Almost lost track of this blog

Well here we are 5 years later and the Skyway is still running. . . broke a Gates belt when a stick went in it, but it's still rolling. New Mavic Open Pro rims replace the soft aluminium Alex brand rims it came with. ..

Still have the SC1800, but don't ride it very often because there are now 16 nice bikes in the herd.

Both odometers have gone by the wayside, mostly because I glued them on and then when the battery died I just gave up.

Here is a nice bike:

I think it's a CCM Targa, definitely 1977. Got it without any wheels, but built up 27" Sun CR18's on Campy high flange hubs.Repacked Ashtabula/cottered bottom bracket. Nightmare. Worst of both worlds. The Lyotard pedals look identical to Phillips pedals of old, except the bearings knock around much more easily. It's almost like a plain bearing/bushing in those Lyotards. Crap. I can only ride it on wide open roads because the Weinmann brakes are so weak. The front derailleur setup was a nightmare. There is a cable guide that has the cable rubbing on the tire one way and the chainring teeth the other way and only .5 mm of sweet spot to it works. Maybe I'm using the wrong cable guide which is weird because it's the correct Huret one that came with the bike. Still it's a good waay to remember the 70's - no helmets, no seat belts, no sealed Tylenol bottle. Somehow we survived.