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- A Half-Century's Rides: A Bicyclist Celebrates Fifty Years in the Saddle
- Renegade Race Series
- Renegade Race Series - Saddleback Spring Classic Gran Fondo
Both Sam and I had been working too many long hours, so we were especially eager to ride. Our pace was high, but the Singer had no trouble keeping up. Its handling was stable, yet agile.
A Half-Century's Rides: A Bicyclist Celebrates Fifty Years in the Saddle
No fine-tuning necessary. The compensator lever on the spring keeps the chain tension constant, so every shift is exactly the same, no matter where you are in the gear range. The front derailleur probably is the lightest ever made. Including the braze-ons, it weighs less than 50 grams. An Ultegra front derailleur alone weighs 85 g, and then you have to add the cables, housing, shift lever… It works remarkably well, even though the large step from the to the tooth chainring on this bike is not an easy shift.
This bike is equipped with a chainrest. Next to the smallest cog, a ring is brazed onto the dropout. You can shift the chain onto the ring, and then remove the wheel without touching the chain. On a long downhill, I moved the chain to the chainrest. Now the chain no longer was on the freewheel, which allowed the freewheel to spin with the wheel. It was fun to coast in silence. Sam thought the reduced resistance made me go faster, but that is unlikely to be significant. The Singer brakes are the lightest brakes I know, much lighter than modern Eebrakes and other minimalist designs.
They work like this: Pulling on the cable rotates the cams, which push the pads toward the rim. There was plenty of brake power, but the brakes juddered terribly.
As we stopped at a cafe, I looked over the bike. I love the stickers on the Mephisto rims. The rims are superlight, and feature small wooden blocks inside the extrusions at every spoke hole to support the spoke tension.
Neither have been overhauled — ever! Fortunately, we did not ride at night. The small light is cute, but it cannot compete with modern lights for illumination. The taillight mounts to a dedicated braze-on under the chainstay. The frame is one of the most finely crafted I have seen regardless of maker or age; check out the connections of the stays to the dropouts.
Renegade Race Series
The lugs have a fillet added to the crease to make them stronger and more importantly prettier. Roland Csuka, who brazed the frames, added a long tang to the seatlug. I suspect he welded the pump peg onto the lug before he brazed the frame. That prevented heating the seat tube again. The small cylinder on the seatstay is a lever control for the sidewall generator. You can see the ball end of the lever. You reach down to switch the lights on and off while moving. The fender has a neatly formed bulge to allow the generator to touch the tire.
Roland welded the lug sockets onto the head tube, before brazing the frame. The stem also is welded from steel tubing. The saddle, a s Brooks B17, is one of the most comfortable I have ridden. Its quality puts modern Brooks offerings to shame. Singers often featured a seatpost with an internal expander, which gave a nice and clean look to the seatlug. You can see the expander bolt on top of the seatpin. We rode km that day, sprinting up hill after hill until we completely bonked.
After we took a rest, we continued our manic ride. The only allowance I made for the age of the bike was at stoplights. I accelerated a little more slowly to limit the torque on the rear wheel.
Renegade Race Series - Saddleback Spring Classic Gran Fondo
There is no need to break half-century-old spokes! Some may wonder whether such a pristine bike should be ridden at all, or whether it should be sealed away hermetically. I agree that it should not be allowed to deteriorate, but much of what makes such a bike special can be accessed only by riding it.
Here it is click on the photo for a bigger image :. Wonderful, informative and entertaining post! A bike like this really shows the soul of its builder and yours also in revering the creative energy that built it. Riding this bike is of course the best medicine for it and best honors the memory of its maker. Jim Duncan. Can you expand on the front cable hanger used.
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I assume it was made by Singer but would love more information. The other end has a standard cable stop brazed on. Thanks for the look at your beautiful Singer. Thanks too for updating the blog regularly. Better leather. Today, they just cut the hide up in any way that maximizes the leather, with little care to orientation. The former info is from an article in Le Cycle in the s, the latter from a recent visitor to the factory. If you have a chance, could you maybe measure the thickness of the rails?
According to Reinhard Mai, current Brooks saddles have thinner-than-average rails, sometimes resulting in broken rails yes, it recently happened to me , too. Aside from that: beautiful bike and a great article! The s Brooks saddle on my other bike has rails about 6. A more recent Pro with titanium rails measures 7. So the rail diameter does not appear to have changed. When I got my B travel bike, I donated my Trek to a local youth training group.
For reasons I will never be able to explain, I failed to keep the s vintage Brooks on the bike. I tried a new Brooks 67 and Professional but could not tolerate either. Jan, Thank you for sharing this with us. It is a wonderful bike. I assume that it is the one on page of T. There is a similar bike at the Alex Singer shop, but a more modern approach. That bike always captures my attention. Happy Birthday to the bike.
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