-----Original Message----- >From: frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Aug 13, 2007 2:52 PM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >Subject: Re: OT - a little late on the bicycle thing... > >On 8/13/07, Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I decided to do more road biking rather than mountain biking and was >> looking for a "new" bike. Then I had the big DUH! moment when I saw the >> old Takara Deluxe Touring 12 speed hanging in my parents' garage. They >> gave it to me on my 16th birthday in 1984. New tires (the old ones were >> 23 years old and dry rotted), tubes, bar wraps, clip-on pedals, a few >> adjustments and it is mostly road-worthy. >> >> I'll probably tear down the bottom bracket and clean it up a bit more. >> The shifting is pretty smooth but the brakes are crap and need some >> adjustments. I've done some decent (for me) distance with it, on nice, >> smooth, flat Delaware roads. >> >> http://tinyurl.com/yqgu3q >> Pentax Optio S > >Point that saddle down, or you'll be singing soprano in no time... > >;-) > >A vintage '80's steed. > >And, yeah, upgrading the brakes is a very good idea. Up to the 80's, >brakes pretty much sucked... > >Have fun! > >cheers, >frank > >-- >"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > Gee Frank does that go for Campagnolo?
I actually rode my track Bianchi once while I was in Florida last week. Makes me want to take out the Bianchis I have with me here in Baltimore. Cesar Panama City, Florida still in Baltimore, Maryland -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
