Salty seadog
Space Cadet...(3rd Class...)
Nah, it’s deliberate, but to distract everyone from how that mudguard is fitted
Yeah, he'll probably say it's 'cos the bike has discs or something ....
Groupset mixing, thoughts please.
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Yeah, he'll probably say it's 'cos the bike has discs or something ....
You look at your feet when pedaling? Really? Don't you get tired of waking up in Intensive Care?
Heltor Chasca
Out-riding the Black Dog
No looking. It’s the same ideology as canoes. Red ones are faster than green ones. Happens without even looking. Same will happen if cranks are different colours. No need to look, in my case my form would fall apart.
Same as when a tree falls in a forest. Does it make a sound? Or does it only make a sound if someone is listening?
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woodbutcher
Veteran
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- S W France
Interesting thought but it would be human arrogance to the n' th. degree to believe that. Sort of on a par with if l can't see it, feel it , smell it or touch it cant be there. "No one can hear you scream in space" but you are still screaming !
If a tree falls in a forest, it will be heard by millions of insects and many larger animals too. What's so special about humans that we get to determine whether something makes a sound or not?
winjim
Smash the cistern
It might be something like that.
Salty seadog
Space Cadet...(3rd Class...)
randynewmanscat
Veteran
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- Vienne, Poitou-Chrentes
I have some period correct bikes. Period correct with the different generations of different manufacturers parts that where available in the shops during the years that the bike frames had stuff hung on them. In the 70's and 80's young Britons built bikes that cost an arm and a leg from the stock of most expensive/raved about/shiniest parts available and hung them on a frame of their choosing.
Only the laziest/richest or least knowledgable bought complete bikes with a groupset, Italian in the 70's and in the 80's Shimano and Italian. Normal to see a bike with Shimano brakes, stem, post, levers and Campagnolo gears.
mickle
innit
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I hate the idea of mixing Campag with Shi**no. It makes me feel quite ill. However.. I've been having some fun assembling my touring bike which has a Suntour / Shimano / SRAM / Canecreek / Ritchey / Tektro / Stronglight / Syncros 'groupset'. Hoping to squeeze a bit of Campag on it somehow.
randynewmanscat
Veteran
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- Vienne, Poitou-Chrentes
Reassembly starts on my favourite bike when a pallet delivery arrives in March. Gran Compe, Cinelli, Mavic, Campagnolo, Shimano, Paul, Spécialités TA. I don't give a monkeys if it plays nice. I've sold gear to people who do give a hoot and they pay well for their bike parts OCD.
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
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- Land of Lincoln
Back in the 70's, on French bicycles, guys used to regularly replace the Simplex with Suntour when replacing or upgrading derailleurs. I've done the same, and have had good results on my G. LaPierre. Hella better than the old brittle Simplex.
rogerzilla
Legendary Member
The Harry Quinn I bought last summer had a Campag Valentino* rear mech, a Shimano front mech, no-name hubs on steel rims and Mafac brakes. It's a good butted frame under all that, but the first owner must have said to Quinn's, "I want one of those but I'm only paying £100 for the complete bike".
* never heard of them? Steel, cheap and very, very nasty
* never heard of them? Steel, cheap and very, very nasty
SkipdiverJohn
Deplorable Brexiteer
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- London
Or possibly someone previously bought the bike secondhand with the kind of nice bits you'd expect to find on it, swapped all the expensive parts for el cheapo ones, then re-sold it - maybe for nearly as much as they paid for it?
After all, the frame is generally the longest-lasting part of a bike, crash damage aside. I've picked up a few (non-exotic)scrappers cheaply for spare parts, and one Raleigh deal included two spare hi-tensile frames that had already been mechanically cannibalised. It stands to reason you are more likely to encounter a high quality frame with a mish-mash of mediocre mechanicals, than you are a run of the mill frame fitted with a nice set of expensive bits.
midlife
Guru
Named after his son, mediocre but not cheap. Back in the 70's you could pick up superior Jap kit for less
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
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- Land of Lincoln
I ran across a Corso, as documented elsewhere in these pages, which was sold with a Campy Valentino front mech, but a Suntour rear derailleur.
