote: On 2/14/2020 2:26 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 2/14/2020 1:29 PM, AMuzi wrote: On 2/14/2020 11:17 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 2/14/2020 8:53 AM, AMuzi wrote: On 2/14/2020 12:52 AM, Tosspot wrote: On 13/02/2020 01:45, AMuzi wrote: On 2/12/2020 5:43 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote: Anyone here doing anything BICYCLING related? Cheers Cleaning a 1970 Raleigh Competition (Carlton built) frameset which is, basically, making black snot with emery dust and elbow grease. Applauseテつ* Weinmann center pulls and everything 70's going on to it? We normally only see the frames here but yes he says it's all original. For those who like that sort of thing, befo http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...ast/ral18c.jpg after: http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...ast/ral18q.jpg About brakes: Those were the long-arm center pull brakes that came originally on my Raleigh Super Course. It also had a similar stamped steel cable housing stop hanging from the headset. That part was pretty flexible. I always thought those brakes were weak. Eventually I replaced them with Shimano cantilevers and a more rigid cable stop. Also, Kool-Stop salmon pads. I like that setup much better. The Weinmann brakes are now on my three speed. But when the bike had those original brakes, I did loaded tours of England (with some time in hilly Devon) and Scotland (including the hills around Loch Ness) plus the Appalachians. Separate question: Andrew, on my bike, the logos were hand lettered, not decals. Do you do that in your shop? We do not ourselves. We hire it out to an artist; not cheap, it's highly skilled labor. Who did yours? Did you do it yourself? I never attempted it. I did trace the original, hoping to try it someday, but it's 30 years later and I haven't gotten around to it! Vaguely related: For a few years, I've been nibbling away at a weird project, a "reflecting ceiling sundial." I'm at the point where I need to paint a complicated set of overlapping analemma curves on my ceiling. If I had a skilled pinstripe artist or sign painter who could work in an anti-gravity field, I'd hire him. But pinstriping brushes and rollers don't seem to work well upside down. I'm forced to double-mask dozens of these curves. It's terribly tedious. I asked because I couldn't think of a frame with hand painted graphics. I still can't recall one. 1972 Raleigh Super Course, Carlton factory (I think). It's not.* Those are solvent-applied[1] film graphics. [1] butyl cellosolve Really! OK, I didn't know that. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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