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Ryan's Rebuilds: A confession and some Miscellaneous stuff
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Rebuilding steel bikes from the bike boom era.mostly. Sunday, August 16, 2015. A confession and some Miscellaneous stuff. The bike is ready but is the rider? My haul and a soft bike rack. The local yarn vandals has thoughtfully knitted a bike rack cozy so I didn't even need to think about my paint getting scratched while my bike was locked up. And I did indeed find an abundance of reasonably priced organic produce including some yummy raspberries. Reflecting on a successful ride. The old -dusty and worn.
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Hey - Look at me!: Reforming Habits
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Hey - Look at me! A blog to help me get together thoughts and words, photos and videos. Nothing stunning, just another outlet. Tuesday, March 17, 2015. It's been a little while since I posted an entry, but I've noticed that seems to happen to me during the winter season. I have less going on as the weather closes in and less to write about. But there have been some things happening, so I'll try to fill in the blanks. Trying to ride the new fat bike around town in 10" of snow. March 17, 2015 at 3:49 PM.
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Hey - Look at me!: April 2015
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Hey - Look at me! A blog to help me get together thoughts and words, photos and videos. Nothing stunning, just another outlet. Friday, April 10, 2015. At Long Last - Spring! The snow seems to be gone for the season. Temperatures are trending up, and the nights are no longer below freezing. The spring peepers are out and singing, birds are building nests, and daffodils are beginning to bloom. All this can only mean one thing, and that is that spring has finally arrived. On the trail at Bavington. Earlier ...
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Ryan's Rebuilds: 1974 Peugeot UO-8 Blue (November 2011)
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Rebuilding steel bikes from the bike boom era.mostly. Friday, January 18, 2013. 1974 Peugeot UO-8 Blue (November 2011). 500 (Frame-set plus a few parts). Once upon a time there was a frame-set, languishing in the corner of the local bike co-op, when the amateur 10 speed refurbisher asked “How much for the tall Peugeot frame”. The wrench said “5 bucks, please. Take it I am sick. Of looking at it! Nd thus another frame-set rebuild made its way into my hands . If you are smart you get a complete. French bik...
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Ryan's Rebuilds: August 2014
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Rebuilding steel bikes from the bike boom era.mostly. Sunday, August 31, 2014. 1977 Raleigh Record LTD Mixte- Campus bike rebuild Part III-fixing issues. When I left this series I had encountered a problem or two, or five. As you can see above the bike is starting to look like, well a bike. It has a ways to go, however, I feel like I am in sight of the home stretch, but lets talk about how I got here. Now I have enough room to tighten it! And it made me think that might be an option because of the adjust...
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Ryan's Rebuilds: May 2015
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Rebuilding steel bikes from the bike boom era.mostly. Friday, May 1, 2015. An ode to the Trailer Park Cyclist. Thanks for the Ride TPC. In Honor of TPC's Le Tour "Little Miss Dangerous". Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Myth Busted "There are very few options for 27 inch tires". On one of the bike mailing lists I frequent a gentleman was building up a old school mixte for his lady friend and wanted suggestions for 27. The Secret life of Friction shifters (Old Ten Speed edition). Made With Extra Love.
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Ryan's Rebuilds: August 2015
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Rebuilding steel bikes from the bike boom era.mostly. Wednesday, August 19, 2015. Watch this space or no not this space but another space - oh just read below! So I have it on good authority that the Trailer Park Cyclist may do some "Ghost Posting" on the currently dormant site http:/ trailerparkcyclist.blogspot.com/. Said posting may include updates on little miss Dangerous aka a Schwinn Letour and also a new acquisition by the TPC that looks a bit like this. Sunday, August 16, 2015. So I removed the ol...
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Hey - Look at me!: December 2014
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Hey - Look at me! A blog to help me get together thoughts and words, photos and videos. Nothing stunning, just another outlet. Wednesday, December 17, 2014. Another Look at Trail Building. I've written here about trail building before, but since it's been taking up quite a bit of my time this fall I figure it's time to come back to the topic once more. A section of the Red Trail, raked and ready to ride. One of the wet spots on the Red Trail, with a rock stockpile for armoring. The section of phase 3 tha...
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Ryan's Rebuilds: Its like.....well...riding a bike (and working Steel)
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Rebuilding steel bikes from the bike boom era.mostly. Saturday, March 28, 2015. Its like.well.riding a bike (and working Steel). 28 micro-brews on tap. My buddy rode his cool old school Guerciotti with its unique lugged aluminum frame. I went a little crazy locking up with both a heavy cable and U-Lock,. It might be a lovely Celeste Bianchi Eros. Or a nice lugged Miyata Triplecross. A sweet red Fuji. Or an old Peugeot UO-8 made into a city single speed. Love the no nonsense chain lock. Have you ever been...