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  1. Fe2O3

    Chicago Bike Swap meet 2/26/2011

    Did anyone attend this last year? http://www.activetrans.org/swap Good show? Worth the effort?
  2. Fe2O3

    Lucky 7 timeline

    What is the timeline of the Luck 7 seat post? When did the manufactures stop using that design in favor of a straight seat posts? Also are there other design elements that changed about that time period. I'm interested in learning more about dating bicycles. I'm interested mostly in prewar...
  3. Fe2O3

    New Departure hub tear down...NOT so scary

    After reading every thread I could find here on hubs I decided to tear mine down to clean out 50+ years of neglect. I found a mtn bike on trash day that will be donating spokes to my wheel build. I was carefully disassembling the hub, laying out the parts in oder. Then cleaning them one at a...
  4. Fe2O3

    Drop-out adj. screw ???

    My drop-out adj. screws are bent, stripped & rusted beyound repair, the thread on the housing in the frame also rusted & lost to time. I know that Paul makes a replacement: http://www.paulcomp.com/dropouts.html I'm sure I could eventually find an old bike to cut out donors from. Really, from...
  5. Fe2O3

    Bent Steerer tube repair advice

    This is my challenge. It's about 1/4 off center to the rear. The side to side appears acceptible. My thought was attempting to cold bend it back ??? Your thoughts? Advice?? How "true" do I need to get??? Thank you
  6. Fe2O3

    Merry Christmas from a new guy

    Hello everyone! I "Ratted out" my 1st bike in the 60's. Like every boy my age back then I wanted an Apple Crate. My folks bought me a Red 26" Firestone Cruiser with wire saddle baskets. It was completely practical to ride to school and completely uncool. :oops: Within a month I had the...
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