Mark,
I live over in Greenville, SC and ride on Saturday's with Carolina Triathlon on Woodruff Road. I finished a 70 mile ride yesterday to Gray Court, and appreciated the steel frame when riding over Carolina Cobblestones (cracked pavement shaped like cobblestones). My friends on Al frames were telling me they were hating life when riding this area.
Using downtube shifters, I have also noticed the upshift problem you described on hills. I have good luck with tightening the shifter whenever this occurs.
If this does not help, this problem may be due to the worn delrin piece in
the shifter. I don't know if you can get new ones, however a good source
may be wwwcyclery (sp?)
http://ebay.com/
I also agree with Brian Bayliss, ride the crap out of it, just periodically check the 20+ year old components for metal fatigue. I would personally also do this on a newer bike as well.
Thanks,
Chris
> I dont know if there is one, but I may start one!
> thanks for your input, I love to ride that bike.
>
> Mark Shells
> --- "brianbaylis@juno.com" <brianbaylis@juno.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Mark,
> >
> > The answer to your question is obvious. RIDE THE
> > CRAP OUT OF IT! It has plenty of time to hang on the
> > wall when you're at work or sleeping.
> >
> > Although I enjoy riding my classics with the
> > "modern" crowd (most of whom are scared to pieces to
> > decend at high speed on their high tech junk) some
> > of the time, just to show them what's up. But
> > honestly, I find it more fun to ride with the
> > vintage crowd. Maybe you need to find some guys who
> > dig the older stuff to pal around with some of the
> > time.
> >
> > Brian Baylis
> > La Mesa, CA
> >
> > -- mark shells <markshells@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I ride a 27 year old Woodrup every chance I get.
> > Rode
> > in Spartanburg SC last tuesday for about 70 miles
> > with
> > a regular group that were using "state of the art"
> > bikes, while my woodrup was definitly a conversation
> > piece, it was also able to do anything they could
> > do,
> > from steep climbs (well...could have used a few more
> > gears, and the flex kept pulling my shifter out into
> > higher gears) to 40mph descents. It is wonderful to
> > ride the steel, especially on longer rolling rides.
> > Does anyone see a problem with riding such a bike?
> > should I place it on the wall and let it be seen or
> > continue to use her for her intended purpose?, one
> > note: she is all original with exception of tirers
> > and
> > seat.
> >
> > Mark Shells
> >
> >
> >
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