http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/ Bicycle Restoration Mon, 13 May 2013 11:29:53 GMT Fourth http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12822 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12822 "Steve Birmingham" Thank you. What is the tire size ability of a 700 X 38S tube? Sun, 12 May 2013 14:47:44 GMT Steve Birmingham http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12821 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12821 Usually that’s not a problem. The tubes the shop sells are labeled with a range, 700x 35-38, 700x38-40, 700x35-45 that sort of thing. The difference between Sun, 12 May 2013 09:52:37 GMT Fourth http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12820 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12820 Thanks to you both. The inner stem hole was checked and found not to be sharp or ruff. Reminder I did go 550 miles with no flats on two different sets of Sat, 11 May 2013 20:22:08 GMT Steve Birmingham http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12819 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12819 Slippage usually only happens with both lots of force and low pressure, or very low pressure. So I’d say the tire/tube moving on the rim is probably not it. Sat, 11 May 2013 20:10:25 GMT wilsonrt2000@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12818 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12818 I have been experiencing similar problems. Always around the stem and happens with different brands. I think the quality of tubes is really low right now. I Sat, 11 May 2013 16:23:31 GMT Fourth http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12817 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12817 Thanks for any help in advance. I have a real problem with flat rear tires, one or two a month. Valve stems cut at tube. History, new bike bought with 29 X Mon, 06 May 2013 19:46:45 GMT Peter Naiman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12816 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12816 For Sale: A Quatro Assi 70cm cycle with complete early to mid 1980s Campagnolo Chorus/C-Record Group with Nuovo Record pedals, 7spd friction shift in very nice Wed, 01 May 2013 19:30:46 GMT MIKE http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12815 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12815 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=124324107764840&set=a.108827779314473.1073741828.100005617541144&type=1&theater Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:57:07 GMT Chris Trask http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12814 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12814 I visited a communal bike repair shop on Tuesday and came away with a 1977 Peugeot UO-8 in fairly good condition. Someone had turned it into a track bike, and Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:53:22 GMT Chris Trask http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12813 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12813 ... 59cm to 62cm. The 1968 Peugeot UO-8 I built up like this is a 58cm and that is the bottom end of my comfort zone. It looks and feels good to ride a Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:33:54 GMT Paulos, Richard G http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12812 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12812 What size? I have a red Gitane in the shed. With yellow decals. Complete bike. Mostly stock. newer tires. I'd put it more in the early 1970s. Plastic Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:16:39 GMT Chris Trask http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12811 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12811 I'm slowly gathering parts for yet another restoration, and I have something fairly specific in mind. I'd like to find a 1960's era French frame set, Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:19:25 GMT Forbes Black http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12810 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12810 First off, I'd pull the serial number off the frame and check with the police to see if the frame is stolen. Assuming not, some of that aluminum stuff might be Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:03:08 GMT frank http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12809 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12809 Found a terribly mangled Bridgestone MB-1 in a dumpster today. I'll be able to cull the drive train and seat post. I'd like to use the Ritchey/Nitto on my Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:58:36 GMT j m http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12808 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bicycle_Restoration/message/12808 To follow on with Will's reply: You've told us nothing about it. No model year, no list of components, no estimation of miles ridden, or the type of riding.