Willet,
Nice bike. Pretty sure we have chatted before regarding Deluxe Bikes in
Lincoln, NE. That is where I got my MB-0(Zip). Got word of that frameset
from a shop manager I worked under. Was deciding on either a Trek something
or another, probably 930 complete or the Zip. The discount price o
Hey James,
Looks like you got one of those smoke chrome Schwinns. I have one. Got it
from a friend in trade for some bike work. Was her fathers. Don't know if
he was the original owner or just acquired it. I haven't gotten to work on
it with work and the many other bike projects. I do have som
I've owned two Schwinn High Sierras with rollercam brakes, both were the
two-tone brown models, 1985 (I'm pretty sure), different sizes. When I was
restoring them I kind of nerded out on the brakes, and raided our local
bike co-op and bought their whole box of rollercam brakes/parts for I think
With apologies, I've got a comment on roller cam brakes relevant to the
OP. I worked at a Schwinn shop those days and assembled many many new
bikes. I think roller cam brakes are really cool and work well if the
posts are lined up with one another. Unlike pretty much any other post
mount bra
Here for the Ritchey content, Willet!! Gorgeous bike and what a story…
On Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 8:35:52 PM UTC-8 WilletM wrote:
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> With apologies to James for pursuing a tangent within his thread about
> Suntour rollercams, I offer the following, well, follow up about the
> Ritchey Ann
+1 for Ryan's request for more pics
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On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 6:29 PM, Ryan wrote: I know this
is a Rivendell forum...but show us more pictures of this lovely bike , please
Hope everyone is safe and warm and managing to enjoy family time in the
holidays in t
I know this is a Rivendell forum...but show us more pictures of this lovely
bike , please
Hope everyone is safe and warm and managing to enjoy family time in the
holidays in this challenging weather
On Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 8:14:41 PM UTC-6 iamkeith wrote:
> Winner winner, chicken din
Winner winner, chicken dinner. That's one of the nicest bikes I've ever
seen. Good trade!
On Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 6:27:06 PM UTC-7 WilletM wrote:
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> I don't get a chance to share pics of my Ritchey Annapurna all that often,
> but this is a good illustration of the pricey WTB rollerc
This is encouraging information! Thanks for sharing the knowledge. Hoping
to see the bike this week
On Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 1:48:12 PM UTC-5 Greg J wrote:
> James, if the picture you attached is the actual bike you're looking at,
> those are the nice ones. You should have no issues
James, if the picture you attached is the actual bike you're looking at,
those are the nice ones. You should have no issues with those brakes.
They work great, they take normal brake shoes, and there are plenty enough
of them for spare parts (although they're pretty well built). Good luck!
G
Those can be great brakes. You're fortunate that the posts are located on
the seat stays. Most often they are on the bottom of the chainstays and are
difficult to work on just because of lack of space. There are two slightly
different versions of those sun tour brakes, with one generally being
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