Geeking out a little here, but germane to Classic rendezvous. For instance, I've just been looking at all 600-odd pictures of the day that Aldo Ross has posted over the years in a single unified view...it's pretty incredible.
For those of you who aren't already users of the Cooliris (www.cooliris.com) web browser plug-in, you should know that the tool now works with the Gallery software that underpins the Wooljersey site that Morgan Fletcher kindly runs for those of us who share this vintage bicycling affliction. The Cooliris software makes it *much* nicer to look at all of the photos of a given machine on the Wooljersey site, loading all of the low-res images in an overview (regardless of how many pages of them there are), loads the high-resolution images on demand, and has a slick interface for browsing the collection of images on a virtual wall.
Cooliris also works with Flickr! and Picasa (vastly improving their lame interfaces), but I was very pleasantly surprised when it started working with Gallery a couple/few weeks ago. It's also the best way to look at the huge collection of images returned from a Google search (which is important when you're looking for an obscure detail or period logo of a vintage bike with a common name, and it's likely that the image you need is on page 17 of the returned results).
I'm not affiliated with them in any way. I'm simply a satisfied user who suspects that others on the Classic Rendezvous list would appreciate this improved way of browsing the photo collections that people post to the list.
Unfortunately, you don't see the captions that some folks add to their Wooljersey images, but it's a simple click back to the original page to see if it's annotated. I wish they'd fix that...for all sites.
Check it out.
Scott Minneman San Francisco, CA USA
-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of John Siemsen Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 9:02 AM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR] reverse conversion
I acquired a reverse conversion that might interest readers. Some have called it tragic, it's certainly an interesting example of customization. The bike is a 1960's Cinelli Pista. Per the seller, back in 1968 the owner wanted to make his "dream bike". Took this Cinelli, added a derailleur hanger (crudely) and cantilever studs, then chromed the frame. Did a road build with bar-end shifters, Mafac cantilevers, etc.
I like it and decided long ago not to pursue a restoration even though the chrome is so so and having a track frame with cantilevers is kind of silly. I've dubbed it "Pista-Strada".
Here is a wooljersey shot of the rear derailleur hanger so you can see it's location. There are other pix of the bike as I bought it.
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John Siemsen
Portland Oregon