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01-19-2007, 06:22 PM

"Shawn" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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> G.T. wrote:
>> "Scott Gordo" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
>> news:1169241367.324903.126450@51g2000cwl.googlegro ups.com...
>>> G.T. wrote:
>>>> Since I'm moving and I'll have a garage again, I figured I'd start
>>>> adding to
>>>> my stable. And since I'm moving out of the hills and back to the
>>>> flatlands
>>>> I figured I'd make myself a fixie.
>>>>
>>>> http://homepage.mac.com/getosx/fixie.jpg
>>>>
>>>> It's being shipped out tomorrow. It's an early 80s Motobecane Jubilee
>>>> Sport. My first "serious" road bike was a 1980 Jubilee Sport, it was
>>>> blue
>>>> so this one isn't an '80 but it's real close because all the parts
>>>> except
>>>> the handlebar tape are the same.
>>>>
>>> Nice. At first glance, I though 'getosx' was 'goatse'. Happily, it was
>>> just a pic of a nice, sensible candidate for a fixie. What kind of
>>> gruppo is on there now?
>>
>> It's a Suntour Blueline drivetrain, SR cranks, Weinman brakes, IIRC. It
>> was about $375 new when I bought one in the summer of 1980.
>
> Weinman concave rims? I had those on my '78 Motobeercan. I ended up
> using them for cross. Tough rims. :-)
>

Mine had Rigida 1320s, and think this one does, too.

Greg

01-27-2007, 08:06 AM

On Jan 19, 3:21 pm, "JD" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> > MattCheese eatin' surrender monkeys! My first road bike was a SCHWINN
> VARSITY, made in CHICAGO, USA.
>
> JD heavy metal

I had a hand me down Schwinn road bike that my gave me in the 80's, it
was WAY, WAY too big for me, but that was my means of transportation
at the time. Then I learned my lesson and bought a Bianchi roadie,
nothing like a vintage Italian steel bike to get you from place to
place...I still have the frame in storage somewhere...

- CA-G

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

01-28-2007, 09:39 PM

Carla A-G wrote:
> On Jan 19, 3:21 pm, "JD" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>>> MattCheese eatin' surrender monkeys! My first road bike was a SCHWINN
>> VARSITY, made in CHICAGO, USA.
>>
>> JD heavy metal
>
> I had a hand me down Schwinn road bike that my gave me in the 80's, it
> was WAY, WAY too big for me, but that was my means of transportation
> at the time. Then I learned my lesson and bought a Bianchi roadie,
> nothing like a vintage Italian steel bike to get you from place to
> place...I still have the frame in storage somewhere...

My Motobecane showed at my new place even before I did. The thing looks
absolutely unused. Not a scratch, has the original toe clips and
straps, has the original 26 years old tires that may be usable, I'll see
when I pump them up, all the reflectors are still on it, the original
Hutchinson pleather bar wrap is in perfect condition, the brake pads are
100%, it looks like this thing just came off the floor of the LBS except
for the spiderwebs.

I'll have my fix before next weekend.

Gregr

--
"All my time I spent in heaven
Revelries of dance and wine
Waking to the sound of laughter
Up I'd rise and kiss the sky" - The Mekons

01-29-2007, 08:13 AM

On Jan 29, 12:39 am, "G.T." <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> Carla A-G wrote:
> > On Jan 19, 3:21 pm, "JD" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> >>> MattCheese eatin' surrender monkeys! My first road bike was a SCHWINN
> >> VARSITY, made in CHICAGO, USA.
>
> >> JD heavy metal
>
> > I had a hand me down Schwinn road bike that my gave me in the 80's, it
> > was WAY, WAY too big for me, but that was my means of transportation
> > at the time. Then I learned my lesson and bought a Bianchi roadie,
> > nothing like a vintage Italian steel bike to get you from place to
> > place...I still have the frame in storage somewhere...My Motobecane showed at my new place even before I did. The thing looks
> absolutely unused. Not a scratch, has the original toe clips and
> straps, has the original 26 years old tires that may be usable, I'll see
> when I pump them up, all the reflectors are still on it, the original
> Hutchinson pleather bar wrap is in perfect condition, the brake pads are
> 100%, it looks like this thing just came off the floor of the LBS except
> for the spiderwebs.
>
> I'll have my fix before next weekend.
>
> Gregr
>
> --
> "All my time I spent in heaven
> Revelries of dance and wine
> Waking to the sound of laughter
> Up I'd rise and kiss the sky" - The Mekons

Magnifique!

Picked up a lugged tandem this weekend. 700c touring wheels, indexed
Sachs thumbies, 18 speeds (3x6), Stronglight cranks, straight bars.
The sole identifier is a small tubing sticker that says "Gitane
Hyperlite". I'm not an expert on the French stuff, so I don't know if
that means it's a Gitane or if other companies used the same tubes or
what. I haven't taken a close look at the dropouts yet to look for a
stamp, nor have I found the serial number yet. The guy I bought it
from worked at a Ross office in Long Island a while back and received
it as a sample but didn't have any further info on it.

It's got that late-80's paint -- white base with some black splatter.
The brakes are sorta interesting. There are front and rear cantilevers
(gah!), plus a rear drum. Pulling the front brake lever pulls two
cables, activating both the front brake and the rear drum, with the
rear cantilever acting as insurance. New one on me.

And, yes, it has a horizontal rear dropout.

I'm going to have to get some 700x40's and some new chains on this
puppy for a shakedown. It could also use a bath after 20 or so years
of shed-must.

/s

Straight C- French student in high school....

01-29-2007, 09:10 AM

"G.T." <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]...
> Carla A-G wrote:
>> On Jan 19, 3:21 pm, "JD" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>>>> MattCheese eatin' surrender monkeys! My first road bike was a SCHWINN
>>> VARSITY, made in CHICAGO, USA.
>>>
>>> JD heavy metal
>>
>> I had a hand me down Schwinn road bike that my gave me in the 80's, it
>> was WAY, WAY too big for me, but that was my means of transportation at
>> the time. Then I learned my lesson and bought a Bianchi roadie, nothing
>> like a vintage Italian steel bike to get you from place to place...I
>> still have the frame in storage somewhere...
>
> My Motobecane showed at my new place even before I did. The thing looks
> absolutely unused. Not a scratch, has the original toe clips and straps,
> has the original 26 years old tires that may be usable, I'll see when I
> pump them up, all the reflectors are still on it, the original Hutchinson
> pleather bar wrap is in perfect condition, the brake pads are 100%, it
> looks like this thing just came off the floor of the LBS except for the
> spiderwebs.
>
> I'll have my fix before next weekend.
>
> Gregr
>
> --
> "All my time I spent in heaven
> Revelries of dance and wine
> Waking to the sound of laughter
> Up I'd rise and kiss the sky" - The Mekons

PICS?

01-29-2007, 10:14 AM

Scott Gordo wrote:

> Straight C- French student in high school....

As opposed to a /Gay/ C-minus French student...?

Bill "slow morning" S.

01-29-2007, 11:21 AM

Bill Sornson wrote:
> Scott Gordo wrote:
>
>> Straight C- French student in high school....
>
> As opposed to a /Gay/ C-minus French student...?
>
> Bill "slow morning" S.
>
>

no. as opposed to a /crooked/
C-minus French student.

01-29-2007, 12:06 PM

On Jan 29, 9:10 am, "Dean A. Stepper" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> PICS?

He is in the procss of moving. I doubt he knows where his camera is.
I've seen it and his claims are true. The only thing that gives it
away as to someone having even spun it down the street are very faint
brake smut marks on the rim sidewalls.

JD

01-29-2007, 12:36 PM

On Jan 29, 1:14 pm, "Bill Sornson" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> Scott Gordo wrote:
> > Straight C- French student in high school....As opposed to a /Gay/ C-minus French student...?
>
> Bill "slow morning" S.

That's twice in just a few days. Either I'm Freudian, or you're
thinking wishfully, Sailor. To quote the eminently quotable Blazing
Saddles, "Awww... Mongo straight."

/s

Not my kind of tandem....

01-29-2007, 01:16 PM

On Jan 29, 12:06 pm, "JD" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> On Jan 29, 9:10 am, "Dean A. Stepper" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
> > PICS?He is in the procss of moving. I doubt he knows where his camera is.
> I've seen it and his claims are true. The only thing that gives it
> away as to someone having even spun it down the street are very faint
> brake smut marks on the rim sidewalls.

Oh, yeah, it's a couple of centimeters smaller than my normal road
bike so the original 100mm seatpost (or whatever length it is, people
rode way bigger bikes in those days) ain't going to cut it, but
thankfully I won a 350mm Kalloy in 26.2 on Ebay for $4 yesterday.

Greg