#retrogrouch — Public Fediverse posts

DAVID gets his DREAM BIKE! Rivendell Roaduno Assembly and Delivery

Oooh, comes with a kickstand plate!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQwW5n7Ob9k #Retrogrouch #BikeTooter

@concretedog Amazing, that brake disk seems to be approaching the correct diameter 😅 #RetroGrouch #SorryNotSorry

@ascentale @meganL I don't really agree with the tendency in the article that non-adherence to standards is something new in the bike industry: there are hardly any parts of traditional bikes that didn't come in a variety of incompatible versions: seatposts, bottom brackets, headsets, cranks: multiple sizes, fractions of a millimetre apart, "french"/"italian"/"british" threads, etc. Why do we #Retrogrouch have sites like https://velobase.com - because we are constantly Looking Stuff Up … >

@ascentale @InkySchwartz #bikenite - A7. No. Great thing about vintage cycling technology is that it is largely (A) user- and field-servicable and (b) uses modular interchangeable components. I curse Shimano for using monopoly power not just to push inferior tech (as did Microsoft) and race-driven tech for non-racers for whon it is ill-suited but also to push planned obsolescence through constantly changing proprietary incompatibility and black-box non-servicability.
#retrogrouch

@MartinTriker Zu Schutzblechen stehe ich ähnlich rigoros wie er, aber es ist schlechter Stil, darüber zu schreien. Honjos montieren ist Statement genug 😊 #RetroGrouch

Please excuse the Insta link, but here’s an illustration of a shifter position I think could be practical on many touring bikes. Closer to the hands than downtube, separate from the brake levers = easy roadside repair, attached to frame = Rinko. #Biketooter #RetroGrouch https://www.instagram.com/p/C1jL1GaPfpQ/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

@gulovsen @philsplace Aha, a fellow #RetroGrouch! https://social.sdf.org/@mjgardner/111784632552985167

> #Retrogrouch: noun (http://retrogrouch.urbanup.com/3361103)
> 1. One who is skeptical of technological developments until their usefulness and reliability have been proven.
> 2. One who insists on #minimalist equipment that may be user-serviced.
> 3. Sagacious but irritable expert.
> 4. A person who prefers natural and/or organic materials over metals and synthetics.

Just @ me next time with sense 3

Often worth a read for #biketooter of a #retrogrouch tendency: the blog of Nola Wilken, Restoring Vintage Bicycles from the Hand Built Era. New Post:

https://restoringvintagebicycles.com/2023/11/04/a-raleigh-alyeska-touring-bike/

Following the big Shimano recall, is there going to be a run on old square-taper cranks? #Retrogrouch #Biketooter https://www.bikeradar.com/features/opinion/shimano-crankset-recall-analysis/

@multiburst @flim @carlosfroh Ha I just found out where Jenni went. She has a Substack. It's knocking around in the same space as all these different ppl (and especially: not just bros) that I miss from the ex-Birdsite 😰 #BikeTooter #Retrogrouch #Fahrradbubble #BikeKitchen https://londonbikekitchen.substack.com/

@multiburst yes there's you and @flim and I'm following @carlosfroh obviously. In my utopia I guess maybe the #retrogrouch stuff kinda has a porous border to the #BikeKitchen scene. It’d be nice to find a hashtag that combines everyone fixing up bikes out of old parts, whether the goal is a nice bike to ride long distances or a cheap & practical one for going to the shops. Tbh I do both, the town bike just doesn't get any attention 😅 Among my heroes: https://youtu.be/NcLjKbHI3CA?si=5Z-g9f-DhVn1yAk3

Not a huge fan of #SteelIsReal bc yeah, my bike is steel, but its not my religion. Also not that fussed about restoring #VintageBikes authentically (not with the whole Eroica thing. Sounded like fun at first but it's gotten a bit serious, no?) there may be a slight overlap but my interest is bikes to ride. #Biketooter #Retrogrouch https://www.twobiscuits.at/musings/3817/

Hey #BikeTooter #Fahrradbubble, is there a hashtag that leads to obscure mechanical stuff about old bikes? The ones I can think of #Retrogrouch #Oldbikes #Oldbicycles #Oldvelos #Vintagevelos #Vintagebikes etc. don’t seem to be very alive. Is there a secret address for this stuff?

So, mit ca. 1 Jahr Anlaufzeit nach der Twitterkrise, hab ich endlich etwas wie einen Blog beisammen.

Hey everyone, I have let my blog out of maintenance mode. #Retrogrouch #Biketooter

http://www.twobiscuits.at

Brooks & Carradice, a thread #Retrogrouch #BikeTooter

So for reasons, I converted my Brooks saddle back to its sprung form as a Flyer:

Happy to say that the bike fitting efforts the last couple of weekends seem to have paid off. An extra cm of saddle setback and a short reach handlebar that is definitely within my shoulder width were ingredients, and let's not forget the 2 cm shorter front of the frame, which was why I started the whole New Old Bike project. (The 1 cm less top tube due to the 1° steeper seat tube has been swallowed up by the 30 mm instead of 21 cm setback of the seatpost). #BikeTooter #Retrogrouch

The rear derailleur works as described here. Just mind out in the steps where you're holding something against the springs, especially the cage, that they can't slip, bc that thing can give you quite a crack on the fingers. #RetroGrouch #BikeTooter https://youtu.be/-_wDyw5FRaE

So yesterday I gave the Deore XT RD-/FD-732 derailleurs that I bought a couple of weeks ago a little service. #RetroGrouch #BikeTooter

Made a thing. For bike fitting. #Retrogrouch #BikeTooter

Omg what a bike #Biketooter #Retrogrouch https://meerglas.org/blog/big-blue-randonneur/

@carlosfroh darf ich?(1/3) Am Old Bike der originale Specialized ST (Sugino) "flag" crank, wie vom #Retrogrouch bechrieben

> I'm gonna say one word to you. Just one word.
> Yes, sir.
> Needle-bearing headsets. #RetroGrouch #BikeTooter

In a little sequel to this, Klickaleur Mk. 2 is done and while "pretty" is possibly an unrealistic goal for a chunk of black plastic stuck on the end of a couple of strips of metal, it seems ok in a practical sense #RetroGrouch #Biketooter

@mhoye @whack just go back to the technology of about 1990, it's not changing. 48-38-24 square taper triple × 13-32 freewheel, me 😊 #retrogrouch

So that would be the bike more or less done. Less workshop and more riding needed. #BikeTooter #RetroGrouch

Progress ... the wheel spins and the mudguard is attached at 3 points without stress. #BikeTooter #RetroGrouch

Trying to make an extreme bodge look like a proper part by polishing it nicely 😁🤪 #BikeTooter #Retrogrouch