bikebloke

its a Portacatena a fancy version of that braised on chain stud that some frames (many ) have to hook the chain up on when you take the wheel out you fitted it and you had somewhere to shift your chain to when you punctured to take the wheel off and put it back on without the chain being in the way ....... it was a pro rider thing - it never took off basically cause its bella mad - you could change a punctured wheel faster but i think you have to loose a sprocket so you are on a 5 speed instead of a 6 ? it came with a special shifter and there where campy special dropouts that came drilled to fit it it was mental and never took off and so its a rare but pointless bit of kit you should make a necklace out of it

wow i was worried i had a lot of stuff lying around how big are your draws ? ok never mind just saw the pics

there was Raleigh made millions they where called "chopper" they where deathtraps

careful this dude doesnt dive at you out of the sun and shoot you down you cursed red baron lol

another vote for https://velobrien.com/

so for these kind of guys its being a fraudster or go into politics

the circled B is a bianchi mark - is there nothing else ? serial number and stamps under BB? what are the dropouts front and rear? and a some info on the fork crown (if it looks like its original) would help also

this fred has predictably deteriorated into a normal bikehub pack brawl with all the keyboard warrior trolls paging thru the ads looking for some petty reason to launch an attack #getalife

that really does sound like a looooong colnago marketing story but it was fun to read anyways

yeah you should melt colnagos down and make drain covers because they are overated RUBBISH

for an E bike its pretty but why the big ugly button ......subtle would have been the way to go

just be careful of that front simplex derailluer that attachment block is old plastic and they crack dont overtighten it - you can give some life to the plastic by giving it a squirt of the motor car product vinyl rubber plastic revitalising sprays (works on hoods etc also)

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clean it first so you can see whats what - you going to need to strip it/clean parts regrease /replace bearings in BBs and headset etc so clean and strip off the parts first get wheels checked/trued and hubs serviced i would recon once its clean it wont look so bad (i wouldnt imagine respraying it would not be realistic just leave the "patina" its part of its history like wrinkles) new chains/cables nice old simplex and huret if you are missing things i would imagine they can be found on bikehub lekker old peugeot i like saving them also

see the excuse works on you .........

ive spent most of my adult life in gyms,sports and cycling and no one ever offered to be "helpful" it seems somehow doubtful a junior rider (read young person) would know where to look or what to look for unless they had some one close to them offering advice or substances...assuming he "just found this stuff himself and gave it a try " is very naive ..however im pretty sure thats the excuse he will use because apparently it works on everybody .

you can buy coke and e at a party or on the street , performance drugs in cycling are a bit more difficult to procure so someone close is obviously helping out pathetic to see a juniour doping (its pathetic to see a senior also but junior is worse)

Bredasdorp take the R319 out of town and turn onto the gravel toward De Hoop nature reserve about 5 km out of town on the right - many many kilos of quiet gravel to Malgas onto to Swellendam and Heidelberg etc you can map a basic loop or just return the same way staying off the R roads

no no no no Mamil not..bombs you have to have a shitty plastic pump with a screw on rubber hose that keeps twisting and coming off the valve and that takes so long to pump up the wheel that it leaves you a shuddering wreck covered in sweat on the roadside ..............authentic dude please lol (kidding)

if you didnt ride 2009 and you are whining about the wind you need to apply Rule#5 and shut up or go back to golfing

you go get them tiger

well you where the one on like 3 freds complaining about fake pinarellos ...sooooooooooo ....dont complain when you get asked because after pinarellos oakley are the next hot fake product range

its an Ebike rim who buys an Ebike and goes bombing down hills doing jumps ................ ......oh ok i see the problem