You should try turning them up the right way so the grips point away from you. Retro cool and very comfymoofish wrote:Just took the Healing for a 3-4km ride. Man those handlebars are uncomfortable!!
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Re: help with an old Healing
Postby Clydesdale Scot » Mon Jul 09, 2012 6:25 pm
29 July details heremoofish wrote:Now I just need to wax it and find out when the next tweed run in Adelaide is going to be.
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Re: help with an old Healing
Postby koen » Mon Jul 09, 2012 6:52 pm
Can someone give me a clue if I want two hand brakes for a 1950s club racer? What should I be keeping an eye out for?
(When I got the bike it had a coaster I think??)
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Re: help with an old Healing
Postby ldrcycles » Mon Jul 09, 2012 7:52 pm
Just a quick note to say my Healing is on the home stretch now, only 11 days to get it ready for the L'Eroica so i'll need to put my foot down!
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Postby Clydesdale Scot » Mon Jul 09, 2012 8:18 pm
have you seen this thread?koen wrote:.. but I wouldn't even know what brakes look out for to be roughly period correct.
Can someone give me a clue if I want two hand brakes for a 1950s club racer? What should I be keeping an eye out for?
(When I got the bike it had a coaster I think??)
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Re: help with an old Healing
Postby Johnj » Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:33 pm
Monitor Speedsters would definitely be the appropriate brakes to fit. They have three basic drawbacks however:Clydesdale Scot wrote:have you seen this thread?koen wrote:.. but I wouldn't even know what brakes look out for to be roughly period correct.
Can someone give me a clue if I want two hand brakes for a 1950s club racer? What should I be keeping an eye out for?
(When I got the bike it had a coaster I think??)
1. They're really hard to find in good condition.
2. They're really expensive, regardless of condition.
3. They're really crap as brakes.
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Re: help with an old Healing
Postby koen » Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:37 pm
Just used the 70's weinmann brakes I was using before and I'll keep my eyes open. I modified with cable stops the levers from a ladies bike. They had a habit of letting the cable flop out as I released the brake then next time I went for the brakes ...ahhhh!
It weighs 12.5kg as in the photo with empty bidons ,spares and steel wheels. It is pretty light with my preferred wheels but they would be too light for the Noosa Eroica apparently.
I am using a 3 speed rear in case the hills get too steep where upon I'll have to stop and quickly loosen the wing nuts to change.
Going by how close the 27" wheels are I'd say this was a 26inch roadster with mudguards and back pedal brake originally. I spoke to the original owner's son and he figured it was bought early '50s to ride to work. It takes 700c wheels very nicely.
This chainring I bought ages ago and now I know why it was cheap! It is cast alloy ..hidiminium?.. and was in rough condition taking me hours to clean and polish. Then I discovered that when fitted I couldn't get the cotter pins in because it is too thick! I modified the nut heavily with a grinder.
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Re: help with an old Healing
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last one was only held a few weekends ago, so I'd say next Julymoofish wrote:Has anyone heard of any tweed runs in the future for SA?
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