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After I cleaned the inch pitch chainring the Williams makers mark became visible. No model number under the makers mark but it looks like an old school, 24 tooth, steel, inch pitch, track ring.

I stripped the frame and primed it.

A brain cell fired, I remembered that I once had a Raleigh with a gallows seat post so that could be original. The crank is probably original but the inch pitch drive is something I’ve only seen on old English track bikes and early American balloon tired bikes.Perhaps the inch pitch was a...

It’s got a lot of old 1910-20s parts. 5 pin crank, flat pump mounts, an inch pitch sprocket that looks like a Williams without a Williams trade mark stamp. Bayless Wiley BB. I think I saw Charter Lee on the headset, but I have to check that as it’s stored in a plastic bag, stored in a box, with...

Not mine. Posted as an extreme example. It’s a vintage mountain bike. This guy was touring the USA. Started in New Orleans, hit the top of Michigan and was now heading to the west coast. He had so much weight on the bike that you had to be careful turning it to keep the stem from twisting. He...

Some of my one day gravel rides on my above posted Univega bike, getting in shape for the summer. As you can see it’s flat around here.

I’m not a fan of low front mount bags. I have trouble riding the white line marking the road edge. This is important as a most of our paved rural roads have a loose gravel shoulder. I like the weight evenly distributed front to rear. In the summer you can’t find a camp site, they’re all full or...

Don’t do the single rear pannier. I did that, went around a high speed corner and literally folded the rear wheel.

What a duffas, he’s got his helmet on backwards

I want to grab his neck warmer and yank it hard, better yet wrap a loose end in his wheel.

Do it right the first time, replace the chain and freewheel, otherwise you might have to take it apart and replace it anyway. Try dripping oil in the cables, turning the bike on end and then upside down so gravity moves the oil from front to back or back to front. Takes a day or two, depending...

I’ve used a 140 mm one piece crank on a klunker I once built. It had a low bb and I kept getting pedal strikes. It worked as I eliminated strikes but the cadence was very weird, choppy. I gave the bike away.

Two of my trackers. This is one I originally built in the 1970s. It’s had a few improvements since then. I had 3 of these so friends could come with me exploring hiking and old logging roads. Home built beaters from old three speed frames. This one isn’t finished.

All that is unnecessary on a road bike. Discs are downright dangerous as they have removed kneecaps from a road bike crash. Tubelesss, what good is a tire if you can’t get it on and off if you get a flat during a road cruise. Fixed gear is for the track.

Should be OK with a 27. As long as it doesn’t move or twist when riding and cranking. You can always do a yooper fix on an ill fitting post.

I had to take way too much off for a brush. It took hours.

I’ve made my own reamer out of a much smaller seat post. It easily fit inside the seat tube. I put a threaded rod through the seat post held with jam nuts at both ends. I wrapped 80 grit sand paper around the seat post reamer, held in place with spray on contact glue. I used an electric drill...

I didn’t like this type of adapter. It gives you twice the pull distance but half the torque which made my brakes too weak. An expensive piece for the garbage. If this is your plan I would ask others about their experience with these before buying them. I tried the problem solvers brand. I could...

Homemade, free from junk. I had this spread and realignment checked by a bike shop with a real tool and my homemade job was perfect. After spreading I use this homemade tool to check the frame alignment. I spread with a furniture clamp.