Recent content by hiero2

A little more progress today: the spoke nipples are not frozen, and can still be trued. Although, I am not sure how much good the spokes are - some have a lot of rust deterioration. However, the rust is all in the middle, which sees the least spoke breakage, and spoke breakage is very rarely...

Update. Looks like I have to find a new online photo storage solution. Took off the crankset yesterday. Avanti - you were right about the cotter pin. One nut was missing, and the cotter was no longer seated, allowing movement relative to the axle. I've found a much more current Hercules (a...

Holy Cranksets, Batman! I did not even notice that, but right you are! Shoot, sure hope I don't have a set of bunged crankarms! That would change things. My original idea was just to clean up the hubset anyway, and see what they would bring on Ebay. But that was when I was thinking I was...

That's what I'm thinking - looks rebuildable. Pedals are rebuildable type - and move freely enough. All the bearings feel ok - but I'll know more when I take them apart. The frame supposedly had some sort of rust-proofing coating. I see some spots of rust on the outer surfaces, but nothing too...

The unglorious whole. Ladie's model, obviously. And the saddle and handgrips are gone - unfortunately. They GREATLY added to the overall "zombie" looks. Ewwww. The hub and oil-hole cover that got my attention. The heron light bracket. The heron chainring. Some spots are pretty rough...

Re: Awesome? Oy, you don't believe me when I said fugly? Ok, ok, I will try to do some photos for the before. Although it is too late for a complete "before" - I swear - I put on latex gloves to get started on this puppy. The original Brooks saddle had been replaced with an American Mesinger...

At our transfer station (used to be the town dump, but now everything is recycling) I saw an old and fugly bike. Nasty dirty with grime. Plastic handgrips bubbled and melted into something so repulsive I did not want to touch them. Then I noticed the hubs. They had oil-hole steel spring clips...

Heh. Yup. I got to admit, hyperbole gives me heartburn, but this is - timely - right on - something indicating appropriateness. cheers!

<sigh> I don know. <sigh> Listen. I've had a few beers, so I'm doing what "BEST ADVICE" sez. I'm writin' a reply, and savin' it for tomorrow. I'm not goin' to post it tonite. But I will give fair call warning. I see unfair and unreasonable calls against mods and former mods here. I'll give...

Pretty good recap. For Kenyans, competitive running is a huge personal economic success. Not even SUCCESSFUL competitive running - you just have to be good. The average per capita income is so low - you can be a successful man with income that would be impoverishing elsewhere. Add to that...

Wow. Hmm. Well - I have absented myself from these forums for some days now. Intentionally. Trying to avoid stupidity. I see that I have missed a great lot of drama while I have been gone. Aw. Drama queens. Yup, I say drama queens. We do seem to have a culture in this forum that puts marking...

Yes, true - now if I JUST had not grown to dislike him so much - - - :D

I sincerely wish you had taken the time to word your first response with this much care. What you say here is reasonable, and is not a direct attack on Frank Day. I completely agree that we should not waste research time on proving what has already been proven, and should be obvious - due to...

Dial back? The alternative is that I should be reporting nearly every post in THIS thread, EXCEPT Frank Day's. He has been about the only poster with manners in this thread. Alex did a bit more than what you say, quite a bit. And particularly note that Frank Day DID NOT bring up the "average 40%...

Yeah, I have to be wondering, too. Still, it happens. You have a good month - a lucky month - or a year. It happens.