Tumbleweed

Thanks! I will do. Grumps was actually bitching - he does that a lot - about the head badge for his Cinelli, which was being worked on. If there's one going, I will be sure to let you know. Guys, track pedals from that era...would '60s Campy cages cut it?

Got a bit impatient after yesterday's setback with the Cinelli, so this kinda got dusted off and put together quickly...I had been thinking of using the frame in a sidecar project - haven't abandoned that idea just yet - but thought I would rescue the handlebars and coffee holder off the dead fixie and slap them on something. Found some whitewalls off a cruiser that is somewhere waiting to be painted - that's taking a while, come to think of it - and put them on here. I reckon it's looks alright. Thoughts? Got a coaster brake, so not a fixie, but had oddles of fun on that bike in the past, including one memorable New Year's Day ride at Northern Farm with the late Mark Stockton - he was bit of an SS fan, which reminds me, I must track down the 'Dale I got off him and converted into an SS a coupla years ago... Cornering on singletrack was fun on that hungover day! At first I'd have to think about where the crank was going into corners, because if I adjusted mid-turn, the rear would lock up. Then I realised that's the only way to ride it: drift into and out of corners...occasionally using a tree to bounce you back! Bike had a riser bar then...hmmmmmm... Anyhows, enough reminiscing and changing minds...off to pick up my kid to go and watch one of Marvel's funniest kill lots of people. Cheers!

Thought I'd make progress today...but found myself taking a couple of steps backwards instead. Anyhows...decided to slap on some wheels so I could at least ride it a bit - it's a set of formula hubs laced to F.I.R. tubbie rims - but...Grumps left the seatpost at his mate's house, and the mate was hiding from Grumps because he was tired after a long day of working on Grumps's pallisade fence...long story... I was going to just throw in any old seatpost, put a tubbie on the front wheel - that we had, in Grumps's garage, but in the end, we never bothered with it... - tape the handlebars, and there was the next snag...I love the sweep of the bars, but the left side seemed to sweep that bit more than the right...there was a definite bend, looking like it starts at the collar...I was too depressed to take a picture. Will pop in at Grumps's place tomorrow to drink coffee, shake our heads, and beat something... For now, this is what the bike looks like...the chain is one I rescued off the fixie I destroyed...will work for now... ps, Have buffed the Campy hubs a bit, but still not happy with them...should lace them up early next week though.

Here's the Cinelli I have... And this is what I posted there, sorta...if anyone can correct me and help with info, would be much obliged...

Okay, so Small Fry coaxed me over here when I posted my recent acquisition of a track bike on the single speed thread, but recent posts here reminded of these I posted a couple of years back...on this thread: https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/107249-old-bike-tools/?hl=tool

An observation... While it's cool to build up an old bike, the words "old bike" make you feel bad, when it's actually not that much older than yourself! Hahaha!

Awesome, Stretched! Am off to work in the bike shop in an hour. Hopefully will make some progress this morning!

Ja, that's how I am leaning, but I am itching to ride it! Have got some wheels I will pop on for now just to ride in the meantime. I was given a set of Fiamme rims. Haven't heard much about them before. And there's a set of F.I.R. rims at home somewhere too. I was supposed to go with my mate to see Ron Thompson this week, but we didn't get around to it...he might have...I will check tomorrow when I get the seatpost. As far as the provenance of the bike goes, only done a cursory bit of research. If my reading's right, it's no older than 1965 and no younger than 1968. Will delve further, but some Cinelli experts seem to think tracking a bike via its serial number is pointless. Grumpy thinks the hubs are older, but I wonder if that's wishful. Will, like with the frame, delve a bit deeper. The crank looks a lot "younger" too.

I keep trying to come up with a witty comeback to this...but just end up laughing more and more! Hahaha! Have a good weekend, lads!

Ooooooh, single? Shops for burger stuff too?

Got a case of Clausthalers at home - yeah, yeah, I know, it's not really beer per se - and am having a Grapes Works burger for sups.

Does she have a sister?

What tyres?

This one is staying "pure". I am actually in two minds about what to do about the decals. I can get, but I almost feel like leaving the frame clear apart from the head tube badge that dates the bike. What do you think?

Okay, the holiday is long over, but I read this recently... It's an alright read, but falls way, way short of the promise and hype. Pity really. Starts off so well. Funny, barbed, self-deprecating. But then it seems like she gets bored of telling her tale - the court case in particular is boringly handled, and leaves you to wonder about her innocence actually. The last couple of paragraphs of the book do kinda sum up things kinda nicely though.

A role model of mine when I was growing up...

Haven't seen it yet, but it and Dead Pool are on the weekend's plans!

Marchers belonging to political parties, civic organisations and student groups never vandalise anything. They are well known for gathering peacefully. It's when the Third Force pitches up that things go pear-shaped. And it's no coincidence that it is at that exact same time that the Fourth Estate pitches up to record only the bad stuff that happens.

Sorta...just reversing along...

I had slight problems with my fixie last week too...

Oh, and I these to tidy up and lace to something...

Only when Bafana win... Hahaha! It's actually a SA flag version of the Bavaria dresses that got those lovely foreign ladies arrested during 2010. A hubber got it for me to do the Nashua Mobile Ladies Race in back then.

Not too sure where to post this, so here it goes here...finally made this officially mine... It's kinda purdy, don't you think? The M&M man seems to approve..

On a slight tangent, a mate texted me last night with a typically South African reminder that she was getting old: "I have memories of Rabbit concerts..."