Recent content by froze

90s Kona bikes were wonderful bikes. I found a Lava Dome in a dumpster years ago and it was the lightest steel mountain bike of any mountain bike I knew of. Why the person tossed it in a dumpster is beyond me, all it needed was a seat, handlebar tape, and new cables, cheap to fix up, and the...

Around 250, but you could get up to 440 if you clean it more and either get the rust and corrosion off the headset and any other parts so they shine, or replace the headset with the same era and brand headset that's in better condition. Replace anything that isn't factory original with factory...

I wouldn't pay a dime for that hub, it looks utterly stupid, in my opinion of course.

That is a very strange crack, but the hole is even stranger, it almost looks like you came in contact with a rock, scraped the side and then somehow it scraped the pulley boss off, so the combination of hitting something and pulling off that boss led to the crack. That is too bad, I hope...

Coal is pretty retro.

I told my wife, "Hurt me baby, make me write bad checks", so she hurt me, oh, she hurt me goooood! I may be bad, but I feel gooood.

I got a chunk of coal, though my wife said I was bad, real bad, then she said she thinks she likes it.

I actually like the look of the looping cables, but that's just me of course. I think the looping cables, along with the old treaded headsets and quill stems made the bikes look more graceful than the modern threadless headsets and stems. Depends on the vintage parts, I found just 2 months ago...

I would have tried to find parts that were original for that bike, but I'm weird that way, it's the old classic car thing in me.

I have a 1977 Raleigh Competition GS, if I wanted to, I could easily trust this bike to do a credit card tour across the USA with minimal problems other than standard maintenance! I have a low end 1997 Giant Rincon with XT derailleurs which were not supposed to be on the bike new but that's the...

About 3 months ago I saw a black bike leaning up against a trash dumpster, didn't think much about as I drove by, but then I suddenly got the odd feeling to go back and check it out, so I did. Turned out to be a 77 Raleigh Competition GS, in excellent condition with all the original components...

You need to tread carefully buying expensive stuff from China. There was a guy on another forum who wanted to save some money, and found a great deal on a TI frameset, guaranteed for life, from a well-known Chinese TI frame builder. The bike arrived at his house 8 weeks after ordering, which...

I would not change out the cranks, that is stunning looking. Also, the hubs are grease port Campys, those are very nice hubs and very easy to maintain, all you need is a small bicycle grease gun, insert the fitting into the hole, and gently squeeze the grease which will ooze out of the sides...

Have you considered finding a used bike? Kids will outgrow bikes FAST, so why spend 250 or more when in 2 years, maybe even 1 year, you'll have to buy another bike? I would not buy a kids bike with any sort of suspension system, suspension systems for kid's bikes are junk, to say the least...

This info may have already been covered, but I don't have time to read 7 pages, so sorry if it has. First thing to do is to raise the stem, I did read on the first page that someone recommended the Nitto Technomic stem and that is a solid recommendation. Keep in mind that the higher the stem...