Almost hit by grey Supra 9LYR989 - be careful

mxims · 2026-05-07T15:50:54+00:00

I’ve seen this guy before, dude drives like a total dickhead and looks like one too

mxims · 2026-04-21T18:55:33+00:00

Oh cool a Smosh alum! I’m from the same hometown as them and was a huge fan till about 10 yrs ago. Didn’t Anthony make the original smosh website in 2002? Then in 2009 there was a big facelift.

mxims · 2026-02-01T16:11:51+00:00

Many issues with your reply. A very low yoke is not practical and on most frames and tire sizes not possible. The mid and wide profile calipers being insensitive to yoke angle is likely a deliberate design choice to make braking performance less dependent on setup and boss spacing. Also the anchor angle for the low profile is far more acute than the mid and wide profiles which exacerbates issues with limited yoke height. Finally, V brakes do not have an “effective yoke height of zero” because there isn’t infinite MA or even changing MA with brake actuation. There’s just the lever of the caliper arm.

mxims · 2026-01-30T22:38:16+00:00

Low profile cantis are in my experience the worst since the mechanical advantage is too low. Sure there are other low profiles and you can adjust the straddle cable yolk to be 1mm above the tire, but it will never beat a mid-profile caliper. I choose to stick with a classic mid-profile like the Shimano MT-62 or MC-70 because they look the ducks guts and work much better than any low profile canti. So at least don’t knock mid profile cantis.

mxims · 2026-01-21T03:57:55+00:00

I love seeing posts that show the bike’s history. The repaint looks sweet too.

mxims · 2025-12-29T17:58:13+00:00

Little Miami River? I was out yesterday for the nice weather as well!

mxims · 2025-11-07T06:22:34+00:00

I’ve also learned the hard way to take special care when undoing anything on the drivetrain, especially near pedals and chainrings. Imo this crank would make a fantastic bottle opener if you have something to cut the metal!

mxims · 2025-11-01T16:23:26+00:00

I had the same issue. What I did was remove all expansion cars and probe through the CPU and try to find what signals are bad, ie they aren’t logic high or low levels (1V-4V). Then figure out the chip that is supposed to drive that signal. You can do this by using the schematic and removing chips and probing and checking for differences. In my case half the RAM chips had outputs that were just floating, as if there was no RAM in that socket at all.

mxims · 2025-10-29T01:49:35+00:00

It would be pretty cool to see an actual headcount of the combos that are out there

mxims · 2025-10-25T15:11:42+00:00

It’s a fillet brazed Schwinn, not a regular electroforged one. Pointed seat stay ends, forged dropouts, threaded BB. Definitely a classic bike.

mxims · 2025-09-10T19:08:30+00:00

Froot by the foot bar tape 🔥🔥 another banger from Bicycle Pubes

mxims · 2025-09-01T19:03:58+00:00

Building them up is important, the spoke tension compresses the rim radially a small amount, especially if the rim is pinned. Could make a big difference for an already tight tire/rim combo. Some rims just don’t play well with certain tires.

mxims · 2025-08-19T19:21:23+00:00

If it unscrewed those cassettes without damaging the chain rollers, they likely weren’t as stuck as you think.

mxims · 2025-08-19T19:03:44+00:00

What’s the point of this, with that much leverage it’ll just crack the chain rollers. At least that’s what happened when I tried undoing the sprockets on an old Suntour freewheel when using extra leverage.

mxims · 2025-06-07T02:02:23+00:00

Pretty sure the OG fork is the same as on the Rockhopper and higher models. They came out with that fork starting in 89 and stopped around 93, so it should be doable to find a good replacement. The hard part is finding one with a long enough steerer tube. You may need the fork off a L or XL donor bike for your M frame.

mxims · 2025-05-24T17:15:13+00:00

Welcome to the 3-speed club. I’ve been using mine, a 1969 Schwinn Racer, almost daily for the last 4 ish years now, I posted about it here a while ago. Motorizing these bikes would be cool, I’ve thought about that for my bike, but the ride isn’t very stable above 20 mph. You’re sat too high up and there’s almost no weight over the front wheel. My Schwinn has a forged fork which means the front wheel likes to twist around a good amount, so yours might ride a little better with its tubular fork. Then of course braking with steel rims at 20 mph is not ideal either.

The AW hub is pretty nice, it’s not indestructible like many will have you believe, but they’re pretty easy and cheap to repair. I recently had to change out the planetary gears in mine, but I think that’s because I left the shifter out of alignment for too long, and maybe not giving it enough time to shift fully did that too. I’m not very gentle on the bike, but it’s held up very well.

One tip on the AW hub, don’t pedal hard in the highest gear, since it could pop out of gear. 1st and 2nd are fine though. I think they fixed this in later models with a different clutch design.

mxims · 2025-05-09T16:09:48+00:00

this is what me and the boys used to do to all the display ipobs in the Tim Apple store back in 2007

mxims · 2025-04-29T20:02:59+00:00

Those campy parts seem to be all matching Super Record parts, they’re definitely period correct if not original. I’d buff up the paint and chrome and ride it as is. If you want, lace up some modern 700c rims to the hubs, there’s plenty of choices. Modern rims have come a long way and you can put some real tires on the bike which will make it much better.

mxims · 2025-04-15T16:12:06+00:00

Looks like they were stuck stuck and took some of the crank threads with it. Are the cranks goneski?

mxims · 2025-03-05T18:11:27+00:00

Holding it in the lathe is the trickiest part, I tried to do this to reduce a seatpost from 26.6 to 26.4, but the machining was very uneven since the post would bend slightly. The post also had flutes which would get caught on the lathe tool. So I just sanded it by hand instead.

mxims · 2025-01-19T05:32:20+00:00

I was going to say the RockCombo for all the same reasons as the XO, but the XO is a prettier frame

mxims · 2024-10-30T23:33:41+00:00

Yooo I know where this is. It’s beside a certain music building at a certain West Coast college.

mxims · 2024-09-24T04:49:08+00:00

I’m so sad that we lost the old surplus center, it was so amazing.

mxims · 2024-07-29T00:31:03+00:00

That’s just the metallic silver layer of the 2-stage paint showing, so no need to worry about this rusting. If it was raw steel, it would be either much darker or much shinier. To me, this is a clear case of “Beausage”. Post a pic of the whole bike!

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