Subway Bike constructed

My Anaconda Black Subway Repco Sport is now looking resplendent in my
garage. A far cry from the days when you received a bike in a box and
it took hours to fit every part together. Basically had to stick on
the front wheel, seat post/saddle and the handlebars... Too easy.

For $50 its not bad, 18 speed, lots of pressed steel, one piece crank
etc BUT it has a stand and a bell... what more does the elegant
cyclist need?

Can't wait to cruise majestically down to the library and be the envy
of the local yobs.

My youngest son made some cutting remark about me having 4 bikes and
two part bikes in the garage and not being able to ride any of them. I
was able to counter his sarcasm by pointing out that his Suzuki Cino
has taken up residence in a police compound for 3 months and is
costing him $10 a day for the privilege (not to mention the $250 worth
of rego and insurance he is not using).

See the specialist at the end of the month when I hope I will know
when I can ride again (I shall keep stum about the quick pedal round
the garden to check the saddle height).


Regards
Harold

Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum - Lucretius

In aus.bicycle on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:06:52 +1100
Harry 'Snapper' Organ wrote:

See the specialist at the end of the month when I hope I will know
when I can ride again (I shall keep stum about the quick pedal round
the garden to check the saddle height).

Well if one of those 4 bikes is a Y-frame MTB you could make it into
a Cruzbike, bet your doc would be quite happy for you to ride a
recumbent.

Zebee

Harry 'Snapper' Organ wrote:
My Anaconda Black Subway Repco Sport is now looking resplendent in my
garage. A far cry from the days when you received a bike in a box and
it took hours to fit every part together. Basically had to stick on
the front wheel, seat post/saddle and the handlebars... Too easy.

Mine almost arrived yesterday. I was taking a day off work to recover
from having a bit of metal swarf removed from my eye (It felt great
until the anaesthetic wore off, after which is my eye was more painful
than it was with the swarf in it.) Unfortunately for me it arrived
during the 1-hour window wherein I was down at the shops. So I'll get
it tomorrow, at the end of a ~20km drive to Fyshwick.

Yes, I suppose I *could* take the bus out there, assemble it and ride
ti home again, but it's a work day. :-(

My youngest son made some cutting remark about me having 4 bikes and
two part bikes in the garage and not being able to ride any of them. I
was able to counter his sarcasm by pointing out that his Suzuki Cino
has taken up residence in a police compound for 3 months and is
costing him $10 a day for the privilege (not to mention the $250 worth
of rego and insurance he is not using).

Damn, that's funny! Reminds me of the time I got busted (as a 17-year-
old) doing 87km/h just out of Forrest elbow... in a 1966 VW beetle.

See the specialist at the end of the month when I hope I will know
when I can ride again (I shall keep stum about the quick pedal round
the garden to check the saddle height).

Best of luck, and all that.


BTH

On 2008-01-23, BT Humble (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
Harry 'Snapper' Organ wrote:
My youngest son made some cutting remark about me having 4 bikes and
two part bikes in the garage and not being able to ride any of them. I
was able to counter his sarcasm by pointing out that his Suzuki Cino
has taken up residence in a police compound for 3 months and is
costing him $10 a day for the privilege (not to mention the $250 worth
of rego and insurance he is not using).

Damn, that's funny! Reminds me of the time I got busted (as a 17-year-
old) doing 87km/h just out of Forrest elbow... in a 1966 VW beetle.

Busted for cruelty to Bugs?

Going beyond its top speed like that.

--
TimC
Bugger you guys.
The babelfish is idempotent on the set above.
I'm afraid that isn't a very good pickup line either, Tim. - MaryG

TimC wrote:
On 2008-01-23, BT Humble (aka Bruce)
* was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Damn, that's funny! *Reminds me of the time I got busted (as a 17-year-
old) doing 87km/h just out of Forrest elbow... in a 1966 VW beetle.

Busted for cruelty to Bugs?

Going beyond its top speed like that.

Well, with the engine I had in it at the time it was possible to get
it indicating 90mph, which allowing for speedometer optimism was
probably somewhere around 130km/h.

Bloody scary ride though, what with the utterly worn out and rather
primitive suspension.


BTH

BT Humble wrote:
Harry 'Snapper' Organ wrote:
My Anaconda Black Subway Repco Sport is now looking resplendent in my
garage. A far cry from the days when you received a bike in a box and
it took hours to fit every part together. Basically had to stick on
the front wheel, seat post/saddle and the handlebars... Too easy.

Mine almost arrived yesterday. I was taking a day off work to recover
from having a bit of metal swarf removed from my eye (It felt great
until the anaesthetic wore off, after which is my eye was more painful
than it was with the swarf in it.) Unfortunately for me it arrived
during the 1-hour window wherein I was down at the shops. So I'll get
it tomorrow, at the end of a ~20km drive to Fyshwick.

And now I've just finished assembling it. I tell you what, if Darth
Vader were a cyclist, he'd be riding this bike! All it needs is black
rims and brake levers and it'll be truly evil! ;-)

Mine has copped a hiding in transit - the box was pretty bashed about,
leaving the front wheel a fair way out of true and the chainrings with
about 2mm of eccentricity. Still, we'll see what we can make of it.


BTH

On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:23:27 -0800 (PST), BT Humble
wrote in aus.bicycle:


And now I've just finished assembling it. I tell you what, if Darth
Vader were a cyclist, he'd be riding this bike! All it needs is black
rims and brake levers and it'll be truly evil! ;-)


Yes I concur with that it is a deadly cool looking machine And the
price was right


Mine has copped a hiding in transit - the box was pretty bashed about,
leaving the front wheel a fair way out of true and the chainrings with
about 2mm of eccentricity. Still, we'll see what we can make of it.

You must have been a little unfortunate mine was fine, even the tyres
were still pumped up (though they needed a top up) - my daughter
helped the bloke get it out of his van and said it was full of similar
bike boxes.

Of course there could be other problems because I haven't actually
ridden it yet (apart from a quickie round the garden) I see my
specialist on 1st Feb when I hope I shall be told when I can ride
again

The chain wheel may not be a big problem, a week or two before my op I
was given a Repco Resolution, similar machine but no suspension nor
one piece crank. For some reason one tooth on the middle chainwheel
was bent out of true enough for the chain to ride up on it (It felt
like a chain link was seizing initially) however a few firm blows with
a copper drift knocked it back into place. While the chainwheel is not
perfectly true while riding it you would never know it had been
damaged, gear changes are smooth enough.


Regards
Harold

Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum - Lucretius

Harry 'Snapper' Organ wrote:
The chain wheel may not be a big problem, a week or two before my op I
was given a Repco Resolution, similar machine but no suspension nor
one piece crank. For some reason one tooth on the middle chainwheel
was bent out of true enough for the chain to ride up on it (It felt
like a chain link was seizing initially) however a few firm blows with
a copper drift knocked it back into place. While the chainwheel is not
perfectly true while riding it you would never know it had been
damaged, gear changes are smooth enough.

It's more that one has to "trim" the front derailleur much more often
than normal. I've had bikes come into my posession with the front
derailleur completely worn through because prior owners got sick of
trimming it, so I like to get them as straight as possible.

It's not a big problem, I have at least half-a-dozen triple chainrings
for one-piece cranks in a box around here - somewhere! ;-)


BTH