Old bike stuff

Qualitymark

Me oul bike lamp

[img][/img]http://www.flickr.com/photos/61713504@N07/9523266239/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61713504@N07/9523266239/
Got any old bike stuff yourself?

(Hmm, can't understand why this isn't working; uploaded the file from my desktop, it's only 1MB so shouldn't break the limit, pfft)

endacl

Kept the same engine on every bike I've ever owned. Getting on a bit now, but it should see me out.

feck sake lads

i've a pretty old bell i got from a friend bit heavy though still works.
no you can't have it :D

OldBean

The bikes themselves. My hacker is early 70's and my road bike is '84. Nowhere near as old as the bike light though.

Trying to keep everything that ends up on them suiting their era. The road bike looks great

Qualitymark

Pictures, please!

OldBean

Here's the road bike from a while ago, she's seen some changes since..



I'll get another photo soon along with the hacker roadster.

Qualitymark

Oooh! Cute!

slap/dash

Qualitymark wrote: »

Me oul bike lamp

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61713504@N07/9523266239/

Got any old bike stuff yourself?

Lovely table!

Qualitymark

slap/dash wrote: »

Lovely table!

We were driving in an old Dublin suburb when we saw a table and cupboard outside a house; stopped and there was a "Please take me" note on them. We were debating how to get them in the car - this table and an equally adorable 1940s Art Deco record press - when a woman opened the door and said we were welcome to them; her husband had bought them many years ago but she didn't now have room for them. I offered her money, but she just wanted to be sure we weren't auctioneers
Both have a loving home here now. I *love* that table!
By the way, how do you link flickr pics properly here? Can never remember.

OldBean

Put after it.

slap/dash

Qualitymark wrote: »

We were driving in an old Dublin suburb when we saw a table and cupboard outside a house; stopped and there was a "Please take me" note on them. We were debating how to get them in the car - this table and an equally adorable 1940s Art Deco record press - when a woman opened the door and said we were welcome to them; her husband had bought them many years ago but she didn't now have room for them. I offered her money, but she just wanted to be sure we weren't auctioneers
Both have a loving home here now. I *love* that table!
By the way, how do you link flickr pics properly here? Can never remember.

it constantly AMAZES me what people throw away. i think its an irish thing, so much more antiquey stuff in gaffs in the us, at least in new england where i lived.

linking pics on here is complicated, i think you have to go onto the 'go advanced' button, and then theres another counter-intuitive thing to do. you have to 'manage attachments' or something

slap/dash

OldBean wrote: »

Here's the road bike from a while ago, she's seen some changes since..



I'll get another photo soon along with the hacker roadster.

ive seen this beauty in person. nice whip!

Qualitymark

Thanks, Slap/Dash and OldBean; I tried putting img and /img, in both caps and lowercase, and with or without url and /url included, and tried the Advanced - uploaded the image from my desktop, but none of this worked.

As for the stuff... I got the impression the woman wasn't that happy to see it go, but was happy to see it go to a good home. Was passing a few months later and tried to drop in a box of choccies but the house was deserted now. When we got the table and cupboard home they were riddled with mould - they had to live outside for a while, sprayed with chamomile tea to kill the mould, before coming in and being polished and loved.

endacl

slap/dash wrote: »

it constantly AMAZES me what people throw away. i think its an irish thing, so much more antiquey stuff in gaffs in the us, at least in new england where i lived.

Very true. And often very cool stuff. A friend was passing a house being cleared out in Grangegorman a couple of years ago. There was a skip full of vinyl albums. He knocked into the house and asked if it would be ok to take a few, and was told he was welcome to the lot. 'Sure, who listens to records any more?'. He ended up increasing his collection by almost a thousand albums. Somebody's collection in its entirety. From late 60's to 90's. Very well cared for and stored. And obviously collected by somebody of excellent and eclectic taste. Many in mint condition. Lots of first pressings. Worth quite a lot! Lucky it wasn't raining....

How is this 'cycling' related? Well, he brought them all home by multiple trips on his bike and trailer!

Qualitymark

Endaci, my uncle was leaving Radio Éireann (or perhaps it was still 2RN) in the GPO when he was first broadcasting on folk music there, and saw a bunch of 78s lying in a pile outside. He went through them, and found that they included a record of Joyce reading from Finnegans Wake and other important material. He went back in and asked what they were doing out there, and were told they were for the dump. "Can I have them?" he asked, and the porter shrugged and said "sure!"
So he put what he could fit in the basket of the bike and hared home and got the car, but when he got back the binmen had come and taken the rest of the pile to the dump.

slap/dash

Qualitymark wrote: »

Endaci, my uncle was leaving Radio Éireann (or perhaps it was still 2RN) in the GPO when he was first broadcasting on folk music there, and saw a bunch of 78s lying in a pile outside. He went through them, and found that they included a record of Joyce reading from Finnegans Wake and other important material. He went back in and asked what they were doing out there, and were told they were for the dump. "Can I have them?" he asked, and the porter shrugged and said "sure!"
So he put what he could fit in the basket of the bike and hared home and got the car, but when he got back the binmen had come and taken the rest of the pile to the dump.

I'm a freakin pack rat. Love to hear others have similar respect for old things

magicbastarder

i was showing a colleague a photo of a piece of nice 1960s furniture we'd bought, and he sheepishly admitted that he'd had a job in his teens which involved breaking up that sort of furniture.

speaking of pulling things out of skips; mary robinson's husband is an architect and rescued a *lot* of architectural drawings of important buildings in dublin, as various architects moved offices in the 70s, and did clearouts as they moved.

OldBean

OldBean wrote: »

I'll get another photo soon along with the hacker roadster.

Better late than never...



I reckon I'm going to replace the ill-tempered Sturmey Archer 3 speed hub with a fixed 700c wheelset over the next few weeks. I have a lovely new quill for it, but the current stem is jammed and I need stronger arms/more patience. Then get a nicer saddle and new seatpost. Then...

And here's the tourer again (On the right) and herself's 14 speed on the left...