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VISION R45 RECUMBENT BICYCLE. This bicycle has its own page. Click on the link to that page or any of the photos of the bicycle to go to that page where you will find a whole lot of information and a lot more photos of the Vision R45 recumbent bicycle. Vision R45 recumbent bicycle.

DESIGNED AND ENGINEERED by the PARAMOUNT DESIGN GROUP in CHICAGO, IL, USA. High Plains Series 5000AL. This bicycle has it's own web page: SCHWINN HIGH PLAINS MOUNTAIN BIKE

CAMPANOLO HIGH FLANGE 36 SPOKE WHEEL SET. I provided so many pictures of these wheels that I had to make a separate page for them: CAMPANOLO HIGH FLANGE 36 SPOKE WHEEL SET.

42 tooth chainring, 144BCD. For 39 years I rode a Raleigh Professional with 53 and 44 tooth chainrings on a Campy Neuvo Record crank. I installed this 42 tooth chainring in place of the 44 tooth and used the 44 tooth as the larger chainring and I was again riding as if I were still a young man. Finally I found a bicycle I liked better than the Raleigh Professional. I sold the Raleigh Professional. The buyer of the Raleigh Professional wanted the 53 and 44 tooth chainrings. So I have this chainring that I have no need for. 42 tooth chainrings to fit a 144 BCD crank are difficult to find. Although Sugino, not Campy, you will not feel any difference. 42 tooth chainrings are so hard to find that there is a bicycle shop that had some custom made. I considered buying theirs, but they did not have theirs anodized. Anodizing is important because it hardens the surface. Anodized aluminum is harder than hardened steel. Aluminum oxide is the term for hardened aluminum; aluminum oxide is used in sandpaper and in grinding wheels. When you have a steel chain riding on your aluminum chainring, you want the chainring anodized. $60.

41 tooth chainring, 144BCD. When I found this 41 tooth chainring I bought it because it is rare and I figured I would need it some day as I age. As mentioned above, I sold the bicycle I was planning to use it on--in this case before I even had a chance to install it. If I were planning a ride in hilly terrain I would have installed it, otherwise I had no plans to install it until I needed it because the 42 tooth chainring was perfect for the terrain I usually ride. It has been slightly used, but not by me. RARE. $100.

PDM ULTECH LOOK COMPATIBLE PEDALS. These came in on a Bianchi Limited that I ride. These are in fine working condition. They are well greased and turn very smoothly. I wear street shoes for bicycling. I am willing to trade these for an equally good pair of road pedals. For instance, I bought a new pair of MKS SYLVAN pedals to replace these. $40.

RACING OR ROAD BICYCLE SEAT Single piece cover over foam or gel. Comfortable for the type of saddle it is. Reflective red triangle in rear. 270mm long, 135mm wide. Very light weight. Weighs only 3/4#. $35.

GIRO EXPRESS RL. Small/medium helmet. This helmet has been barely used and it shows it. $30. This helmet and the below helmet together for $40.

GIRO HAMMERHEAD SC. Medium helmet. This helmet has been used a lot, but it only shows it on the inside where the glued on felt strips are missing and the white styrofoam shows the dirt. They got smart and later used black styrofoam. $15. This helmet and the above helmet together for $40.

BLACKBURN TRACK STAND FLUID. As good as I have seen. May double as a repair stand. May do triple duty as a bike stand in your van. Stable, heavy, easily adjusted. $125.

CANNONDALE BUGGER CARGO TRAILER. I will add photographs and a price when I have completed servicing the bugger.

REPLACEMENT HITCH for CANNONDALE BUGGER. I have 3 buggers. All 3 came with broken bicycle hitches. Cannondale used a too brittle plastic for the hitch. I have never seen an intact Cannondale hitch. The one on the left looks intact at 1st glance, but it is truncated, or shortened. I made the one piece Polycarbonate hitch as a replacement for the original. I could make it with a quick release mount like the original, but I would have to charge too much for it. I made it out of a single piece of Polycarbonate (the same thickness as Cannondale's hitch) to keep it simple and keep it affordable. The 128mm diameter hole for the seat post is the same size as in the Cannondale hitch; if you need one with a different sized hole, I can provide that for a slight additional fee. Polycarbonate is oftentimes used in "bulletproof glass." Polycarbonate is really tough stuff. You can bend it over against itself (if you are strong enough), but it will not break. The Polycarbonate will flex in use without breaking. To mount my hitch to your bicycle, remove your seatpost, slip the seatpost through the hitch and reinstall your seatpost on your bicycle. It is especially easy to do with quick release seatposts. It is a small inconvenience to pay for the lower cost of the hitch and the greater strength of the hitch. When loaded, bugger hitches ride up the seatpost. Cannondale's hitch had no provision for keeping the hitch from riding up the seatpost and neither does mine. My solution to that was to put a spare light mount on the seatpost that the hitch rests against. The truncated original Cannondale quick release hitch is $50, My single piece Polycarbonate hitch is $30. I also make handles for using the bugger as a hand cart, $45.

"Sports," by Neil Leifer, hardcover, dust jacket, 11X14", color photos, 186 pages, 1992, Mint, $35

"Olympia," by Leni Riefenstahl, documentation for the "Olympia" film with numerous photographs of the olympic games 1936, picture sequence (except pages 11 and 12 of the original edition, omitted for reasons of space) and captions as in the original edition of 1937, hardcover, dust jacket, 286 pages, 1988, B&W photos, 10X12.5", Mint, $50