New York March NYC Meet-Up

TBT is showt for #Throwbackthursday. If I recall, it was some thing years ago to post throwback pictures on thursdays and that's when it's coined.
Internet is interesting, as lots of things develop really fast. Know that at 24 I feel a wide gap sometimes to those at 18. Talk about "memes" that emerged in some strange way. Basically stupid stuff that goes famous and viral. If all that thinking power were used properly!



I appreciate how small it makes the world. Anything is basically at your hands (virtually).
On the negative side, there is a strange dystopian effect on society.



Ti-room I did some quick "stalking" and basically it linked to a Merlin cycles museum
https://deskgram.net/explore/tags/tiroom


There are some tools to use IG on a computer, I personally have it as an app in Windows 10. Funny isn't it! My phone always gets too full and by using it on a PC I cut down on use. Nudging and constant dopamine conditioning makes these quite addictive.
 
Prest_400 said:
TBT is showt for #Throwbackthursday. If I recall, it was some thing years ago to post throwback pictures on thursdays and that's when it's coined.
Internet is interesting, as lots of things develop really fast. Know that at 24 I feel a wide gap sometimes to those at 18. Talk about "memes" that emerged in some strange way. Basically stupid stuff that goes famous and viral. If all that thinking power were used properly!



I appreciate how small it makes the world. Anything is basically at your hands (virtually).
On the negative side, there is a strange dystopian effect on society.



Ti-room I did some quick "stalking" and basically it linked to a Merlin cycles museum
https://deskgram.net/explore/tags/tiroom


There are some tools to use IG on a computer, I personally have it as an app in Windows 10. Funny isn't it! My phone always gets too full and by using it on a PC I cut down on use. Nudging and constant dopamine conditioning makes these quite addictive.
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Jorde,

Thanks for helping me data mine.

I think the world would be a better place without cell phones. Even though cars are safer than ever fatalities are up due to "distracted driving." Indirectly cell phones, texting and other portable electronic devices are killing people and are causing accidents.

Perhaps photography is the exception because photographers pride themselves with being in the moment and being conscience of their surroundings.

Pretty much I don't need distractions.

Owning three old Ti bikes is kinda exceptional. Also owning a steel and the only Ti Mountain Trials is outstanding and special. Pretty much instant branding.

How many painted Ti bikes have you ever seen? I have only seen a less than a handful "in the wild."

Most Ti bikes are either bead blasted for that dull grey matte finish like my Ti IBIS, or polished like my Ti Basso (Litespeed) mountain bike that strongly resembles chromed steel.

Painted Ti is kinda rare, and I own a prime example that was done By Rainbow Cycletry in Colorado.

Cal
 
Calzone said:
Last night "Maggie" had to teach, so I had the opportunity to "Smoke Test" the 1960 Fender Brown Super Amp for about an hour.

I also had modded the tone circuit of the Vibrato channel to match the early 6G4 circuit that has a lower gain, is less bright, and has more of a retro "tweed" sound that has more pronounced midrange.

The Vibrato Channel still is brighter and has more gain than my Normal channel. Perhaps still a step towards a "Blackface" with scooped mids.

I happen to like the Fender clean sound of the tweeds without any effects that has a vocal quality and seems to be more touch sensitive. Pretty much I pull the sounds with my attack and with my hands.

My guess is that a person who likes or uses effects would rather like using the Vibrato channel for the added brightness and clarity, otherwise the sound gets too thick and perhaps muddy.

So the amp I created from this "transitional" amp has the pre-amp and power amp of the early 6G4 brown "Super" with the later 6 tube Vibrato circuit of the later 6G4-A Super, but utilizes the layout and tag board derived from the "Blonde Twin" that was released around 1961.

"I love it."

Pretty much made my amp from an amp that needed deep forensics, reverse engineering, and archival digging. Only paid $1.1K for an amp that is worth $2.5K to $3.5K even though it came with new Mercury Magnetics power and output trannies, new reissue Jenson P12R speakers, and a new replacement cabinet.

Cal
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You have to get those reissue Jensen out of there, either get a real Jensen or a weber speaker which are much better, the Jensen reissue are not known for their fine sound.
 
Range-rover said:
You have to get those reissue Jensen out of there, either get a real Jensen or a weber speaker which are much better, the Jensen reissue are not known for their fine sound.
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Bob,

In my fine tuning and "tube rolling" I would agree with you. I hear an overly bright top end that needs to be tamed. The E & B treble strings are a bit of a "dog-whisle," especially with a Tele.

I suspect that these speakers though are still too close to brand new, have never played at gig volumes, and are too tight for a reason. This amp I got from my friend's shop and the customer who came to consign it likely lost money after buying the speakers, a repo cabinet, and new trannies.

It is highly likely that someone bought this old Super and parted it out. First likely to be sold would be be the power supply tranny which is the same one used in a 4-10 tweed Bassman a legendary amp that sells for about twice the price of my Super.

Likely then the speakers which are period correct also for a Bassman, the output tranny, and lastly the cabinet.

I believe this must of happened long-long ago because the amount of OEM parts, lack of maintenance, and the originality of all the parts on the tag board suggest this amp was kinda "untouched" because of all the OEM parts were intact. The tone controls were modded though. Even the power supply electrolydics were OEM from 1960 and the amp somehow worked.

Poor repair and lack of skill were evident. The amp was noisy (bad solder joint/cold solder joint=bad ground/connection); the amp cut in and out due to bad speaker connections;

I suspect that this seller bought the chassis intent on re creating a car-cuss into a Super again with newly available clone parts. This seller spent a plenty.

Wonderful that it came with NOS Phillips 6L6's and a British GZ34 that is likely a Mullard. All the 12AX7's were new Chinese tubes though.

So this amp needs a few big gigs and the amp would likely benefit if my friend Dave gave it a beating with some overdrive. Know that Dave is a particularly loud blues player. Speaker beating is first required before further judgement can be made.

My friend Richie, a great player had reissues in his 4-10 tweed Bassman. The originals were sloppy and a bit farty. It took only a couple of gigs, but those re issue Jensen's smoothed out eventually.

I have heard great things about Weber VST. Many swear by them as being better than original Jensen's.

The problems I have with original vintage speakers is finding good ones and the cost. A lot of vintage speakers, especially low powered P10R's are played out or have dry cones. Not sure old vintage speakers that are 50-60 years old are reliable anymore. Pretty much a gamble.

Cal
 
I have in my Deluxe a original P12Q with a smooth cone, I got it cheap off ebay
because it had a hole in the cone which had all the paper still their and was able
to reglue the hole with a mix of (50/50) Aleenie's tackey glue and water and I fixed
it, and it sounds good. I do want a try a weber in their or try to find a original Jensen
blue frame alnico which are really expensive.
 
Calzone said:
Jorde,
How many painted Ti bikes have you ever seen? I have only seen a less than a handful "in the wild."

Most Ti bikes are either bead blasted for that dull grey matte finish like my Ti IBIS, or polished like my Ti Basso (Litespeed) mountain bike that strongly resembles chromed steel

Cal
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Cal,

Tons of Titanium bike are painted, just off the top of my head, Colnago, Lemond. They don't look like titanium because they are painted...

Joe
 
jszokoli said:
Cal,

Tons of Titanium bike are painted, just off the top of my head, Colnago, Lemond. They don't look like titanium because they are painted...

Joe
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Interesting because those guys are mostly known for steel bikes.

Mike the wack job has an aluminum Colnago.

I for one don't like aluminum. Even Kleins seem to fatigue and fail. I also don't like the ride quality. Kinda dead.

Steel and Ti for me.

Cal
 
I completed the Steel IBIS as a 3X1 with 63"-51"-39" gearing. I had to order a 26 Tooth chain ring which is a real odd-ball size, especially in Compact-Drive.

Pretty useful having a climbing gear, an off road gear, and a downhill gear that also serves as a road gear.

The complete bike now weighs exactly 22.0 pounds.

Cal
 
Range-rover said:
I have in my Deluxe a original P12Q with a smooth cone, I got it cheap off ebay
because it had a hole in the cone which had all the paper still their and was able
to reglue the hole with a mix of (50/50) Aleenie's tackey glue and water and I fixed
it, and it sounds good. I do want a try a weber in their or try to find a original Jensen
blue frame alnico which are really expensive.
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I have a pair of C12Q's that came out of an old Ampeg amp. The cones are pristine. Perhaps a bit sharper on the attack. For me these are a benchmark and reference for tone. My cones are ribbed.

The vintage original blue frames are costly. It also takes some luck to get one that isn't tired and flabby.

Cal
 
Calzone said:
Interesting because those guys are mostly known for steel bikes.

Mike the wack job has an aluminum Colnago.

I for one don't like aluminum. Even Kleins seem to fatigue and fail. I also don't like the ride quality. Kinda dead.

Steel and Ti for me.

Cal
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I'd have to properly try Steel, Ti and Aluminum to compare. I've always ridden the latter. As a lightweight skinny person, lighter bike is welcome. Only loaned dad's carbon, but a couple rides doesn't give proper insight on material.

Painting over Titanium is a unlawful last time I heard 😀 Anyways, given its characteristics better off to show off the metal. Carbon was the same, last decade, there were extensive areas of the frames left off showing the carbon material.
I'd really like a re-visited Klein, those gradient-fade colors are really attractive.

I thought I deceived myself by burning out at the hill climb against my buddy, but turns out he was impressed and gave me compliments for that. But I see he's a difficult person, and takes whole day rides. Oh well, Winter came back with a snow and means not much biking in a while. I'm proud of helping folks give the best of themselves, I pointed the warm temp anomaly to him as the possibility to go out.
Perhaps I do not really fit into mountain bike as much as cross country touring. Basically that's what I do in shorter segments, explore, and it's the camera in the back that dictates the riding 😀

Anyways, I watched Netflix's Kodachrome movie after months of it being out. Old photog in his last legs, some broken family and a sudden road trip to Parsons before the processing line closes. Reinforced the reasons of why photography.
 
Jorde,

Riding in the snow has this silence that is really peaceful. Generally when snow falls there is no wind. In a way also the snow cleans the bike.

One thing I now remember why I had the steel IBIS powder coated florescent orange: one reason was a projection of my flamboyant personality; but another reason was so that I would not get killed when riding on deer trails in the glacial pine barrens out on Long Island when mistaken for a deer by a hunter in a tree stand.

I learned from a DEC Game Warden on the trail that their kelvar vest will not stop an arrow. He was afraid of poachers.

Another place we use to ride was the "RCA Grounds" in Rocky Point which was formally an old antenna field from WWII. Once I stumbled upon a deer that was resting. It jumped up and scared the hell out of me. Also oddly it was an albino.

I had lost weight and initially dropped to 148 pounds, but now I have gained muscle and am 158 pounds. 5 foot nine inches without shoes.

Aluminum has no give and does not flex like steel and Titanium. With Titanium the dampening is very quick. For me the transfer of road shock, roots, or any uneveness kinda beats up the rider with the stiffness of carbon and aluminum. IMHO this adds up to cause fatigue.

Cal
 
Calzone said:
Jorde,

Riding in the snow has this silence that is really peaceful. Generally when snow falls there is no wind. In a way also the snow cleans the bike.

One thing I now remember why I had the steel IBIS powder coated florescent orange: one reason was a projection of my flamboyant personality; but another reason was so that I would not get killed when riding on deer trails in the glacial pine barrens out on Long Island when mistaken for a deer by a hunter in a tree stand.

I learned from a DEC Game Warden on the trail that their kelvar vest will not stop an arrow. He was afraid of poachers.

Another place we use to ride was the "RCA Grounds" in Rocky Point which was formally an old antenna field from WWII. Once I stumbled upon a deer that was resting. It jumped up and scared the hell out of me. Also oddly it was an albino.

I had lost weight and initially dropped to 148 pounds, but now I have gained muscle and am 158 pounds. 5 foot nine inches without shoes.

Cal
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Very well agreed. I though I'd not ride at all during winter, but compacted snow is rather good to ride, and the main country tracks are plowed here but the snow doesn't have to be too deep. Due to a Feb temp anomaly it mostly melted, though frequent ice sheets remained. The segments I could ride were fun but indeed an old aluminum frame is stiff. I understand modern ones are "better designed" in that matter.

In a way, slow riding with a camera is very pleasurable; Feeling like an expedition.

This and your deer story is why I try to drag in people. Makes for photo subjects, conversation and also someone to watch mutual backs. My bud declared in a rather amused way that he had a concussion last summer. Maybe that's why he's rather stubborn in ways.

I have to devise ways to gain strength. I'm somewhat averse to gyms but here they have outdoor facilities where one can do body and weight training.
 
I caught you guys on bikes again!

I’m still fantasizing about a cargo set up.

Found these forks made by Crust Bikes,

https://crustbikes.com/products/clydesdale-fork/

Going to bug my brother and guilt him into making me something.

You can’t have a fancy tube bender and a brand new digital welder and not do projects for your brother! Right?


@Cal: That Crust company has some pretty cool stem caps and stickers.
 
Prest_400 said:
Very well agreed. I though I'd not ride at all during winter, but compacted snow is rather good to ride, and the main country tracks are plowed here but the snow doesn't have to be too deep. Due to a Feb temp anomaly it mostly melted, though frequent ice sheets remained. The segments I could ride were fun but indeed an old aluminum frame is stiff. I understand modern ones are "better designed" in that matter.

In a way, slow riding with a camera is very pleasurable; Feeling like an expedition.

This and your deer story is why I try to drag in people. Makes for photo subjects, conversation and also someone to watch mutual backs. My bud declared in a rather amused way that he had a concussion last summer. Maybe that's why he's rather stubborn in ways.

I have to devise ways to gain strength. I'm somewhat averse to gyms but here they have outdoor facilities where one can do body and weight training.
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Jorde,

Best for strength are all out hill climbs like the one you burned out on. Recover by riding slow and then attack the climb again. Pretty much when you hit the summit you have crossed over into anerobic threshold that is not sustainable.

If you look into your eyes after an interval workout your eyes will be bloodshot as if someone choked you. On a corpse they look for bloodshot eyes as one of the indicators for strangulation as a cause of death.

On long climbs where you really push yourself you will taste metal as if you were sucking on a rusty nail. The next level after tasting metal is you start gagging and then throw up.

Pretty much you are choking yourself.

On my Elyptical workouts I'm relying on strength rather than cardio/vascular fitness to push a heavy burden/load in a sustainable manner.

Pretty much I'm trying to hang at anerobic threshold to develop strength. Last night I did my two mile mark at level 18 in 37 1/2 minutes. On a good day I did three miles in 55 minutes once. The last 1/10th I sprint to make time and to go anerobic.

This strength is useful for sprinting and climbing.

The cardio vascular is basically sustaining a long steady effort. This type of training requires lots of time in the saddle where you're training your heart to pump blood efficiently.

Both types of training are important.

One of my friends is Ralph who was my height and had a small build like me. On the road Ralph had a short torso so if you tried to draft off him pretty much the wind was in your face. Ralph was a very efficient road rider, but off road I crushed him.

I had better bike handling skills for off road, and physically I had more strength. Part of this strength is just having more muscle mass where Glycogen can be stored. I definitely was more muscular than Ralphie.

Pretty much I want to be able to do the Harlem Hills as my intervals and get to where I can do a set of ten. Not so easy on a single speed because the gearing is a bit tall for the last climb, and on the downhill I pretty much spin out the 63.59 inch gear.

My friend Eric says, "Pain is like pleasure: it's just a feeling."

Cal
 
B-9 said:
I caught you guys on bikes again!

I’m still fantasizing about a cargo set up.

Found these forks made by Crust Bikes,

https://crustbikes.com/products/clydesdale-fork/

Going to bug my brother and guilt him into making me something.

You can’t have a fancy tube bender and a brand new digital welder and not do projects for your brother! Right?


@Cal: That Crust company has some pretty cool stem caps and stickers.
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Devon,

Lately after you expressed your interest in Cargo bikes I repeatedly have seen this guy towing a bike trailer that is perhaps three feet wide and six feet long. I would think that while this might not suit a heavy load the best, especially in hilly terrain, that for bulky items it would be great.

Interesting that I have seen this guy on my walk to work at the same time, so we follow the same schedules. I see these large plastic tubs that he uses as modular containers to stow his cargo.

This section of First Avenue in Madhatten on the Upper Eastside has somewhat rolling hills heading uptown. It is also part of the course for the NYC Marathon.

Cal
 
Phil_F_NM said:
It is easy to rig up a solenoid or stepper motor to pull a set of brakes on a trailer a split second one before actuating the bike's brakes.
Phil Forrest
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Phil,

This man's load is definitely more bulky than heavy.

On my Ti IBIS I have a single brake lever that actuates both front and rear brakes at the same time. Pretty easy to hit the front brake too hard and pretty much get ejected, especially at higher speeds. This lever is no longer made.

The brakes I use on my front wheel are designed to slow a tandem and they exploit leverage effectively.

Cal
 
By the way Cal, you have a watch fob. A FOB is a Forward Operating Base. 😀
While your watch may be a Forward Operating Base for a few bacteria, they are probably not armed to the teeth.

Phil Forrest
 
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