Hello from Central California

**rdjmchris** · 12th December 07, 02:26 PM

That depends on when HH6 returns from Afghanistan. I want to come, but I really ain't sure yet.

Chris

**Celtic Cyclist** · 12th December 07, 02:37 PM

The boys and girls still terrorize the natives every Saturday morning. The ride has gotten so big it's been broken into three smaller groups.

**Alan H** · 12th December 07, 04:40 PM

Originally Posted by Celtic Cyclist

The boys and girls still terrorize the natives every Saturday morning. The ride has gotten so big it's been broken into three smaller groups.

Geeeee.... I remember my bike from back then. It got stolen from in front of the Cal Music Building in 1980 after being my get-to-class bike at UCSB for four years and doing a mess of races in high school. My racing bike in college was a Bob Jackson frame, with Dura Ace derailleurs, a Dura-Ace crankset, ultra-budget British pedals (with rat-traps of course), and a very unusual Shimano gooseneck and handlebars combination that I *Loved* . Dura-Ace brakes... I build the wheels, the rear was a Campagnolo hub four-cross, wired and soldered spoked to mavic aluminum rims, and brace yourself......I used sew-ups! Does anybody use sew-ups any more? I'm a big guy so I actually used a cheap mm atom low-flange hub on the front wheel and radially spoked it to another mavic rim.

Higher pressure, low profile tires came out in 1977, so I replaced the sew-up hubs with new ones and ran the high-pressure, presta valve tubes until the bike got ripped off.

My original get-around bike frame was an old Peugeot Reynolds 331 main tube job, kind of a cheapie, but it was stiff enough for me except for the forks, thus the radially spoked wheel, which I tried out on the Peugeot before doing the same on the Bob Jackson.

Wow....flashback to college. I sucked as a racer, so I spent a year riding in the van being the wrench for the college team and worked at the UCSB bikeshop for two years.