I'm just compiling my swag list now, trying to figure out where all my green went. At the risk of causing non-Northern Californians to seethe with envy and resentment:
TA ref:w510 Criterium right crankarm, 165mm, BSC thread, blind pedal hole - $30 The weirdo early '60s 50.4 cottered/cotterless crankarm that preceded the Pro V, with a cottered spindle that's curved on one side, angled on the other and fixed in place with an Allen fitting. The item includes a 48/38/32 cyclotouriste chainring set. http://blackbirdsf.org/ta/ref1500.html There was a modern TA oddity there: A driveside crankarm with three sets of chainring holes - 110mm exposed on the spider, and what appeared to be 74mm and 58mm hidden-holes for granny rings. I'm guessing the idea was somewhere between a compact triple and a mountain triple, and you'd use whichever set of holes were required for the appropriate granny ring. TA seems to have taken a lot of crankarms off their website, so I'm not sure what model these are. TA ref:4690 drive-side pedal, anodized, BSC thread - $10 The most beautiful, part-swappable pedals ever made; now I just have to scrounge a left one. The item includes a modern-type Cristophe stainless toeclip and a white Binda Extra laminated strap. http://blackbirdsf.org/ta/ref4690.html There were several sets of MKS Sylvan track pedals, a single Campy black-anodized track pedal, and a set of Campy Superleggeras missing a dustcap. Something that snuck out into a bin and sat unnoticed until Grant discovered they'd migrated out without his knowledge/permission was a set of handbuilt Pino Morroni road pedals, with titanium axles, sealed bearings and Gipiemme cages. The scavenger in me says I should have grabbed them; but I'm happier that I didn't buy them out from under a collector/hoarder without authorization. It meant I had bucks to spend on other stuff. 2x new(?) Velocity Aeroheat 36h 650b rims - $15 I recently got a 1972 Raleigh Super Course with clean paint dropped in my lap, so I'm attempting my first 650b conversion. The frame is 120mm spaced; I think I could get a 126mm hub in, but the rear triangle seems pretty stiff for 130. Unfortunately, no brick-and-mortar store stocks 650b rims, very few stock 650b wheels, and all the 650b rears are 135mm. This was the item I came in hoping to find. Velocity doesn't list a 650b version of this rim on their site. Does anyone know what the ERD is? 1x Velocity proto-Twin Hollow 36h boxrim, ERTRO 22x622 $5 I had been planning on buying a set of these new, to build a set of 120mm beater clinchers for some old French road bikes. Got one used, with the old black Velocity labels; got a new one afterwards for $25. The models aren't identical: The used one is a straight box rim, like a wide silver Wolber 58, while the Twin Hollow is slightly narrower, with a sort of rounded lip at the inner edges of the rim. New rim in front, old one in back, I suppose. 2x new SOMA/Panaracer 700c/32 tires, brown/black - $10 Not exactly sure what these are. The tread is like the SOMA Everwear, but the brown sidewall is like the Grand Randonneur. Miscellaneous stuff - $10 total 2x Campagnolo Nuovo Record-era shift levers 2x Yokozuna brake shoes, salmon pads 2x black Velox bar plugs 1 pair of black Bullseye sealed-bearing derailleur pulleys MAFAC 7-piece toolkit in Gitane-branded vinyl sleeve All these years I've been riding MAFAC brakes. I'm shocked I didn't have one of these already. Pricier miscellaneous stuff - $40 total Zeus Porta-Tubulares tubular tire bracket, w/box (attaches a spare tubular tire to your saddle rails) MUSA pants (new style) Hi-E 36H front hub, w/flat-lever Campagnolo skewer NIP Simplex/Mavic-branded Retrofriction downtube shifters (as I look at them, I'm not sure that they aren't both left-side levers - maybe that's why they hung around) Tektro C324 nutted dual-pivot caliper brakeset, superlong 98-116mm travel Converting a 27 inch wheel frame to 650b, I need a lot of brake drop. I have a set of Silvers from last year's sale, that are missing a bunch of parts - but they're both rears, and both recessed fittings. My original thought was to scavenge the pivot bolts off these and swap them onto the Silvers; but the Silvers may not be long enough. These things are huge - intended for fat tires on cruiser bikes. I suspect they're too long, and will require too much cable pull to work. But they're better-looking than the Dia-Compe Bulldogs I have as placeholders now. There were about six sets of these, brand new. Grant said they'd been ordered for a project that was abandoned, but he was sketchy about the details - like a bad idea he was happy to leave behind him. http://www.amazon.com/Tektro-C324-Pivot-Brake-Caliper/dp/B007QMVAIQ After I'd blown all my cash, I went over to look at the spendy-stuff area: A Dyad+Shimano 650b generator wheel, a couple of battery operated Supernova E3s, a Luxos U with the handlebar switch, some kind of French road frame built up with a PowerMax(?) BioPace-ish crankset with elliptical chainrings and a Sachs-Huret Duopar, and a collection of rear derailleurs, mostly Campy Nuovo Records and Huret Jubilees. Didn't even dig into the woolwear; I normally huff that stuff like paint thinner. Yeah, Grant was pushing those Huret Jubilee shifters hard. He tried to work my French fetish, but I already had the retrofrictions... Peter Adler Berkeley, CA On Saturday, June 7, 2014 11:45:36 AM UTC-7, justin...@gmail.com wrote: > > Plesse let us know whatou got so we can live vicariously thru your > fortunes! > > > -J > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
