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Sith-

Man, I feel ‘ya… I has a hold out too! Pure boycott as I felt it had no soul and I wanted nothing to do with it!

However, I somewhat got roped in, a buddy started a Facebook group and a blog devoted to the late 80’s Schwinn Aluminum Series road bikes (basically Gary Kleins but made by Schwinn, licensed the frames), he asked to to be a co-admin and I said I’d help him out.

Keep holding out if it suits you, if it weren’t for my buddy’s request, I’d still be standing along side of ‘ya!

Peace,

-D-

*update* I too have singed on to Mark’s Barracuda page. C’mon Sith, everyone is doing it!

😆

“God bless those Internets…” -G.W. Bush “Dubbyah”

I don’t know who inspired the rest of you back in the day (for those of you who were alive and riding)… was it Ned the machine, maybe Tinker the terror, or the cowboy Johnnie T. (Tomac)… I will forever hold John Tomac as the greatest ever, no one to this day has matched his marks, period. However, it was Tinker’s drop stem that has most impacted my bike set up. Remember all those years on the Volvo/Cannondale team, his negative angle stem was almost as memorable as his curly mop top… this was “my era” and I hold those years as the best time period our beloved sport has ever had! Anyway, to this day I still ride a very flat stem… yes, I was a copycat and flipped my stem over but so did a lot of other people (who usually flipped it right back after the first ride) but I came from a road racing background, so the riding position was great and familiar. I have never has a crazy riser stem until I started building the dirt drop GT. I trip out on guys who ride in a “beach cruiser” position out on the trail. That’s just me…

Hey,

I can add some info to this rusty discussion, God knows I’ve messed with enough surface rust on my ’57 F100, I was turned onto this product and it works awesome for what you’re needing to do. The rust miracle worker is Jasco Rust & Prep, here is a link:

http://www.wmbarr.com/product.aspx?catid=103&prodid=221

Grab yourself some gloves as it can splash, an inexpensive/disposable brush (I used a chip brush), and a small open top container. Simple slap the Jasco on all the rusty bits and let it sit overnight (if you can). In the morning all the rust will be workable metal again. I used a metal brush before the Jasco to get off any rust flakes, after the first coat of Jasco I used the wire brush again, and then I did a second coat and let that sit. The following morning I started sanding the metal, I kept going until I had a nice surface for a buildable primer. It truly couldn’t be any easier! You’re not removing the rust as much as you’re converting it back into metal… old steel dream come true!!!

Good luck!

-DON-

p.s. Take some process pictures (if you choose to use the Jasco) along the way, so we can see how yours comes out… thanks!

Hey Mix-

No need to check it out… ask Mark, that’s his Cuda!

I say something stinks about the XX ‘Cuda on Vegas Craigslist ad ! ! !

That’s Mark’s 1995 Eric Carter tribute bike! Check out the MEMBERS BIKES catagory, right there listed by “Mark” and identified as “Eric Carter”If you notice on the Retrobike UK link, all the pics are credited as “digitalkreation”, that’s Mark’s tag name. Unless Mark is in Vegas, down from Canada, and brought his XX to unload… seems fishy to me!

Mark?

What’s the score? Is someone in Vegas pulling a fast one? Some poor unsuspecting fool shows up with $400.00 and get clubbed over the head and wallet jacked

Peace,

-DON-