why did I have to find that token did make a 1" threaded at some point: Read more

A ritchey logic and some spacers is probably, yeah, the wisest move. Read more

I was thinking I could just nab a ritchey logic for the time being and wait around if good old Tange parts show up at some point. It seems like a wise move. They’re $15 but finding them in 1" threaded and black is a bit of a challenge! Plus I’d have to press out what’s in the steerer tube now and press in the ritchey,… Read more

I would go in on the $13 bearings... if the cup/races that they ride on weren’t also borked. Maybe I could get someone with a lathe to make me some new ones? I am unsure. Read more

we be bannin’ Read more

I would be very stoked to do a double with a 44 big ring and a small ring anything under 30 but I haven’t seen anything like that out there Read more

according to that shimano catalog the max cog was 32:

the saddle looks so cool! I’m hoping it’s comfy, otherwise I’m gonna look for something else. I was thinking it’d be fun to stick with San Marco but it’s hard to find a nicer-looking one than a Brooks. But there are some Fabric saddles that look nice (and have a fetching matching red base!) that I might go after. Read more

interesting! one thing I was also wondering about was if it’d be possible to just change the cage on the derailleur rather than change the whole derailleur (I see that Shimano offered OTHER derailleurs of the same era with different cage lengths that I think did go up to 40t, but not the deore XT one) but I don’t know… Read more

this has been on my mind too. I remember spending a bunch of time at the fix-it-yourself bike spots in Davis, and now I miss them! There are a few in NYC, but I’ll have to see if they’re shut down amid Covid. Read more

You bet! Post some pics! Read more

making those 27s look like 26s!!! damn Read more

My chainring is a 48t I do believe, but when I hit 30 mph on a fairly gently hill on my Voyageur on its 44t middle ring, I figure I don’t need that much more gearing in any condition Read more

I am eagerly awaiting the bike to show up to check its serial number and see if it’s a Greenville, MS bike or a Panasonic. I am indeed hoping for Panasonic, as that is where my fellow Schwinn Voyageur was also made! Read more

The fork on these is actually one of the main reasons I got one! There was a brief period where they had lugged unicrown forks, and the Cimarron got ‘em, along with the top-level Panasonic Mountain Cats and I forget what else. Most Cimarrons also had eyelets in the fork for a lowrider front rack, though this one does… Read more

one plan I was thinking of for the drivetrain was: Read more

I have been intrigued by the MOS bikes. That’s a threaded 1 1/8th headset, right? Read more

Surprisingly, though these exact tires are no longer in production, the same tread is being used in The Homage: Read more

It still has Biopace, I do believe, and I have been debating changing out the cranks for something new and hollowtech and hideous versus simply replacing the chain rings with non-biopace ones on here. The problem is finding a full set of three rings that are affordable and compatible. Read more

this is true Read more