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Hipsters don't wear Spandex. Lance-alikes wear Spandex. Spandex Bandits wear Spandex (uh-duh). Weight Weenies wear Spandex. Hipsters wear skinny jeans.

Is it actually going to be fixed?

Re: Tear jerker - 80s Schwinn Predator & Trek Roadie The rear triangle on that 531 should be easily replaced.

Well, they are hard to find here in Australia. I tried multiple bike shops and had to explain that I wasn't talking MTB tyres but the old kind. And I forgot to mention the even stranger Schwinn size, I knew of it, but since Schwinn didn't really sell here, I tend to skip over Schwinn specific...

I may be stating the obvious here, but just so we are clear, this is a very different size to the 26" x X.X" mountain bike size. This was a popular size for UK/Euro commuter bikes and is now common on cycle speedway bikes and wheelchairs. I found all this out by recently rebuilding a bike for my...

Re: ccm avenger Sheldon says 20x1 3/8" has an ISO BSD of 451mm, while standard 20" BMX has a 406mm BSD.

Wow, that is amazing. 2 questions/comments: 1: Are you the bloke who built this? 2: I've never seen a 10 speed frame with a US BB shell in Australia before. BMX and cheapo MTB bikes yes, 10 speed/racer frames no. Was that a decision you made, or was it just fate? (Or is that indeed an MTB...

Not really, in fact if you don't break the law, you won't ever lose your license. :wink: I'm seeing more and more Melbournians ridng every day, and I'm loving it. Which suburb are you in?

Is the crossbar on these handlebars removable, or is the goosneck a two piece?

I saw one in Japan, and it was SWEET, I thought it looked like a bicycle Transformer (the 80s cartoon, not the remake movie.)

In real measurements please?

The car chase and crash parts were filmed at my dad's old work, south melbourne/port phillip council property. If you like 70's-80's OzPloitation, check out the new film "Not Quite Hollywood", with cameos by Dennis Hopper and Quentin Tarantino!

No way are those the original dropouts. My two cents would be to take it to a framebuilder to get all that nasty modern stuff removed and old style dropouts added - just to do that beauty justice.

I've noticed that, unfortunately, the same people who have the drive to collect and store old stuff, like bikes or cars, often have trouble getting rid of it. It's a hoarding disorder, and it comes in degrees - most of us on the RRB board have it to some point, or we wouldn't be here. But if...