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1984 Raleigh 555sl Team USA... all original and nearly unused bike needs a new home. I'm tired of storing it, so I'm selling it
I've been storing this for a dozen years... and I've had enough
Chrome Moly tubes under the paint
All Shimano stuff here
Original tires and everything else
by the condition of the stickers, this hasn't seen any water
another view of the tires... and evidence that the tread hasn't been used much if at all.
the bottom of the kickstand
meant to show the top of the kickstand, I noticed that the original tires were marked Raleigh, so I moved the tire a bit and took the photo again, below
So.. anyone know of a bike fanatic that needs a 30 year old bike in red white and blue, with stars.. some dust, and a uniqueness that will be unmatched in their club, county, and state?
I just looked on Ebay, and an identical bike is at http://www.ebay.com/itm/Raleigh-Team-USA-Vintage-Road-Bike-All-Original-and-Near-Perfect-95-/251425373098?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a8a1ebbaa and that seller has cleaned his up, and is asking $800. So, keep in mind that he is used to selling bikes and might be able to tell you more about this bike
If so, email me, jbohjkl@yahoo.com
reinventing the skirt guard
Found on http://www.bikehacks.com/bikehacks/2013/10/bungeeoverkill.html
other dress catchers or skirt guards I've posted:
bicycle parts and time on his hands, and this incredible clock was the result
Toon Boumans made this pendulum clock bike from a bike and miscellaneous bike parts, displayed at the Kerkrade Maker Faire
I have never seen such a piece of craftmanship before. He lives in a small village with a special collection of 48 bikes, collected over more than 50 years.
found on http://www.bikehacks.com/bikehacks/2013/10/pendulum-clock-bike.html
2 year experiment concludes, thieves steal where they aren't being watched... even by a poster of eyes.
In a two year experiment on the university campus, the academics managed to reduce thefts from the racks with the eye pictures, combined with a short anti-theft message, by 62%. And there was also a noticeable difference in places without the signs, where bike theft went up by 63%, suggesting that the crime had been displaced to other locations, rather than eliminated.
Full story at http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/press.release/item/watching-eyes-reduce-bike-theft
image from, and story learned from http://www.rad-spannerei.de/blog/2013/10/17/poster-mit-aufmerksamen-augen-reduziert-fahrraddiebstahl-um-die-haelfte/
A study on the behavior of drivers overtaking bicyclists... wow. Nothing about the cyclist matters, drivers suck
In a recently published study by the British Universities "University of Bath" and "Brunel University" the issue of how being overtaking by motorists is affected by different remarkable clothes of bicyclists.
The tests were carried out with seven types of garments. In addition to the clothing types "commuter", "everyday cyclists" and "High Visible cyclists" there was the "road racers" with a fitted dress and three types of garments with different designed safety vests. The type "Novice Cyclist" carried the message "Pass Slowly" On the back. The type "police" was decorated with a police-like logo and the indication that the drive is taken up by video. The third safety vest carrier was the type of "friendly cyclists" with the request "Please Slow Down!" On the back. Except for the everyday cyclist who was wearing a hat or a baseball cap, all biking subjects had a helmet on his head.
In one to two percent of overtaking the cyclists were overhauled at a distance of 50 centimeters. This overtaking distributed uniformly to all types of garments. Contrary to expectations, "Beginners" and "Experienced road cyclists" were treated equally bad. Only the reference to the video recording and the police-like clothing motivated drivers to comply with a slightly larger average distance when overtaking.
The team led by Dr. Ian Garrard and Dr. Ian Walker concluded that cyclists can hardly do anything against dangerous overtaking. http://opus.bath.ac.uk/37890/1/Walker_2013.pdf
Found on http://www.rad-spannerei.de/blog/
Bicycles, innovation among a collection
All from a touring exhibition of collector Michael Embacher
found on http://derstandard.at/1363711209772/Mitm-Radl-da-Highlights-der-Embacher-Collection
this just may revolutionize bike and motorcycle locks
the above video (if it doesn't work go to http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lock8/lock8-the-worlds-first-smart-bike-lock and watch the top video) has a much better instant communication of what and why this bike lock / antitheft notification system works... better than LowJack, which doesn't let you know your vehicle has been stolen, or your car alarm (ditto) because it does both the functions, loud audible to let people in your bikes area know someone is stealing it, and hits your cell phone letting you know, and then you can use the tracker function to tell cops where it is (might not want to tangle with bike thieves yourself)
the bike lock's batteries are charged when you are riding, and the alarm is triggered in several ways, movement, the cable being cut, and sudden temp changes, like a welding torch or liquid nitrogen
if you think your bike lock is a good one, see if the videos on YouTube agree, because there are a lot here that show that most bike locks are bullshit. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lock%208%20bike%20lock&sm=3
and what ever you do go with, get the best you can afford, lock it as best you can
because some very cheap bolt cutters can cut through some seemingly good ubolts like Master and Schlage:
which gives me the feeling that not only is the above guy lucky no pieces hit him in his head, they flew as fast as bullets, but that Master and Schlage are no good. The most expensive chains or u bolts might be the only safe deterrant.... they'll likely cost 1/4 to 1/2 your bikes value is my guess
Rare instance of a bike thief getting caught:
learned about this on http://derstandard.at/1381370209753/Lock8-Ein-smartes-Schloss-soll-Fahrraeder-vernetzen
Danny MacAskill's imagination project
Found on http://lecontainer.blogspot.com
I've only found one video from him before: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/12/danny-macaskill-rides-through-over-and.html But he was a bike stunt or advisor on the movie "Premium Rush" http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/12/premium-rush-is-great-bike-chase-movie.html
mighty big beast clearing the wind for the bicyclist's attempt at high speed pedaling
Found on http://carrosantigos.wordpress.com/
and I just found a post from http://goodsparkgarage.com from May 2012 that goes into a report on it
see more at http://goodsparkgarage.com/motorcycles-bicycles-in-motor-paced-racing/
where they do a thorough job of explaining the event, the reason the motorcycles are modified to have the rider over the rear tire, the handlebars so long, and the rider... up right. To punch a hole through the air the bicyclist could draft in.
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