Picked up another Schwalbe Marathon at a local shop that specializes in old bikes. The guy thought that the separation around the bead was responsible for the bulge; and when I thought about it, the tire is at least 4 years old. So I put the new one on. Planning on a ride tomorrow.
On this bike, I replaced the original Brooks saddle with a new one about 5 or 6 years ago, replaced the worn-out pedals before that, and replaced the original Simplex derailleurs with the same models (from another local shop specializing in vintage bikes) about 10 years ago. So, I'm not so interested in using newfangled parts. Cheers, Rick Rick On Jul 25, 2014, at 8:43 PM, steve harley wrote: > on 2014-07-23 18:05 Rick Womer wrote >> My bicycle is a 1973-vintage Raleigh Super Course, in very good condition >> (if you don't look too closely at the paint!), with all original parts >> except the tires and pedals. Despite many thousands of miles it's still >> going strong. >> >> The problem is tires. >> >> Short version: The rims are "hookless" dimpled Weinmanns. > > i don't know from hookless, but i would consider buying new wheels … > contemporary wheels are stronger and lighter these days, and may be the best > investment you can make in that nice old frame; i have an old Miyata touring > frame on which i'm putting a modern 105 BB and crankset (found at thrift), > and i'm shopping for wheels for it, plus i could also use a better wheelset > for a Pake C'mute frame i just picked up; the pickings on craigslist are > pretty sweet — at this time of year it's a buyers’ market (in Denver at least) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. http://photo.net/photos/RickW -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
