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| Re: Gear you can't give up? Gooserider wrote: > I have a pair of Look MTB pedals I've used for 10 or more years, and have > used with four bikes. They're old, scratched and beaten to hell, but I love > them and I'll use them forever. They don't match my new bike at all, but > they're my favorites. I have 6 pair of cleats, since the pedal is > discontinued, so I should be set until I die. :-) Anybody else have anything > to which they've become so attached? SunTour New Winner freewheels and their cogs. I've got them on four bikes, at least. Someone gave (!) me a well-stocked sprocket board once, and I keep replacing cogs as they wear. I dread the day when I can't find my favorite cog sizes. Yeah, they're only good for friction shifting. Small price to pay. ;-) -- --------------------+ Frank Krygowski [To reply, remove rodent and vegetable dot com, replace with cc.ysu dot edu] |
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07-01-2004, 07:02 AM
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| Re: Gear you can't give up? On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 01:03:49 GMT, "Gooserider" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote: >I have a pair of Look MTB pedals I've used for 10 or more years, and have >used with four bikes. They're old, scratched and beaten to hell, but I love >them and I'll use them forever. They don't match my new bike at all, but >they're my favorites. I have 6 pair of cleats, since the pedal is >discontinued, so I should be set until I die. :-) Anybody else have anything >to which they've become so attached? I was just talking to someone about this the other day. I have a fifteen (or so) year old Cannondale seat pack that I'm loathe to give up on. It's one of the models that had a plastic two-pronged fitting on top that twisted and snapped into the saddle rails, and a velcro strap around the seatpost. Its shape is maintained by a black sheet plastic insert that has broken a number of times over the years. The weak point is the three holes drilled in it to accommodate the saddle rail fitting. That part was long ago repaired and reinforced with a thin sheet of aluminum and epoxy. At some point the stitching around the zipper started to give up. I repaired it with some heavy duty, tan colored upholstery thread. My sewing skills are so bad I camouflaged the job by coloring it with a black marking pen. ;-) A couple of years ago an employee at my LBS told me about a bike shop in Texas somewhere that still had these in stock. I like the pack so much I was tempted to call and see if they would mail order a couple to me. Alas, I've since lost the phone number and the guy who told me about it is long gone. :-( jeverett3<AT>earthlink<DOT>net [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] |
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07-01-2004, 07:02 AM
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| Re: Gear you can't give up? On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 01:03:49 GMT, "Gooserider" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote: >I have a pair of Look MTB pedals I've used for 10 or more years, and have >used with four bikes. They're old, scratched and beaten to hell, but I love >them and I'll use them forever. They don't match my new bike at all, but >they're my favorites. I have 6 pair of cleats, since the pedal is >discontinued, so I should be set until I die. :-) Anybody else have anything >to which they've become so attached? I was just talking to someone about this the other day. I have a fifteen (or so) year old Cannondale seat pack that I'm loathe to give up on. It's one of the models that had a plastic two-pronged fitting on top that twisted and snapped into the saddle rails, and a velcro strap around the seatpost. Its shape is maintained by a black sheet plastic insert that has broken a number of times over the years. The weak point is the three holes drilled in it to accommodate the saddle rail fitting. That part was long ago repaired and reinforced with a thin sheet of aluminum and epoxy. At some point the stitching around the zipper started to give up. I repaired it with some heavy duty, tan colored upholstery thread. My sewing skills are so bad I camouflaged the job by coloring it with a black marking pen. ;-) A couple of years ago an employee at my LBS told me about a bike shop in Texas somewhere that still had these in stock. I like the pack so much I was tempted to call and see if they would mail order a couple to me. Alas, I've since lost the phone number and the guy who told me about it is long gone. :-( jeverett3<AT>earthlink<DOT>net [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] |
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07-01-2004, 07:02 AM
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| Re: Gear you can't give up? On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 01:03:49 GMT, "Gooserider" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote: >I have a pair of Look MTB pedals I've used for 10 or more years, and have >used with four bikes. They're old, scratched and beaten to hell, but I love >them and I'll use them forever. They don't match my new bike at all, but >they're my favorites. I have 6 pair of cleats, since the pedal is >discontinued, so I should be set until I die. :-) Anybody else have anything >to which they've become so attached? I was just talking to someone about this the other day. I have a fifteen (or so) year old Cannondale seat pack that I'm loathe to give up on. It's one of the models that had a plastic two-pronged fitting on top that twisted and snapped into the saddle rails, and a velcro strap around the seatpost. Its shape is maintained by a black sheet plastic insert that has broken a number of times over the years. The weak point is the three holes drilled in it to accommodate the saddle rail fitting. That part was long ago repaired and reinforced with a thin sheet of aluminum and epoxy. At some point the stitching around the zipper started to give up. I repaired it with some heavy duty, tan colored upholstery thread. My sewing skills are so bad I camouflaged the job by coloring it with a black marking pen. ;-) A couple of years ago an employee at my LBS told me about a bike shop in Texas somewhere that still had these in stock. I like the pack so much I was tempted to call and see if they would mail order a couple to me. Alas, I've since lost the phone number and the guy who told me about it is long gone. :-( jeverett3<AT>earthlink<DOT>net [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] |
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07-01-2004, 07:02 AM
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| Re: Gear you can't give up? On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 01:03:49 GMT, "Gooserider" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote: >I have a pair of Look MTB pedals I've used for 10 or more years, and have >used with four bikes. They're old, scratched and beaten to hell, but I love >them and I'll use them forever. They don't match my new bike at all, but >they're my favorites. I have 6 pair of cleats, since the pedal is >discontinued, so I should be set until I die. :-) Anybody else have anything >to which they've become so attached? I was just talking to someone about this the other day. I have a fifteen (or so) year old Cannondale seat pack that I'm loathe to give up on. It's one of the models that had a plastic two-pronged fitting on top that twisted and snapped into the saddle rails, and a velcro strap around the seatpost. Its shape is maintained by a black sheet plastic insert that has broken a number of times over the years. The weak point is the three holes drilled in it to accommodate the saddle rail fitting. That part was long ago repaired and reinforced with a thin sheet of aluminum and epoxy. At some point the stitching around the zipper started to give up. I repaired it with some heavy duty, tan colored upholstery thread. My sewing skills are so bad I camouflaged the job by coloring it with a black marking pen. ;-) A couple of years ago an employee at my LBS told me about a bike shop in Texas somewhere that still had these in stock. I like the pack so much I was tempted to call and see if they would mail order a couple to me. Alas, I've since lost the phone number and the guy who told me about it is long gone. :-( jeverett3<AT>earthlink<DOT>net [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] |
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