Tony! Thanks for sending me on a walk through the past, I know have photos somewhere of lock-up ANT's w/ those racks.
Here's one that I bet this is one Mike's (it's on a Seven), likely belonged to someone involved in the local industry (Merlin/Seven/I.F.): https://www.flickr.com/gp/cococomomo/836YmX And another "rando"-ANT: https://www.flickr.com/photos/joe_bunik/5978844794 =- Joe On 11/7/18, Tony DeFilippo <vpi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I’m glad to see I wasn’t alone in my reaction to this frame! > > Tom thats excellent info about the drum brake service, i need to get some > of that grease. > > Anyone have a picture of the ‘D Rack’? I have exchanged emails with Mike > Flanigan about the bike actually, he confirmed it was an early one of his. > Seems like a very nice guy, I didn’t realize he was back in business but > I’m happy to hear it. > > Anyone have an opinion about Sturmey Archer vs Shimano drum brake IGH’s? > Not sure I’ll go that route, might stick with single speed or look at the > two speed/dinglespeed setup. > > Also i’ve been out of the 700x32ish tire market a while... these drum brake > wheels will definitely penalize flat repair times so I may have to look at > more robust tires than my compass and schwable slicks lately. Riv Jack > Browns, pasaelias, the VO/panaracer tires, gravel kings... any consensus on > favorites? > > Tony > > > > On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 11:38 Joe Bunik <jbu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Tony, >> >> That's a great score and takes me back to the early 2000's when I was >> living in Cambridge / Somerville -- Mike's work was hugely influential >> on me in my nascent bike-nerd years. This bike still epitomizes >> everything a BOB-ish townie should be. I'm still searching for this >> white whale! >> >> Another important dude from that time was a mechanic(?) at the >> Broadway Bicycle Schoo, "Smasher" who preached the wonders of >> rebuilding the old Raleigh 3-speeds which littered the curbs of Boston >> every trash day. Anyone remember his web pages? >> >> =- Joe Bunik >> Walnut Creek, CA >> >> On 11/7/18, Joe Bernard <joerem...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > "He doesn’t get the credit he deserves for the shift away from racing >> > to >> > practical bikes." >> > >> > No he doesn't. Every mainstream bike maker has a "townie" with IGH, >> pullback >> > bars, fenders and a rack now. Things were very different in 2001 and >> > "townie" wasn't a word. >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups >> > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> > an >> > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/yVcq5nE7UF8/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
