In reply to prowlerjc :
On a similar theme, with a similar eventual fate: https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/
In reply to prowlerjc :
On a similar theme, with a similar eventual fate: https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/
Pete. (l33t FS) said:Website contribution: Yarchive
Thanks so much for tis!
prowlerjc said:1940s household stuff
http://www.jitterbuzz.com/decfur.html
Flip clock Forums
www.flipclockfans.com/forum/
Smoking meat (real meats, not tires) forum
www.smokingmeatforums.com/forums/
Antique automobile club of America
https://forums.aaca.org/?_ga=2.82306526.956696438.1671550120-1511441439.1666881727 ppl
List of Hot wheels models
https://hotwheels.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_2024_Hot_Wheels
I don't know how I messed up the links, but they should all work....
In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :
My 1996 Brodie Expresso is still the best XC bike I've ever ridden. Light, fast, nimble.
Recon1342 said:
Mad scientist MTB is a bike geometry and calculation website.
Yes, I am a nerd. Bike geometry is fascinating stuff, especially in regards to off-road performance.
It's also great fun to compare modern bike geometry to MTB geo figures from the 90s and early 00s. It's astonishing we survived to build a better mountain bike...
Do you follow Paul Brodie on YouTube?
A (sometimes) well-curated hub of new and interesting websites. Every update contains at least a few genuinely incredible links. Worth the follow.
Mulholland street racing in the 70s
In reply to stuart in mn :
I don't really do a lot of youtube... I'm more of a reader when it comes to learning styles.
Still, I'll check him out. Lee McCormack has some interesting ideas as well.
In reply to Recon1342 :
Paul Brodie is currently building a copy of one of his classic mountain bike designs, but he also has been working on an Aermacchi road race motorcycle. His fabrication skills and eye for clean design is what draws me in (if you go back in his catalog, he also did a limited run of Excelsior motorcycle replicas where he fabricated everything from the engines to the frames and everything). He also has been dealing with multiple myeloma over the last few years, it's knocked him down some but I think he's in remission at the moment.
stuart in mn said:In reply to Recon1342 :
Paul Brodie is currently building a copy of one of his classic mountain bike designs, but he also has been working on an Aermacchi road race motorcycle. His fabrication skills and eye for clean design is what draws me in (if you go back in his catalog, he also did a limited run of Excelsior motorcycle replicas where he fabricated everything from the engines to the frames and everything). He also has been dealing with multiple myeloma over the last few years, it's knocked him down some but I think he's in remission at the moment.
Paul and I are friends.
He planned to build a run of 10 Excelsiors. He's at #6 right now which was the one he built for himself to race at the Sons of Speed race in Florida. He had a bad crash on that bike during practice runs and broke his femur. We were all worried about him then but he recovered very well. Now he's battling cancer, fingers crossed for a full recovery.
Excelsior #2 (I believe) was on display at the Dreamcycle Museum in Sorrento, B.C. but has now been sold. If you get a chance to visit, the museum is great and Mark, the owner, is a good guy.
There are no original OHC Excelsiors left. All five were ordered to be destroyed after one of the factory riders was killed in a bad crash.
Paul reverse-engineered these engines from a set of empty Excelsior pushrod engine cases and 5 or 6 pictures of one side of the original engine. He machines all the raw castings himself and even builds the carburetors from raw castings.
They're 1000cc and were estimated to be around 50hp. Supposedly the new engines are closer to 90hp thanks to better metallurgy, chamber and camshaft design. Apparently he's running into problems with the cylinder studs pulling out of the case from the increased power.
He runs one engine in a race bike of his own design. It's hooked to a homemade transmission which is made from machined cases stuffed with Ducati (996 I think) transmission guts.
He's incredibly talented and I learn something new every time I visit or watch one of his videos.
For when you aren't sure if a wheel or tire will fit
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