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There is/was a local dry cleaner chain named Varsity Cleaners with a fleet of trucks that are too similar to that restaurants food trucks. I'll have a quarter pounder of chemicals please. Can you get this bbq sauce out of the wedding dress?

Stars bike, BMX handlebar cross bar pad

I gave the Fuji Saratoga a tune up today and took it for a 44 mile ride. Rear der is bent and the hanger was very bent. I had to run a tap through it several times before the tool would fit. Shifts well now. Rides smooth with the fat Continental 5000 tires. Pealed off about 10 feet of black e...

1991 Fuji Saratoga in Rainbow Blue. A bit beat up. Too bad the frame is bent (front end impact). Going to make it rideable for 1 ride then part it out. A bit nicer than your average Fuji. Billed as a touring model.

Got another Varsity yesterday. 1972 Campus Green 24" frame with Continental bar assembly, and center pull brakes. Rear der replaced at some point. non-Schwinn shift levers on the Schwinn lever mount. Sooo heavy.

Still trying to decide. It will be a Varsity in red or blue. I'd prefer one in my size. and then there are the Varsity variants. Continental, Sprint, Caliente. Have a bunch of those too.

They keep multiplying.... I checked the sheds for a 22" blue or red. Here are 8 Varsitys for consideration. There was a 22" blue but it has a tubular fork. March 1983 model. Just a reminder the Chicago factory was phased out in 1983. Took about 10 months to wrap up production there. The...

Franz Zappa playing a bicycle on the Steve Allen show. Asks the shows musicians to join in but "try to refrain from musical tones" (Steve Allen was a late night show host before Johnny Carson, Letterman, Leno, etc)

Motobecane Fantom Cross UNO. great weather for a ride today.

Bike dismantled. Some parts tossed. Seat, pedals, cables, rear der bit, broken cage, extremely worn chain. One oddity is matching rims but mismatched hubs. Both wheels were probably from different Treks. Both wheels had been converted to bolt on axles with the lock nuts loose. One rear cone...

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Tom Teesdale built Kona Hot in Ely, Iowa ~25 miles today. Shopping list: My spine says I need to get the handlebars up a bit so riser bars and a higher angle stem. Less bulky pedals. The Bontrager seat isn't so comfy. Sell off the STUBS bar ends to finance the rest. Exotic Vintage MTB stuff...

1977 Schwinn Varsity. repainted and coaster brake rear wheel. Changed the seat, seat post and bars since it came in. Today's ride and the before photo below.

1977 Schwinn Varsity coaster brake conversion. Turn the volume UP!

A couple of rubbers showed up today in the mail. If they don't fit we must acquit and order some a size smaller.

Gary Fisher Advance mountain bike. 700c bolt on wheels. Caliper brakes. Wrong size seat post. 1 shifter trashed, the other gummed in to inaction. Rear derailleur torn off. Direct chain so tight the drive train won't move. Both pedals garbage. Walmart handelbars. Dismanteled, most parts...

Well, not always. I found this one in my back yard.

Is this view any better?

I've rebuilt a number of English 3 speeds. With your list, you may be surprised at how little the ride improves. It's a wonder how you can pull one of these 50, 60 or 70 year old Raleighs out of a barn, air up the tires and they are rideable. Not something you can do with most other brands...

Quienes Somos Bicicletas de México, S.A de C.V es una empresa mexicana que fue fundada en 1951, la cual comenzó a operar con la marca BMS y otros modelos bajo la lidencia de Raleigh Industries Limited, la marca mas antigua y prestigiada de bicicletas en el mundo, nuestra historia y prestigio...