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methinks there was some acting involved in the reaction to the ponytail yank.

This thread is pretty long for a simple question. I know that's par for the course for bikeforums and many other forums (fora?). But now I'm really eager to hear from vintage87 (the OP). I hope he DOES overhaul his freewheel and tells us how it went.

Originally Posted by jbonamici You bring up a point that I've often wondered about. Does anyone have order of magnitude numbers for how many "vintage" bikes are out there? Never mind the boutique houses or customs. Just good, solid lugged Schwinns, Miyatas, Raleighs, Treks, etc. etc. For example, in the heyday, what would have been the annual production of Miyata 210s? here is a graph and a link from where it came from...

As long as you have a BB with the plastic there's no harm in trying it. What you should do is thread in the plastic up first then move onto the cartridge side I was wrong about the purpose of the screws. They do help to hold the adapters in. Because there's no flange on the axle like a conventional loose ball spindle has, the screws help to keep everything in place if an adapter works loose in the frame. If an adpater were to work...

Originally Posted by jgedwa If you are not picky about what they are, then I might guess that a local LBS has a box of old ones sitting in the back. jim I agree you may even score a pair with brake levers. not fancy ones but you never know. in the early '90s we used to do alot of 'hybrid conversion' and often the customer left the old drop bars behind.

Originally Posted by gna I thought the silver one (second post) was a 23". You think 25"? I called and asked size, but many of these sellers are confused about how to measure bikes. Standover is 34" or so. Did the Raleigh Rapide come in a 24" frame? I'm guessing they just didn't measure accurately. Is it a Reliant, or a Rapide? As I recall both were made in Taiwan and they were the cheapest thing...

Originally Posted by EjustE well... it could happen, but to build it to a true classic design you need to start with a lugged frame. Add a few bells and whistles and the sustainable MSRP of such a thing would be close to $1.5-2k... 2.5 K is possible, only a few choices, VERY few. I know of some. $2000's, even fewer out there save for Rvdll, 1 or 2 other. The lugged aspect's the obsticle. None are mass produced and never will be....

I can't put my finger on why the NPR version seemed a little creepy. And I'm not sure I'd want to.

LBS has this pile of ITM 42's, and they aren't expensive. See the FS section: http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=561810 -Kurt

Originally Posted by EjustE This is an el nino winter. Last one was 2001. If I remember correctly we just got a dusting of snow that melted by noon the next day. Get ready for a nice winter riding season in the Mid-Atlantic I sure hope you're right about this.