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Late delivery
No monday post is pretty rare.
Technically it still IS Monday, and one half of the world is just about to have Mondayitis.
Especially THIS half.
Featuring The old 'McBain' workhorse, Zach's Merckx, A Giant piece of art, Track racing in the dark around Prospect Park, and running up and down town in the middle.
Hardman MV sent in this ol' heartbreaker.
Comfortable in her new home of Dresden.
In the engine room, The Boss has been knocking out these carb-loaders.
'Sloth' Rocky Road.
Ingredients250g good milk chocolate
200g marshmallows, cut into halves
1/4 cup desicated coconut
1/2 cup peanuts, chopped
1/2 cup raspberry jellies, chopped
Method
- In a glass bowl, break up chocolate into pieces, melt in microwave oven on high for approx 40secs (900-1000w) stir, if still not fully melted microwave for another 20secs.
- Combine the rest of the ingredients in a large bowl, pour in chocolate. Mix well.
- Pour mixture into a lined slice tin, press down gently.
- Refrigerate until firm. Cut into squares.
- Serve with hot chocolate
It's cold enough these days to keep a few pieces in the back of the jersey to keep the engine ticking over.
Love at first sight.
Everyone remembers there first love.
Mine was the General Lee.
At 4 I was oblivious to the fact that Daisy was parading the whole time in her 'Dukes' for me. My heart, and probably every other kid at the time belonged to the Charger.
So much so that as I kid I'd hide the 'General Lee' scale model underneath the shelves at Safeway. The following week I'd check to see if it was still there. My heart would have broken if someone bought it.
Well. One day, someone did.
is helping us relive our childhood with some custom Hazzard Country decals.
Put the kettle on a take a wander through his .
If can't handle the extra mouse clicks - here's just the tip of the iceberg...
Colnago Arabesque.
Ready?
Gold plated C-Record.
Perhaps the most interesting though, is this
From GTS753
'I believe I have 'fair dinkum' busted open the mythology surrounding unusually dated Campy rear derailleurs.
We have all seen the 2nd generation SR units dated pre 1979 and NR units with 1st generation SR plates. Were these secret prototypes that originated from the development bunker under Campagnolo HQ? The prices that have been paid would led you to expect as much......
Now my little tale....
I recently received a package from a close friend who lives in northern Italy and it consisted of about a kilogram of small rear derailleur parts and a Campagnolo stamped hand held punch set. The parts are a mix of NR, SR1st and 2nd gen components. My friend lived in a town close to the Campy factory, went to school with the children of Campagnolo employees and played with them out of school. It was common practice, and knowledge for some employees to take small components from the factory and make up rear derailleurs at home in the evening as a 'sideline'. The village barber, an ex pro racer, had a glass showcase in his shop where he not only displayed these but sold them as well.
When you think about it, what perfect sense this makes. So much easier to stuff into your pocket than a crankset - and a reasonably high value item to boot. I would say that there would be a lot of BB sets and headsets out there as well that never had boxes. These guys would not be a pedantic as us about dates and the details we agonise over....just get it together and make it work! I imagine that the 'blue collar' Campy workers of the '70s were only on basic wages and stock control would have been fairly elastic. Obviously Campagnolo Pty Ltd would have done something about this had they known, and this problem of staff theft is still one of the largest security issues that exists in modern business.
I'm glad I didn't invest in a funky collection of mismatching rears when the urge began to take hold a while back...now I can make my own!'
I haven't the time or space to list all of GTS753's projects he has in the works, suffice to say his velo-obsession is unparalleled.
No one does reproduction decals better than Cyclomondo.
If you've got a project, or perhaps even a custom idea, you need look no further.
Unrelated
Thanks Philthy.
Irrefutable evidence that pink is a real man's colour.
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Plenty of gear being hocked on evil-bay.
No bargains - but no turds either.
Happy Bidding!
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Comments
on May 05 2008 23:23:04
Where can I git me one of dem c-nt stickers? That's awesome. |
on May 06 2008 08:44:13
Hey Dave-it's called a bit of white tape and a texta! |
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