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  • Bicycle Quarterly Issues SOLD

    These are the BQ issues I’ve got SOLD. I’m kind of regretting the decision pleased to sell them to a new reader; they’re really good. My favorite articles are marked with an exclamation point. Full info on each issue: http://www.bikequarterly.com/back_issues.html

    There are 21 issues, but Vol. 6 No. 1 is no charge, due to the puppy damage. All the content is legible, but it’s a drag. $XXX takes the lot, shipping included. I will include the Jacquie Phelan postcard that came in one issue. :^)

    Vol. 3
    No. 4 Summer 2005 (Grant Petersen interview, Quickbeam review!)

    Vol 5: 
    No. 1 –
    No. 2 Winter 2006 (Velocio vs the Tour de France)
    No. 3 Spring 2007 (#19 Bicycles are Transportation)
    No. 4 Summer 2007 (British Lightweights!)

    Vol 6: 
    No. 1 Autumn 2007 (Aerodynamics!) RIPPED COVER AND FIRST PAGE :^(
    No. 2 Winter 2007 (Goodrich, Pereira)
    No. 3 Spring 2008 (Comfort leads to speed)
    No. 4 Summer 2008 (Planing test)

    Vol 7: 
    No. 1 Autumn 2008 (Toei, Touring in Japan)
    No. 2 –
    No. 3 Spring 2009
    No. 4 Summer 2009 (Jack Taylor!)

    Vol 8: 
    No. 1 Autumn 2009 (Jacquie Phelan! Charlie Cunningham!)
    No. 2 Winter 2009 (Oregon Manifest!)
    No. 3 Spring 2010
    No. 4 Summer 2010 (Bikes for kids, Trek Madone)

    Vol 9:
    No. 1 Autumn 2010
    No. 2 Winter 2010 (lots of French post-war randonneuring pics)
    No. 3 Spring 2011
    No. 4 Summer 2011 (Herse Restoration)

    Vol 9:
    No. 1 Autumn 2011 (High Wheelers)
    No. 2 Winter 2011 (Oregon Manifest!) SCRAPED TOP OF FRONT COVER (current issue)

  • Bike Knickers for sale – price drop

    Bike Knickers for sale – price drop


    bike knickers    , originally uploaded by BikeTinker.

    Knickers for sale

    All knickers and wool items are another 10 percent off.

    Fancy dress “Plus Twos” – Premier Designs black cotton (38): $50 shipped
    Chicago Wig converted American BDU knickers (38) velcro knee closure: $20 shipped
    Chicago Wig converted Chinese BDU knickers (38) string knee closure: $15 shipped
    Bicycle Fixations khaki HEMP knickers (38): $45 shipped
    Military Surplus non-wool knickers (38): $24 shipped
    Military Surplus Swedish wool pants (32 inseam, 38 waist): $15.00 shipped
    Banana Republic light wool sweater, brown check (L): $10 shipped.

    I’m also selling these matching Baggins Bags from Rivendell – I’ll put up a post, soon. $110 shipped.

    The Bicycle Wheel, by Jobst Brandt – $15 shipped
    Bike Snob’s first book – $10 shipped

    And on eBay are some old camera items. A couple of longer Canon lenses I’ve been using with my Sony Nex (legacy glass on a digital camera), two old Sony prosumer cameras (f505 and f828), and a Leica ZX3 35mm camera.

  • Rivendell propaganda SOLD

    Rivendell propaganda SOLD

    If you know what this is, you probably have it. If you don’t, it’s great stuff. Temple secrets of bike riding kung fu. Frankly, you should pay me $250, and I’ll send you one a week for the next year.

    Rivendell Readers spinesSpecial Offer!

    For $250, I will mail you one item every week, in chronological order, for the next year! Just $5/week will give you leisurely Saturdays and Sundays over coffee, reading the wisdom of the ancients for a full year! The no-fun, bulk-rate, “whatever” offer is below.

    No takers on the Riv-Of-The-Week Club, but everything’s sold. Thanks!

    Almost 30 Rivendell Readers – $XX

    Rivendell Readers - the older onesIssues 19 through 43, with a couple gaps, a couple extras, plus issues 3,4, 7, and 8.

    • Issue 1 – THIS IS A PRINTOUT
    • missing 2
    • Issue 3
    • Issue 4
    • missing 5, 6
    • Issue 7
    • Issue 8
    • missing 9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18
    • Issue 19
    • Issue 20
    • Issue 21
    • Issue 22
    • Issue 23 (2x)
    • Issue 24
    • Issue 25
    • Issue 26
    • Issue 27
    • Issue 28
    • Issue 29
    • Issue 30
    • Issue 31
    • Issue 32
    • Issue 33
    • Issue 34
    • Issue 35
    • missing 36
    • Issue 37
    • Issue 38
    • Issue 39
    • missing 40 (really??)
    • Issue 41
    • Issue 42
    • Issue 43

    20 or so Catalogs, Flyers, and Extras – $XX

    riv readers

    • No. 5 summer – winter 1999
    • No. 7 fall-winter 2000
    • No. 9, summer 2001 (2x)
    • Spring ’02
    • Spring -summer ’03
    • Summer -Fall ’03
    • Spring -Summer ’04
    • Winter ’04 – ’05
    • Fall – Winter ’05
    • – Holiday Flyer ’05 -’06
    • Catalog 2006
    • Catalog 19

    Flyers

    • Fall – Winter Flyer (? pic of lugged crutch)
    • Spring Flyer (2002)
    • Summer Flyer (2002)
    • Fall-Winter Flyer (2002) (2x)
    • Summer Flyer (2004)

    Extras

    • Color frame flyer/poster
    • Hiawathan Holidays (2000)
    • Hiawathan Holidays II (2001?) – has notes in pen on the back, bike-related and otherwise
    • Atlantis brochure on cream paper. Big sheet, folded in half to make 4 pages
    • The Rivendell Frame (slow frames)

    Bridgestone Catalogs $XX – SOLD

    bridgeston catalogs

    • 1992
    • 1994

    Paypal is good, or cash.

    If you like obsolete cameras, I have some on eBay now ->

  • State of the Sears bike 3-18-12

    State of the Sears bike 3-18-12

    Blue 1970s Sears department store bike, made in Austria by Steyr-Daimler-Puch. Steel rims, steel cranks, matching vinyl seat. The red Steyr was like this before it got aluminum cranks, a square-taper BB, and aluminum rims.

    It needs:

    Pedals
    Hubs overhauled
    Sachs 3-speed hub cleaned and oiled (at least)
    Fenders bent back into shape
    Tires

    Sears bike (Steyr/Austr-Daimler) in need of an overhaul

    It’s actually not in bad shape; I just haven’t gotten an afternoon to clean it up.

  • State of the Steyr 3-15-12

    State of the Steyr 3-15-12

    steyr "mixte" women's bike

    This bike is for sale – $125. Portland to Corvallis area. No shipping.

    Cranks, pedals and seat from Trek Belleville.
    Front Wald basket, rear Blackburn Mt rack from about 1987
    Aluminum CR18 590 rims, stainless spokes, 1972 AW hub from a Schwinn Breeze, front WTB grease-guard hub. The original Sachs Dreigang wheels went on the Breeze, which went to a friend.
    Minoura fork-mounted battery light, and a Superflash-style blinkie.
    Kickstand.
    steyr women's bike - 3 speed

  • Redline Junior BMX Race Bike

    Redline Junior BMX Race Bike

    SOLD. Light. Fast. Good condition. We got it new when The Kid was about 5 1/2, and he rode it for five years. He raced it twice and came in second. This bike is light, at about 15 lbs, and fast. These BMX race bikes are about the only quality bike you can get for a small kid. My plan was to pimp it out with recumbent fenders and drop bars, but the child loved it just like this. If you just want to race it, that’s fine, too.

    Extra front brake is a Shimano 600 sidepull I added
    Rear brake is a mini-V.
    471 Tire size (1 3/8 tires)

    Redline Junior BMX race bike

  • Make a coroplast handlebar bag

    The front end, originally uploaded by Hillbubba.

    For about $10. Total genius. And slick! Someone suggested putting a light inside of it for a Chinese lantern look. I saw a wooden-shelled cargo bike at the Oregon Manifest that had Velcro material inside the ‘hull.’ The guy said it damped (not ‘dampened’) the rattling of cargo, and also, stuff stuck to it, like tool rolls! Sounded good to me. It would probably triple (“TRIPLE!”) the cost of the bag.

    Look to Hillbubba’s Flickrstream for the step-by-step… steps.

    The layout, originally uploaded by Hillbubba.

  • Kid Haulin’ Wagner



    Kid Haulin’ Wagner, originally uploaded by 54 canoe.

    What a great DIY kid seat!
    A wooden seat on your rear rack, with wooden pegs zip-tied to the rack struts. Stem (tandem stoker stem?) and a mini-handlebar.

  • State of the GravelRoadster 3-14-12

    State of the GravelRoadster 3-14-12

    Pi Day

    One more hour ’til Pi Day.

    I like that. Nerd holiday. Crafty bake-y nerd holiday. I don’t do anything to celebrate, or eat pie, I just enjoy the fact of it. It tickles my OCD number-thing neuron, and also my idiotic-pun neuron. Their dendritic spines are reaching out towards each other…

    Okay, the freaky over-sharing is over. Let the freaky over-sharing begin! Next bike:

    200…4? …6? Gary Fisher Utopia

    gary fisher Utopia drop-bar rigid fork monster cross-ish hybrid bikeGigantic Schwalbe Big Apple Front, Schwalbe 47mm Marathon in back. Sad Face.
    Pink Cascadia Fenders. Front on the rear, rear on the front. DIY mounts.
    Kona P2 fork, Salsa Woodchipper bars (42mm?), Dia Compe 287v levers.
    Two rings, two cogs, no tensioner. Only works in the ‘big’ gear.
    Lots and lots of ugly stickers. The best comment I ever got on this bike was from a Rivendell Owners Bunch friend.

    “wow.”

    I think it was more of an “oh my” “wow” than an all-caps “WOW THAT BIKE IS FREAKIN’ AWESOME” “wow.” Which it is.

    salsa woodchippers, dia compe 287v levers on discs, Kona P2 forkVery likely this stem will go back on the Bontrager to support a Titec or Jones bar. I have a prettier silver stem that should work. I like the Kona fork. A 26″ version would work with this setup (my “no money-back” guarantee), but would change the head angle.

    I really like the fat fat fat tires. I’m not that into this bike since the rear tire’s bead broke.

    Gary Fisher Utopia drop bar hybrid. Rigid fork, Big Apple TiresThe pedals are tiny MKS GR9s with (some) skateboard grip tape to make them useable for my size 13 feet. Really? 13? I used to be an 11.5 narrow. Did you know feet, ears, and noses never stop growing? That’s a Tom Waits “Grab Bag” fun fact that might not actually be true.

    Another fun fact: this bike used to belong to James Minarck, and is featured on Cyclofiend.
    And… HAPPY PI DAY!

  • State of the Bontrager 3-13-12

    State of the Bontrager 3-13-12

    Mostly Stock 1999 Bontrager Privateer

    orange and blue 1999 Bontrager Privateer

    Steel OX Platinum, wishbone seatstays, special Bontrager-specific black-crown SID fork
    Bontrager “by Chris King” hubs; replacement rear rim (Ritchey Girder)
    Geax Blade on the front, Panaracer Fire XC Pro on the back
    9 speed cassette, XTR derailleur, XT front derailleur, Suntour bar-end shifters
    On-One Midge bars – flared offroad drops; Newbaum’s cloth tape in blue and orange
    Ugly stem, spray-painted blue

    Bontrager Privateer 1999This year I want to try Jeff Jones’ H-bars or Loop bars. I’ll keep an eye out for the budget Titec version. Hopefully I’ll ride enough to wear out these tires, too.

  • Nice Bike Knickers for Sale

    Nice Bike Knickers for Sale

    Knickers, some Swedish long wool pants, and a sweater. All size 38 waist, or “XL,” except the sweater, which is a Large. I’m 6’2″, 230 lbs. Shipping is included in these continental United States.

    bike knickers, originally uploaded by BikeTinker.

    See all the pictures on Flickr

    Fancy Duds:

    Premier Designs – black cotton, with silver knee buckles “Plus Twos” (38): $60 shipped
    Banana Republic light wool sweater, brown check (L): $15 shipped.
    Bicycle Fixations charcoal wool knickers (38): $60 shipped
    Bicycle Fixations black wool knickers (38): $60 shipped

    Casual Duds:

    Chicago Wig American BDU knickers (38) velcro knee closure: $25 shipped
    Chicago Wig Chinese BDU knickers (38) string knee closure: $20 shipped
    Bicycle Fixations khaki HEMP knickers (38): $50 shipped
    Military Surplus cotton(? blend?) knickers (38): $30 shipped
    Military Surplus Swedish wool pants (38): $20 shipped
     MUSA butternut knickers XL: $30 shipped


  • State of the Ross 3-11-12

    State of the Ross 3-11-12

    63.5mm (25″) Ross Super Grand Tour

    Double-fixed setup – Surly Dingle 17/21 and Shimano 600 40t/44t rings
    Moustache bars with one lever and one ‘stub’
    Old “Jim Blackburn” front rack, with “Schwinn Approved” saddlebag mounted
    E6 halogen light mounted to the rack.
    Front Shimano 600 sidepull brake
    Shimano 600 25mm seatpost, Ideale 2000 saddle
    Black Shimano Alfine Dynamo hub, black spokes and Cold Fusion rim from IRO Cycles
    Kogswell fixed/fixed hub, silver spokes, black CR-18 rim
    Surly Dingle 17/21 and Dura-Ace 15t cogs
    V-O fluted metal fenders

    I plan to put two fender-stay drawbolts on each fender, and mount them closer to the ends. Not as low as on the Quickbeam, but more out of foot-range. I think the aesthetics will be better on the front, too, if the stays attach to the fender about 3.5″ from the end.

  • Frances Seat Cluster



    seat tool bag, originally uploaded by J.Muir from Santa Cruz.

    And “sweet small bag” from Paperfork.

  • MAP disc-Ville

    disc-Ville, originally uploaded by mapcycles.

    All around a lovely bike, built around the fenders… I love how the dropouts have the same flaring swoop as the wide skirts.

    I like the clean Singer-like joinery of the main tubes fillet-brazed to the head-lugs, and the seatstays wrapped over the top tube are beautiful.

  • State of the Quickbeam 3-3-12

    State of the Quickbeam 3-3-12

    Today is “March Forth,” which pleases me. Good day to leave on a trip, but we’re just going to Mount Hood. Yesterday I started my March project of documenting my bikes, so I can check back on them next year.

    The state of the Quickbeam, March 3rd, 2012

    Weight as shown (bag, tools, hubs, light, pedal decks, U-lock): 36.5 lbs

    Click to emhugen. "Embiggen" just doesn't seem adequate here.

    – Red Sturmey Archer S3X 3-speed fixed gear hub – shifter mounted on the seat stay
    – Black SON dynamo hub
    – Shimano 600 cranks, single 42t “rocket ring”
    – Nitto M12 with Wald basket (with green sign)
    – Carradice Cadet on the front
    – Single E6 light, upside-down on a spacer tube
    – Eggbeater Candies, large-size skate deck pedals
    – Green Brooks B17
    – Green-painted Salsa stem
    – Original WTB Nitto Dirt Drops
    – Green Newbaum’s bar tape
    – Stock Tiagra levers. One missing gray plastic bit.
    – Front Tektro CR720 cantilever, red Yokozuna road pads
    – Rear stock brakes, red Koolstops
    – Green-painted Velo-Orange ‘Zeppelin’ Fenders – double nuts
    – Mud flaps made from green leather shoe tongues

    You can click through for the monster image

  • Brooks Saddle sculpture

    Brooks Saddle sculpture

    skullpture

    Wall hanging, rustic, bike-centric and kind of creepy. Available on Etsy.