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[Stempelloos]

The Simplex derailleur gears and the Weinmann Symetric brakes tell that it's a mid seventies bike.
Probably European made.


Edit: Just read the front sticker, Made in Austria. That makes it a possible Puch build.

 

[basspedaler]

yep, those free spirit bikes were early/mid 70's. remember them well.

 

[4Mal]

My other half flying through the trees. fast flowy undulating single track. classic northwest riding. We'd just descended about 500' in a bowl of tight twisty's interspersed with very fast cross hill descent. and climbed 150 out to this portion of the trail. Damn this is a fun trail!

 

[pie_man_25]

I just got a beat up ccm for forty bucks, I figure I'll tone up my quads while saving on gas. The front brake is kinda messed up though.

 

[MakiSupaStar]

Nice. Good to see some of the old guard still in the saddle. El Gecko!! Love it, brother! Good to see you're still riding.

Love this thread. Been riding a lot lately. Weather has been great and coincidentally working from home has given me more flexibility finding the time to hit the dirt. This is from a ride I did a couple weeks ago in Wildwood Park, CA.

 

[4Mal]

digging the lugs on the Free Spirit up there! Been since 2013 since I've ridden steel

 

[Chad Michael]

A bit of maintenance...

 

[Chad Michael]

This one is on the way, for me...

My son rides this one...

 

[4Mal]

those are wild!

 

[basspedaler]

my most recent build during the 'Rona. A badass single speed. Lots of tasty parts on this one.

 

[fdeck]

Dig the bearing press!

 

[DirtDog]

A bit of maintenance...
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That's some old school stuff!!! Love the Super V, I had one for a short time until it got stolen. Still riding by F3000SL, although it's now attained "beater" status.

 

[4Mal]

sweet. Single speeds are mostly worthless where I live. Way too much climbing... love the classic look though. Love the handle bar wrap and overall you have a nice eye for the details.

Now if it were a 1x12 ...

 

[basspedaler]

Dig the bearing press!

it works really well! gotta have tools..

 

[basspedaler]

sweet. Single speeds are mostly worthless where I live. Way too much climbing... love the classic look though. Love the handle bar wrap and overall you have a nice eye for the details.

Now if it were a 1x12 ...

thanks! I've done 200k's with 7000' on fixed gear a couple times. it's flat where I am now, but I used to cover rollers a lot.

 

[4Mal]

rollers doesn't begin to describe...

where I live. every ride starts with a steep climb out of the gorge. after that, it's puppie dogs and unicorns... the first 1000' vert is a killer though

 

[Mark Reccord]

We have a lot of up and down, but it's all short, steep and technical. No big elevation changes (4-500 feet max)Also no place for SS unless you're a masochist.

Here's a little video of me riding the entry filter of a trail I built. Short, steep and techy.



Can you guys see this? It's saying I can't view it but it's my own video... lol

 

[jetsaber]

Some of my Daily Riders .

 

[Roland GR 88]

So......this spring I read about something called 'monster cross'.
Well, go big or go home I guess.

The brifters are TRP Hylex brakes with a bar-end shifter bolted to the lever by Adam Clement of Gevenalle. One of only a few ways to get a mtb. rear derailleur to play nice with integrated brake/shifter levers.
They work great, takes about 3min to get used to not trying to push the brake lever sideways.
For those curious my tire width over the years has kept pace with the width of my ass so I can't get any bigger now.

 

[fdeck]

Wow, that brifter is a really cool solution.