Cervelo S1
go fast bike. But not anymore.
inner tube missing in rear wheel.
Ultegra STI 9 speed shifters with 10 speed rear wheel.
105 rear der
Tiagra crank.
Cervelo labeled brake calipers.
mismatched wheels.
goofy seat.
1 broken "toe clip" pedal.
Overall a bunch of mixed parts.
DOH, broken frame. 2 cracks, on either side of the seat post. Didn't see that when I bought it.
Well, it will get parted out and I'll break even.
To fix the the ackerman, think how the typical front steer geometry is set up. The connecting links off the king pins angle out towards each wheel. This forms a trapezoid of the steering links.
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On your trike each arm is parallel, give no change to the angle of each wheel, they are always parallel. Need to cut them off and re-weld them on. The length and angles need to be calculated to match the wheelbase, but any amount will be better than it is.
Cannnondale Adventure 3. Has a heavy duty rear wheel. 13 or 12 gauge 36 spoke Wheels Industry wheel. Odd geometry. Short top tube, bars too high. Steers like a truck. Cleaned and lubed.
Murray Mt Climber. 24" wheels. Serial number is just a paper sticker. I wonder how they got away with that.
dots, dots, dots. I'm going to make it into a coaster brake bike. Remove the lousy derailleurs and brakes. 28 spoke wheels in 24", definitely old school. I have an excess of 24 hole coaster brake hubs so i'll keep the wide heavy rims. I wonder how they painted all those little dots on the frame. Looks like they were individually applied with a foam tip stick. How many thousands of dots and the labor cost? The rims need paint so maybe I'll go dot crazy. What cheap bean counter specs rim brakes on painted rims? Just a build note, most newer boxmart 24" fake mountain bikes have 36 spoke wheels. These vintage USA bikes have 28s.
Huffy Superia. Okay, I"ve had several of these before and this is the first time I noticed, is it SUPERia or SUPER 1a ? Hum goofy font. Both a stretch for a Huffy. No cable guides or stops to grind off for the single speed conversion. Internally routed full length cables in the 1990! So much friction to make the plastic thumb friction shifters work even worse. Internal routing was just as annoying then as they are now. Paint is good except where a padlock was banging against the seat tube. End of the kickstand was very rusted over, probably from standing in a dirt floor garage or shed. Oversized frame tubes for a gas pipe frame. Thick rear dropouts. Front rim is bent. I'll build wheels with newer wallyword aluminum rims. But first, some green spray paint on the rims. This bike is so old it was made in the USA. Dismantled and washed.
