VAR crank puller

since learning that TA and Stronglight 

require their own tools I've 

been on the hunt.

thanks to Hilary Stone, I'm now the proud owner of a dual TA/British crank tool and

VAR is something of a legendary brand in bike tools 

so I'm happy on both fronts.

the tool itself is reassuringly heavy, 

with beautiful, crisp threads.

Wish I Could Be There

more clean Victor and Positron rear derailleur (or "derailer" if you're Grant Peterson) close-up

Are you a knobule?

 

this picture made my day

I found it in the dictionary under

"schadenfreude"

but seriously 

it's not just the 'tragedy' of so much mangled plastic,

if you routinely portage your bike on or in your car

you are a dickhead

if you drive your bike places to ride to

you are stupid

and deserve everything that the bicycle-industrial complex

sells at you

the essence of amateur is having to

or choosing to

ride to the race

race

then ride home again

that's a kind of class that is rarely seen these days

A clean drive train is to celebrated and photographed

or it might just disappear under a layer of grime when the rain comes

if my bike was clean but no-one blogged about it
did it really happen?

Viscount Aerospace Pro with Panaracer Pasela folding 27 x 1" Tourguard tyres or tires if you will

search engine optimised heading
so I can sit back and watch the stats go through the roof as Russians and Venezuelans search for my bikes

Weigle 650b rando and workshop

perfect

Aerospace xSportx Pro part deux

more pics

sign of how little this bike has been used

and how well stored

by the little rusting on steel parts like cable hangers

some perishing of brake hoods but still well serviceable

a little bit of a shoddy job by the worker who braised the BB shell

but finally I know why my Supa Sport has the redundant little cable-guide braised on

to the lower left hand side of the down tube

it's actually a cable stop for the Titlist front derailleur

DA fronts came with their own clamp-on cable guide for both front and rear mech cables...

like here....................................................................................................^

original suede saddle

miles will tell...

splinched pic again

the whole beast

new, almost literally, Viscount Aerospace Pro

so just bought a very original, close to mint condition VA Pro

check out the amazeballs

lived in a shed all its life apparently

lambert brake lever

rubber half-hoods a bit perished but still very serviceable

btw the original brake blocks work really well

i'm seriously thinking of not updating anything....

not even he bar tape

because it's all in such good nick

that stupid orange tape has already come off though

the crane shifts very fast and even tighter than the NOS ones I've had on Supa Sport
integrated derailleur hanger but alas
no adjuster screws :(

probably the best single indication of how little this bike has been ridden
is there any wear on those teeth? cos I can't see it

this picture got splinched during whilst apperating to cyberspace

finally I get to see the mysterious patina of the Titlist front mech

for myself

this pic badly splinched as well

the only thing wrong with the whole bike is

the head set is a little stiff

could be a type 2 or 3 fork

haven't done the magnet test yet

original IRC tyres

27 x 1, 1/8

probably the other indicators of use

or lack therof

both pedal dust caps present

and the Lambert straps have zero perishing or drying out of the leather

more pics soon