I'm pleased,lobstermash wrote:Nice! Looks in pretty good nick too.
I'll report on what it's really like on Monday. I intend it to be my 'just nicking down to the shops' bike.
Cheers,
Cameron
Postby ironhanglider » Thu Sep 26, 2013 11:17 pm
I'm pleased,lobstermash wrote:Nice! Looks in pretty good nick too.
Postby lobstermash » Sat Sep 28, 2013 11:50 am
Postby Kermit TF » Mon Oct 07, 2013 7:05 pm
Postby singlespeedscott » Mon Oct 07, 2013 7:42 pm
Nice tip shop find. That thing is in great nick. My local tip shops haven't had anything decent in years.Kermit TF wrote:Picked this up last week from the tip shop..
Suntour throughout, tange no. 5 frame..clean unit all around.
Its called a turbo ...very 80s, anyone seen or heard of this model ? Did a quick search but all the centurians I found are a higher spec.
Postby The Fixer » Tue Oct 08, 2013 5:04 pm
Postby Mulger bill » Tue Oct 08, 2013 6:32 pm
Remove the suicide levers, fit better brake blocks and enjoy the ride knowing you can stop if you have to...The Fixer wrote:Thoughts?
Postby lobstermash » Tue Oct 08, 2013 6:52 pm
Make it a FIXIE!The Fixer wrote: Thoughts?
Postby ldrcycles » Tue Oct 08, 2013 7:27 pm
+1Mulger bill wrote:Remove the suicide levers, fit better brake blocks and enjoy the ride knowing you can stop if you have to...The Fixer wrote:Thoughts?
Postby The Fixer » Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:04 pm
+1. Sounds like a good plan...Mulger bill wrote:Remove the suicide levers, fit better brake blocks and enjoy the ride knowing you can stop if you have to...The Fixer wrote:Thoughts?
Postby barefoot » Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:31 pm
...by sticking your foot in between the seat tube and rear tyre.Mulger bill wrote:Remove the suicide levers, fit better brake blocks and enjoy the ride knowing you can stop if you have to...The Fixer wrote:Thoughts?
Postby LugNut » Wed Oct 09, 2013 3:45 am
Postby The Fixer » Wed Oct 09, 2013 6:39 am
Agree 100%, and have a set of no-name (but serviceable) alloy rims to fit.barefoot wrote:...by sticking your foot in between the seat tube and rear tyre.Mulger bill wrote:Remove the suicide levers, fit better brake blocks and enjoy the ride knowing you can stop if you have to...The Fixer wrote:Thoughts?
At least, that's how you'll stop if it's wet.
Steel rims are useless in the wet, even if you use good brake pads. Yeah, we all survived, but I wouldn't go back by choice.
tim
Postby ldrcycles » Wed Oct 09, 2013 6:55 am
Postby vaeske » Tue Oct 15, 2013 8:37 am
and just like lachy, I also had a univega with suicide levers and sidepull brakes and steel rims as a daily commute. The brand new blocks was helpful and definitely recommended, but they were seriously shocking to stop in the wet...ldrcycles wrote:I used to commute on an 80s Univega with steel rims and Weinmann brakes, centrepull front and sidepull rear, and never had a problem.
Postby LugNut » Tue Oct 15, 2013 12:34 pm
Postby barefoot » Tue Oct 15, 2013 12:54 pm
Or put your mother-in-law on it insteadLugNut wrote:if you wouldn't put your mum on it, don't ride it yourself!
Postby LugNut » Tue Oct 15, 2013 1:31 pm
Postby ldrcycles » Tue Oct 15, 2013 6:58 pm
Hmm, I was using new Tektro levers, maybe there was some advantage there? (different pivot point perhaps)vaeske wrote:and just like lachy, I also had a univega with suicide levers and sidepull brakes and steel rims as a daily commute. The brand new blocks was helpful and definitely recommended, but they were seriously shocking to stop in the wet...ldrcycles wrote:I used to commute on an 80s Univega with steel rims and Weinmann brakes, centrepull front and sidepull rear, and never had a problem.
Postby coyote » Wed Oct 16, 2013 5:39 pm
I have my thoughts as to why they are called "suicide levers", but what is the general reason?Mulger bill wrote: Remove the suicide levers, fit better brake blocks and enjoy the ride knowing you can stop if you have to...
Postby The Fixer » Wed Oct 16, 2013 6:04 pm
Postby LugNut » Wed Oct 16, 2013 6:26 pm
Postby ldrcycles » Wed Oct 16, 2013 7:31 pm
The Fixer wrote: They can also reduce the travel and braking effort available.
this, not so much the comments about hand positioning IMO. I read somewhere that Jacques Anquetil often rode with his hands up near the stem, and I find it very comfortable and it can be a bit more aero than being out on the hoods.LugNut wrote:Not to mention they're usually so flexy that they bottom out on the bars before you get any real braking power
Postby akq » Mon Oct 21, 2013 3:38 pm
Postby blick » Sun Nov 10, 2013 9:30 pm
Postby Dimitrizee » Mon Nov 11, 2013 9:04 pm
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