Jack (aka Batillog) Ibagbaga: 2015

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

removing rust by electrolysis

Electrolysis rust removal system

This is a relatively simple, safe and cheap way to remove light or heavy rust from any ferrous object. Read more about it here

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

3Rensho A-0081-510

White Christmas from Santa coming soon. Will dress this up with white Suntour Superbe Pro components.

January 1, 2016 update

January 3, 2016 update

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3RENSHO blog that catalogs serial numbers
http://vintage3rensholove.blogspot.com/2011_04_01_archive.html
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previous build?
http://vintage3rensholove.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-3rensho-katana.html

Friday, December 11, 2015

10 Most Beautiful Bicycles 2014

http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20140821-the-10-most-beautiful-bicycles

Monday, November 2, 2015

Sam Reynolds RedBull Rampage finals run!

https://www.facebook.com/samreynolds26/videos/991031934280377/

My Rampage finals run!! One of the scariest but fun things I've ever done
Posted by Sam Reynolds on Sunday, October 25, 2015

My Rampage finals run!! One of the scariest but fun things I've ever done
Posted by Sam Reynolds on Sunday, October 25, 2015

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Miguel Indurain on Pinarello and Banesto

http://road.cc/content/news/133621-miguel-indurain-time-trial-bike-sale-%E2%80%94-snip-just-under-50-grand

Pinarello Banesto Time Trial ridden by Miguel Indurain in 1992.

History to this bicycle

1992

Pinarello lost in 1990 and 1991, the contract for supplying bicycles to the Banesto team due to refuse to label the frames with the word "Banesto" and withdraw its brand.

That years, Banesto reached an agreement for the bicycles supply with the Spanish builder Razesa, who decorated the frames with the Banesto brand.

In 1991 Miguel Indurain won his first 'Tour of France' with a bike Razesa. That made Pinarello reconsider its position and in 1992 Pinarello was again the bicycle supplier for the Banesto team.

This bike is the bicycle that Miguel Indurain used the first half 1992 season, from january to may.

In this period, rear legs and fork were chromed, identical to the Razesa 1991 bicycles.

In May 1992 (pre-giro), Pinarello supplied new frames for the team.

He time trial frame, have the planes tubes, head tube with spearhead form and the rear legs and fork painted. More aerodynamic and very light.

1994

Miguel Indurain has donated this bike for a charity raffle in order to restore the church of San Juan of the Cordoba town Cabra (Spain).

Indurain donation has been made possible thanks to the intervention of a family to the cyclist’s relative a Franciscan Sister of the town.

See in Newspaper El Pais 5 OCT 1994:

http://elpais.com/diario/1994/10/05/deportes/781311611_850215.html

2010

In 2010 Miguel Indurain was invited to inaugurate a bike lane with his name in Alicante (Spain).

In this act Miguel signed the rear disc wheel and the frame and said: "I'm glad to see the bike so well preserved, with this bike I won the time trial of the Tour de Romandie 1992*. (...)"

*[Tour de Romandie 1992 --- Stage 4 B --- Time Trial --- 21,8 km --- 09/05/1992 --- Orbe (Vaud)- Orbe (Vaud).]

See in newspaper El Pais 21 DEC 2010:

http://elpais.com/diario/2010/12/21/cvalenciana/1292962691_850215.html

The last photo is from that day.

2014

For sale on Ebay or Vintage Luxury Bicycles

The bike is in mint or museum conditions. Used only low miles.

Only have milimetric marks on paint.

Chromed perfect.

Have a little broken in plastic part on time trial handlebars (bracket arm right).

Miguel Indurain have at home the vast majority of bicycle use in his career.

You can see his collection in the Youtube video “Miguel Indurain / El corazón más grande del mundo / Antena 3 2001” between minutes 19:00 to 23:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wf5OMAW3r8

This bike is one of the few in the world outside his private collection.

TOP COLLECTORS MASTERPIECE

Technical info.

FRAME AND FORK:

PINARELLO BANESTO TIME TRIAL TUBING ORIA ML 34 AUTOGRAPHED

CURVED FORK TIPE FOR 650C

FRAME WHITE PEARL WITH REAR LEGS AND FORK CHROMED MINT CONDITIONS

GEOMETRY:

A) SEAT TUBE 590 MM. CENTER TO CENTER

B) TOP TUBE 570 MM. CENTER TO CENTER

C) HEADSET TUBE 120 MM.

- REAR SPACING 130 MM.

- FRONT SPACING 100 MM.

CAMPAGNOLO PARTS

SEATPOST: CAMPAGNOLO C RECORD 27,2 MM
CRANKSET: CAMPAGNOLO C RECORD 180 MM CHAINRING 55/47
FRONT DERAILLEUR: CAMPAGNOLO C RECORD BRACE ON.
REAR DERAILLEUR: CAMPAGNOLO C RECORD 8 SPEEDS.
BRAKE CALIPERS: CAMPAGNOLO DELTA C RECORD BLACK RUBBERS.
BRAKE LEVERS: CAMPAGNOLO C RECORD
SHIFTERS: CAMPAGNOLO SYNCRO TIME TRIAL
HEADSET: CAMPAGNOLO C RECORD ITALIAN THREADS WITH ALLOY SPACERS
BOTTON BRAKET: CAMPAGNOLO C RECORD ITALIAN THREADS
SPROCKETS: CAMPAGNOLO ALLOY 8 SPEED 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,19T

OTHERS PARTS

REAR RIM: MAVIC CARBON DISC WHEEL WITH CAMPAGNOLO C RECORD SKEWER AUTOGRAPHED AND DEDICATED " TO MY FRIEND WITH AFFECT"
FRONT RIM: MAVIC CARBON 3G WITH CAMPAGNOLO C RECORD SKEWERS
PEDALS: TIME MAGNESIUM WHITE
HANDLEBAR: ITALMANUBRI ITM CRONO BLACK
TIME TRIAL BARS: ITALMANUBRI ITM TITANIUM
STEM: ITALMANUBRI ITM 130 MM BLACK
SADDLE: SELLE ITALIA MOD. TURBO
BOTTLE HOLDER: ELITE WHITE
CHAIN: SACH
TUBULARS: VITTORIA CRONO CX SCUADRA PROF 700C/650C 18 MM MADE IN ITALY

Saturday, September 12, 2015

PVC BIKE STAND life hacks

from Free 2 Breathe
PVC BIKE STAND life hacks

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Thursday, August 13, 2015

Citizen Chain Cyclery

Citizen Chain Cyclery
2064 Powell Street
San Francisco, CA 94133
415-796-2925

Citizen Chain Cyclery on FaceBook

The website

Sunday, August 2, 2015

Thursday, July 9, 2015

Markleeville, CA 49649 - Death Ride

Map to Markleeville from Niles Canyon

Death Ride - Tour of the California Alps

Sunday, July 5, 2015

Cinelli only blogspot

http://cinellionly.blogspot.com/

Cinelli bike registry

Cinelli timeline from CR

Saturday, July 4, 2015

Fang Od - a tattoo artist in Kalinga Apayao

A bike ride to Sagada and then get a tattoo from Apo Fang Od would be a trip.

http://lookingforstories.com/philippines/whang-od-the-kalinga-tattoo-maker/

https://www.facebook.com/kapusomojessicasoho/videos/10153359705666026/
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October 2015 update

Whang Od: Alagad ng SiningLumalakas ang panawagan na itanghal bilang National Artist si Apo Whang Od. Sa edad kasi na 97, siya na lang ang natatangi at pinakamatandang mambabatok, o ang nagta-tattoo gamit ang tradisyunal na uling at tinik ng sanga ng suha, sa Kalinga.Tunghayan natin ang kaniyang natatanging sining sa video na ito. #KMJS10
Posted by Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho (One at Heart, Jessica Soho) on Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Thursday, July 2, 2015

10 most beautiful bikes

2015
http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20150514-the-10-most-beautiful-bicycles-of-2015

2014
http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20140821-the-10-most-beautiful-bicycles

Monday, June 8, 2015

From the retrogrouch :-)

http://bikeretrogrouch.blogspot.com/2014/01/classic-tubes-tange-and-ishiwata.html

The common alloy used for bike frames were chrome-molybdinum which is referred to as ChroMo. I didn't know Manganese was used on some tubing until I ran into this blog. The alloy is called Mangy.
The link above shows how the Ritchey Logic came out of the Tange Prestige tubing.

Centurion Serial Numbers

A study by T-Mar of BikeForums from 2006

http://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/170942-centurion-serial-number-database-77.html#post2208689

The flow of Centurion serial numbers has died down, so it's an appropriate time to thank everybody who have so graciously submitted data on their bicycles and to present the findings of my study.

1980-1990 Japanese models:

Japanese models during this period use a serial number format WXYZZZZ where;

W = a letter, purpose uncertain, but probably indicates manufacturer or Centurion
X = a number, indicating the calendar year of manufacture
Y = a letter, indicating the fortnight of manufacture (A = wk 1 & 2, B = wk 3 & 4, etc)
ZZZZ = four digit number, probably indicating frame number during fortnight

Example: N4E0283 indicates the 283 frame manufactured during the period of weeks 9-10, for the year 1984.

To date, I have rec'd 19 samples that fit this format. All but one use "N" as the manufacturer indicator.

There is a minor variation of the above format, for which I have two samples, both from 1984. This format does not use a letter for the first character and uses a five digit frame number (ie XYZZZZZ format). The first number still appears to be the calendar year of manufacture. It is unclear if the following letter represents a month or fortnight of manufacture, however given a five digit frame number, it is probabaly a month indicator.

Katakura Manufactured Frames (1980s)

Serial number format Kfyxxxxx, where;
K = Katakura
f = letter indicating month of calendar year (i.e A = January, B = February, etc.)
y = number indicating last digit of calendar yaer (i.e. 4 = 1984, 6 = 1986, etc)
xxxxx = numbers, probably indicating sequential manfacturing number during month

Example: KG511505 is 11,505th frame manufactured during July 1985.

Late 1980s, early 1990s Taiwanese models:

Sometime in the late 1980s, Centurion / Diamondback started sourcing Taiwanese manufacturers for some of their lower level models. The format varies somewhat and I have a limited number of samples, but in all cases the first number appears to represent the year of manufacture. The serial numbers vary from 6 to 9 characters in length and may, or may not, include a letter as the first character.

1970s models:

This group consisted of few samples and several formats. Unfortunately, I do not have sufficient Centurion literature from this period to correlate the data to model years and any statements on the serial number format would be pure speculation.

One cautionary note pertaining to the year indicators is that they appear to represent a calendar year and not a model year. Frames produced in the latter portion of the year may be production for the following model year. Unfortunately, there is no way of knowing the cut-off point and it probably floated somewhat from one year to the next. In such cases, you need to use graphics, component mixes or other tools to positively identify the year.

Hopefully, this will be of some use to Centurion owners. I am still willing to accept data on Centurions / Diamondbacks and help in dating models. Hopefully, we can get some more data for 1970s and Taiwanese models. Again, thank-you to all the forum members who participated.