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.


ApplauseÂÂ* 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.


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- Frank Krygowski