hi list!my name is david. been reading regularly for about a year, this
is first post though.it's been really great for me to sit in on these
discussions. i have to say first off that the wealth of info and sweet
pics of so many bikes is super cool to me and very valuable as a young
vintage bike enthusiast.i am 25 years old and i currently work at a
non-profit shop in portland oregon called the community cycling center. i
have been fixing bikes there for four years now, and it is my first shop
job. i have had the privilage there to see and work on many older bikes,
much of what i work on are 70's and 80's road bikes and 80's and 90's
mountain bikes, with plenty of department store bikes w/
owners contemplating service and the occasional high end road or other
bikes. it is a very diverse shop, alot of fun and i am very happy to be
part of the industry.i had owned a few 80's peugeot road bikes when i
began working at the shop, i suppose i got into cycling late, i didn't
ridebikes in high school even, i rode skateboards and took the bus. i
never even got a permit to drive! i was never interested in the whole car
thing personally, and that definately had something to do with how
bikes changed my world when i rediscovered them around age 18. (did
have childhood bikes though).anyways, i suppose i started paying
attention to french bikes first, got a freindly bad time for it from
coworkers and everything, i was/still am at least minorly obsessed with
peugeots particularly,and really anything cool old and french, and
without taking up massive amounts of bandwidth, i could say in short that
my love for vintage bikes has only grown and i am interested in much more
than french bikes now. getting on with it, i'm looking for a seatpost
binder bolt for my 1983 trek 500. i was not able to find a picture of one
to help clarify which binder bolt it is, but i'm guessing there are some
folks on here who know alot about vintage treks and maybe someone has a
stash of these? it is not the conventional campy type binder bolt, the
"nut" or left side does not have the tooth/no turn tab either, but
possibly has another hex end to keep the bolt from turning when
tightening. below are links to pics of seatpost clamp/seatlug from both
sides, the left side where the bolt would come out or is not threaded.
right now i'm using a 6mm hex head bolt with washer and nut on the other
side, it is functional, but does not look good, or "correct"!please
contact me offlist if anyone has one,much appreciated,
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