The R3V Bicycle Thread

[LateFan]

But it only has...one gear...

BTW, we're trying to teach ourselves to say "Boy-see" instead of "Boyzzee."

[ST1G]

Oh yeah, got a new fixed gear.

[superj]

I bet, sf has no level areas, ha ha ha

[wworm]

I made a bike in Japan and I'm getting into road cycling. Riding around the bay area means every ride has a gnarly climb and an even gnarlier descent and with this bike and its twitchy front end its wicked fun.

[geovangelist]

Very nice. I never heard of the S24O but I'd like to try it.

For sure! Normally we would haul our lightweight sleeping bags and a stove and a tarp and split our rides into a shorter out (camp) and back. This time 'round it's just a quick out and back with light bikes and then grab a hotel for a 2nd ride. Then back home - in the E30! It's a cool concept and there are lots of rides here in the PA/MD area.

[LateFan]

Personally I would leave it with the nice patina.

Is it patina, or rusting away? Those pics make me a bit sad - it used to shine. I locked it to a parking meter in front of the old Smith Tower every day.

[LateFan]

I read in a vintage bike blog that this sticker had an old frame type or date on the bottom before 1972. So in 1972 they just cut off the bottom flat and kept using them!
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This was my favorite bike shop co-op in Fremont in Seattle. You joined and could use their bike stands and tools, take bearing classes. They had a glass case with a vintage Campy parts shrine. Eat, Shift, and Die!
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[leegf]

Cool bike. I've had some Frenchies including a Mercier 300, Peugeot PSN-10, and Motobecane Le Champion so can appreciate this. Personally I would leave it with the nice patina.

[LateFan]

My old Gitane TdF. Reynolds 531 frame, Stronglight crank, Simplex derailleur.
This bike has been in the family since 1973. My wife's brothers bought two of them new, one is gone. They rode them for many years as teenagers and college age. This one ended up in CO where it at some point got straight bars, a big coil-spring seat, fenders, and was a commuter. I was in Seattle and wanted to buy or build up a bike, so he sent me the frameset. I scrounged up used and vintage parts to make it back into a road bike. Used Campy brakes (they are filed up to fit a 700 wheel ??), used bars and cheap brake levers, a new Campy record seat post, and I had a local Seattle shop build the Campy / Mavic wheels. Has the original crank and chainrings. Fatty Clement tires now.

I commuted in the rain for many years with it - fenders with mudflaps! SO much water. Rode on some long supported tours with lower gears for the Continental Divide.

Once I got a new bike, my son took this to school in Seattle and Wash DC, then back to Seattle. Too many years out in the weather. Now he has it at grad school to commute with.

We just found out a guy in Australia worked with the factory and sells authentic reproductions of all the stickers, including the foil. $45! So we're thinking we'll strip it sometime, de-rust the chips, paint / clear / stickers. Do bike frames have clearcoat?

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The dark in all the lugs isn't rust or grime, it's pin-striped gold paint. He almost took a scrubber to them! We'll have to learn how to do that.
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[superj]

As you can tell, no headwind in this section

[superj]

Wooo! Hauling butt today on our thursday night tri club ride. And it was only a 25-30mph headwind half the ride

[leegf]

Very nice. I never heard of the S24O but I'd like to try it.

[geovangelist]

2012 Salsa Vaya Titanuim

Great grocery grabber in the city and weekend S24O ride. Headed to the Catoctins in MD next week to crank out a couple of these

[LateFan]

Neither haha! Out of my league!

[leegf]

Oh to clarify, I was asking if that particular frameset belonged to you, not whether you built it.