Yeah I remember well those late 60's Schwinn Stingray bikes that were all the rage in the late 60's with the top tube mounted "stick shift" and the five-speed "transmission" and the tall "ape hanger" handlebars. Every kid wanted one. Thanks for jogging my aging memory (but really, no thanks - I'd sooner forget :-)
[image: Picture 1 of 8] On Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 11:40:21 AM UTC-6 Patrick Moore wrote: > That's how they system was designed; that shifter and the cable came with > the hub and the position of the shifter is determined by the frame > dimensions. > > In fact, I didn't even think of this until your email; so far, dismounts > have been pain free. > > In other news: on the second bike I customized, a sparkly gold Raleigh > Sport, age 38 circa 1968, I swapped out the effete white twist grip shifter > for a much more manly top-tube dragster shifter with a 4" high lever topped > by a big black knob from the Sears catalogue which cut at least 3 seconds > from my quarter mile times. [I also swapped out the North Road bar from a > steel drop bar and hammered the "tourist" levers into shape to match the > drop bar's bends.] > > > On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 7:46 PM George Schick <bhi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Patrick - why did you decide to terminate the SA shift cable at a lever >> mounted on the top tube instead of running it into a housing and up to the >> bars? Squeamishly, I detect a potential groin injury from that location. >> >> >> On Friday, March 10, 2023 at 8:10:38 PM UTC-6 Patrick Moore wrote: >> >>> Or, garvel biek, as BSNYC would say (he's grossly profane, but I like >>> him because he rigorously adheres to H. L. Mencken's dictum, that "One >>> belly laugh is worth 10,000 syllogisms"). >>> >>> Anyway, I decided to play hooky from work and instead put the new pair >>> of RH Naches Pass extralights onto the ultra-narrow Sun M14A rims (19 mm >>> OW) with 650B tubes for 2" tires -- listed for 1.5" to 2", but fatter and a >>> great deal bigger in circumference than my Schwalbe 26" X 1.8" ultralight >>> tubes. As usual, the 25% superfluous circumference let itself be stuffed >>> into the still-flat tire casings, and I got them properly seated without >>> more than minor suffering. I added about 2 fl oz of OS Regular to each tube. >>> >>> The new 1.8"/42mm tires measure 1.52"/38.5 mm on the skinny rims (with >>> use and on 21 mm OW rims they measure a true 42 mm); good thing, too >>> because while there is plenty of room under the single pivot caliper in >>> front, there's not very much room at the chainstays for much swelling. >>> >>> The rear wheel is built around the NOS 1937 Sturmey Archer TF hub, and I >>> installed an 18 t cog for 74" direct and 55" low. High/direct is slightly >>> lower than the Phil fixed wheel 76" gear, but the 55" gear ought to do well >>> on ditchbank trails and Conservancy District roads where the sand builds >>> up. 39 mm is pretty damned narrow for sand. >>> >>> It was getting dark and I was only able to ride it up and down the >>> block, but I hope to try it out on our ditchbank paths on Sunday. Will >>> report. >>> >>> Statutory fuzzy shot against garage door attached. >>> >>> Ian, photo and report with the closer-ratio TC still to come, after the >>> requisite shifter arrives from across the pond. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Patrick Moore >>> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >>> >>> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f5caa72f-4107-40e6-b1b3-23f2685e461an%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f5caa72f-4107-40e6-b1b3-23f2685e461an%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b45d2151-116f-49af-b190-920303ac5b73n%40googlegroups.com.
