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i've always found photos of pretty bikes propped up by a bike stand a little meh, especially with the snow

did they drive those bikes to that location, unload them, stand them up, take photos, and then drive back to wherever they came from?

lol, very hiphop

Whoa!! It's that Samson from a few years back! The owner kept threatening to paint the whole bike pink unless the LFGSS community forked over a tidy sum in small, non-sequential, unmarked bills.

Glad to see it survived the paint can. Looks even better now than it did back then. How did you pry it from his grubby pink fingers, @user86310 ?

order for my pink LFGSS placed! thx <3

1 - Dogs
2 - AlexD x 2
3 - Spotter
4 - ioreka x 2
5 - Daithetooth
6 - almac68 x 2
7 - Gewürzt
8 - Tallboy x 2
9 - bazschmaz x 2
10 - ElGonzo x 2
11 - spinnnout x2
12 - moocher x 2
13 - jonuxuk x 2
14 - groovyriderbikeninja x2
15 - el_presidente x2
16 - daithetooth x 2
17 - tjmw x 2
18 - bolognium x 2

Dibs! PM on its way!

Just wanted to give you a bump! Hopefully someone out there with some cash burning a hole in their pocket finds this!

Good luck, man!

subtle Grand Mighty flex

I've installed a few dozen fenders (mudguards, whatever) over the years and they are ALWAYS a pain in the ass. Fender jobs never go as planned. There are always so many annoying problems to solve, tight spots, crimping, filing, unbolting, fiddling, new tight spots, more filing, more crimping.

As pretty much everyone has said in this thread, not the fault of VO that they didn't work on your frame unfortunately. There are plenty of bike/fender combinations out there that mix like oil and water, and your bike was just one of them.

PhilDAS pretty much summed it up perfectly, and hard lols ensued:

"I don't think it's the fault of the mudguard that it doesn't fit under your specific fork"

"I don't think it's the fault of the mudguard that it doesn't fit under your specific frame"

I can't stop looking at the weird toe strap situation on this Bianchi. The rest of the bike is literally so perfect that this sticks out like a sore thumb.

Another big fan of the Syncros stems here. I love vintage parts, and obscure parts, Syncros tends to tick both of the boxes pretty well these days.

I have a few of their stems, but this 1" threadless road stem with the hinge faceplate is my favourite:

New crank next?

according to the ad it's set up as fixed gear and comes with a "16 or 17t rear fixie cog"

so I'd imagine when you backpedal or skid the derailleur just wraps upward and slams into the frame and spokes slowing you down quite efficiently

RockHopper frame size small (seatpost seized)
Shimano Exage 500 derailleur converted to a chain tensioner
Asking price is $350. Good luck finding this elsewhere!!!

GOOD LUCK FINDING THIS ELSEWHERE GUYS

So maybe this is more of a street use vs. velodrome use thing? Like the old Campy sheriff star hubs.

So you're right, those are the 144BCD Primato Advanced cranks that everyone has been talking about.

So are we mostly talking about the Advanced Miche cranks with 144 BCD?

Just like @radiobomb73 I had one of the 135BCD Primatos for nearly 2 years on my daily and never had any issues. Have since upgraded and passed the crank along but I believe it's still going on strong.

Is this the crankset you're referring to @M_V

So does that mean they fit alright on Omniums then? I've noticed a lot of chainrings have the opposite problem on Omnium cranks, where the chainring is too narrow for the chunky flats on Omniums.

The Goldtec rings are decent and seem round to me. I've had one on a pair of 75s with a Supertoughness chain and was very happy with its performance. Definitely agree with @umop3pisdn that they feel overbuilt though. They have no hollowing out on the backside like fancier rings (Zen and Rotor) so they are surprisingly heavy.

However, one neat thing to mention is the ring is completely reversible so can be fully used twice. There is a logo etched on both front and back, and each face has machined chanring bolt seats so the bolts sit flush with the surface. There effectively is no "back" to the ring.

ooof I too saw that they'd restocked and decided to have a peek. Having a lot of trouble justifying their price considering I'm basically just interested based on their looks (obviously know the quality is there)

I currently have a Zen on one of my bikes, and I've ridden regular Sugino 75 rings, Dura-Ace, Omniums, and smaller company's rings like Goldtec and Blackspire. Totally can't tell the difference between any of them myself.

Love the looks of aarn rings, but can't justify the price point :(

i mean yeah, and those parts on a pristine shiny like-new C-track i'd agree

but that frame with those bits, nah

i'm usually a fan of A.Danger's stuff, and am definitely jealous of her snagging that infamous Cannondale rat, but i kinda agree with alocalboy on this one.

that setup with the crazy unrealistic Sugino honeycomb bling gear ratio and tiny rack just screams "i ride this around the corner to the cafe" to me. the reason the original Cannondale rat was so iconic around here was because it was ridden into the ground by a dude who liked riding.

current iteration is missing the mark for me. kinda feels neutered and like sealed under glass for safekeeping now

riding this thing now

How critical is it that I find out the type of alloy (6000, 7000 series, etc) for a decent weld job? I've tried contacting KHS but never got a response, and haven't had any success searching the internet either.

All I have to go on is the "Lite Concept - Aluminum Alloy" sticker pictured above. I know most KHS frames from this era were made with True Temper, did TT ever do an aluminum tubeset?

Hey y'all. Long story, but I basically ended up with this cracked frame for free. The crack is down at the BB shell, around about a third of the seat tube. I've always loved these old KHS frames, and I'm hoping to bring this one back to life.

Does anyone have some advice on repairing an old aluminum frame? I know how difficult it is to repair aluminum (finding the right filler material for the alloy, heat-treating, stresses at the heat-affected-zone, etc) but since I've got this frame for free, I'd love to repair it. Whether it's a proper repair, or a bit of a bodge is kinda up for debate.

So what does the LFGSS thinktank have to say? Any ideas what series alloy these old frames are made from?