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In my late 20's racing in Northern California mountains I ran a fairly low single speed gear. Front would be 28 teeth and rear would vary from 18 to 24 teeth. My philosophy was try to pedal most of the uphills because pushing a bike uphill could really slow you down. Low gearing never held me...

1. Orange Krate 2. Apple Krate 3. Pea Picker I've driven a 3/4 ton 60's era 4 wheel drive IHC pickup truck. Rode very hard. Farmers loved them in the Reno/Sparks Nevada area during the 60's.

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What a great venue to ride your retro ride. Lovely.

What goes around comes around. If I'm not mistaken that left bicycle has its sprocket and chain on the left side. I thought the image had been reversed but the other bike is the way we normally have it now a days. Modern trick BMX style bikes can have this arrangement. Cool photo.

That seat brought tears to my eyes. I like the lines on this bike. Just a real nice presentation. It looks like it jumped right off the pages of a well illustrated cartoon mag. I know I would not be able to make this go on my first try. Maybe my fourth or fifth try, maybe.

Steel is real. The real disaster of all the new technology is how extremely pricey it is. I read somewhere that all this technology makes the Tour de France peloton 1mph faster on average than the same peloton 30 years ago. Way more money, 1mph. Guess I'll stick with much cheaper old used...

Love your Peugeot rebuild and modification. I love old steel 10 speeds. 27" x 1 1/4" wheels and tires are still readily available. You can also run 700c wheels in this frame with possibly a brake caliper change to a longer reach but maybe not. I'm very tall and like higher bars even on the...

Welcome to the Iron Man class of MTB. Early pre NORBA races here in northern California always had an Iron Man class since so many Klunkers were one speed bikes usually with coaster hubs. The Iron Man class was for one speed bikes only. Don't worry about that dude on the 1x11 bike passing...

I've been changing over to the ergo grip you are describing with the flat on the outboard end. I found that grips with little locking clamps are the best. Without clamps the darn grips are impossible to stop rotating. They are quite a bit better in my case for sleeping hand syndrome.

This bike looks great. I remember when these long top tube 20" bikes came out in the mid sixties or so. I remember K Mart sold bikes like these and I wanted one. But...............I was growing ridiculously tall even in my early teens and these bikes really didn't fit me. So I bought a...

9. Absolutely the best rear wheel drop stand out there. Sorry I fell down on the job on that one. The drop stand not only helps establishe the beautiful rear lines of this bike it is also very practical. All my bikes have kick stands because leaning them onto something slowly gets rid of...

Let's check off the check list: 1. Twinn top tubes. Check 2. Truss rod fork of lovely design. Check. 3. No dent tank feature. Check. 4. Fenders so very close to the tires. Check. 5. Best looking battery holder I've seen. Check. 6. The Art Deco styling is spot on. This bike is flat...

Very nice looking bike. I really like Surly bikes.

The cotter crank bike I believe is some kind of Raleigh threading plus having to deal with the cotter pin. I don't have a cotter pin press which is necessary to properly remove/install the pins. There are a lot of cotter pin crank bikes out there and if one had the press and appropriate...

Powdercoating by a good firm is expensive. I spent $300 coating my Varsity frame, fork, chainguard and Profile crank arms. However It soon became apparent to me that the paint was extremely durable. Little hits on the paint just don't faze it. Normally that would be a chip. If you spend...

Names: 1Beast1 as in Beast surrounded by 11 denoting your length. "Excuse Me" as in yes it takes this much room. I like "Cram 11" , that can mean so many things. Never have been good at the name game so maybe this can morph into something useful.

I have to agree with the general consensus about saving this bike. There still are plenty of inexpensive used frames and forks to look at out there. I prefer steel frames and forks with no visible damage. When it comes to paint I am tending to get powder coats anymore because they are so real...

I have also found small deviations in steel frames. Pondo's frame is damaged beyond anything the manufacturer did. This frame can be repaired by Mikkelsen bike repair in Oakland if you are interested. He would dismount this tube and put a new one in I believe. Find him at E Mail...

This looks to be a take off on the Atomic Cycles Event Calendar, http://www.atomiccycles.com/event.html This Southern California group has been running coaster brake off road races for years. The bikes are all one speed coaster brake equipped with no front brake. Their videos are great to...