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  1. LilDoodle

    University Co-op Bike

    Just had a bit of a google and found: https://vintage-centurion.com/years/sn-deciphering.shtml My SN is F1082405 So F= Manufacturer "Fairly" who made some Centurion and Diamondback frames in the '80s according to that site. Next digit is 1= 1st year of the decade it was made. So with only...
  2. LilDoodle

    University Co-op Bike

    Ah gotcha. Oh well. Great to meet you all the same. Haha
  3. LilDoodle

    University Co-op Bike

    Most of the bits are not original Id say. The nature of being pulled apart and then put together again by uni students, for uni students. But your observation of the forks might help narrow it down. I'll look more into some of the early 90s models to see if there is a closer matching model with...
  4. LilDoodle

    University Co-op Bike

    I don't think there are rules.
  5. LilDoodle

    University Co-op Bike

    I picked this glamour up last week with a handful of things needed to make it a rideable warrior. The story is that a Co-op bike shop at one of the local universities takes in donated or cheap bikes and makes 'em rideable again. Then sells them crazy cheap so that uni students have some wheels...
  6. LilDoodle

    Protecting an Original Paint Job

    TL;DR - Good quality 2k clear coat. Either pressure pack or through a proper gun. I use cans with the primer in the bottom. Long version: I've been using 2k clear coat over almost everything I have ever had my hands on. I'm not big on 'restoring' bikes. I think of each of the scratches, dents...
  7. LilDoodle

    Show us your 700C ATB / MTB / Hybrid

    I conceded defeat on trying to get some decent side pull brakes working on the 26" rims I had on this thing, so I stripped a parts bike for its 700c wheels. Paired up with a matching brake set, this thing pulls up like it's in reverse. 82-84 Raleigh Yukon (dated thanks to RetroBike) with...
  8. LilDoodle

    Best Caliper Brake Pads On Earth

    What are the best side pull caliper brake pads known to mankind? Extra points if there is some kind of emerging technology involved, like multicompound, controversial ingredients, questionable sources, potentially alien. Got brand new brake components everywhere here but the bike still wouldn't...
  9. LilDoodle

    Public Service Announcement - Beer Drinkers

    Just so you know, these style bottle openers (easily found on eBay, Amazon, etc) have the exact same hole spacing as your water bottle cage. Perfect for your seat tube or under your down tube. (because ontop of means you'd be opening your beer upside down.) You're welcome.
  10. LilDoodle

    Raleigh Yukon - possibly mid 80s(?)

    Levers was the answer. Appreciate the input mate. 🍻
  11. LilDoodle

    Help Identify Model of Panasonic Mountain Bike - Early 90s, Tange Frame, Unique Spray Paint

    What are your thoughts around this pair then? Ive seen this in motorcycles, where a team or elite MX rider will have a roadbike donned in their MX livery. By the sounds of what you're explaining, this could be similar right? A strong road rider gets a Prestige road bike and decides to have a...
  12. LilDoodle

    Raleigh Yukon - possibly mid 80s(?)

    Good excuse to try out some different levers then.
  13. LilDoodle

    Raleigh Yukon - possibly mid 80s(?)

    Can I continue to ask questions in my own thread? Or do I start another? What's the etiquette here? I'm going to go with my gut and not just clutter up the place with many threads about the same bike. But if Im wrong, tell me. Any of you know their shit when it comes to sidepull/caliper...
  14. LilDoodle

    Raleigh Yukon - possibly mid 80s(?)

    Oh no, none taken. I don't hunt for things to be offended by. 🍻
  15. LilDoodle

    Raleigh Yukon - possibly mid 80s(?)

    Yeah, I don't think "lower end" is offensive when it comes to tinkering with some old things. The "lower end" stuff tends to ha e better stories. I know there is no way I'd have thrown a Mongoose Motomag off a sketchy jump made out of a car bonnet leaned against one of my mates, over a peir and...
  16. LilDoodle

    Raleigh Yukon - possibly mid 80s(?)

    Woah! Cheers mate!!
  17. LilDoodle

    Show us your pre-'97 Trek

    Saved from the dump.
  18. LilDoodle

    Raleigh Yukon - possibly mid 80s(?)

    I picked up this Raleigh Yukon frame and forks yesterday for a bargain. As I was driving over there to collect I had a plan in my head of making it a single speed. Either using a coaster wheel I have or just a single speed converted cassette. But now that I am staring at it at home with bars...
  19. LilDoodle

    Hardware to fit specialized pizza rack

    My Trek 800 and Diamondback Wildwood and new Norco all have m5 bolts. Im taking a stab that it's universal. Rather than a P bracket, mark up your forks and run 'em over to a local car exhaust place and ask them to weld on a nut or tab. Have a box of beer in the boot of your car and see how...
  20. LilDoodle

    Work bikes

    I ride to work some days. Its about a 15km trip. Today it was on this Trek 800 Singletrack which I saved from the tip about a week ago. I THINK its about '96 or '97 and I am aware it is nothing special. Threw on a cheap set of 1x cranks as the front mech was fd. Some 720mm bars, grips, tubes...
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