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Corwin

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Apr 23, 2022, 12:38:08 AM4/23/22
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Hi -

Posting this for a couple friends. Charlie Cunningham and Jacquie Phelan have an ample store of spare parts. Today, we offer you WTB headsets and Sachs/Sedis chains. Please send mail directly to Jacquie: Jacquie at batnet.com. Payment should be via paypal using Jacquie's email address. Friends and family only please. Please do not send any money until Jacquie confirms your purchase.

About the headsets... These are WTB Grease Guard headsets. Grease Guard was a "thing" back in the early days of mountain biking. Charlie created Grease Guard and SunTour licensed it. Wilderness Trail Bikes (WTB) is the company Charlie founded and was later forced out of. These are 1" threaded headsets, and are new-in-box. Each box is personally signed by Charlie, so you not only get a great headset - you get a piece of history and a collector's item. The headsets are priced at $75 plus shipping via USPS.

About the chains... These are Sachs/Sedis 6/7/8 speed chains. They measure 57 inches long and therefore have 114 links each. The chains are new and unused. You can buy a less expensive chain elsewhere - or you can buy one of these Sachs/Sedis chains, get a piece of history and help out Jacquie and Charlie. The chains are priced at $40 each plus shipping via USPS.

Link for photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/FMZGGcXysNkzkBBR7

Thanks for looking,


Corwin

Bill Lindsay

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Apr 27, 2022, 12:03:56 PM4/27/22
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This was such an obvious purchase.  I sat back to be polite and let all the smart money buy them up.  When I emailed Jacquie she still had headsets to sell.  So I bought a headset and a chain.  I'll sit back again to let the smart money buy what remains, but after my politeness runs out, I might go back and buy more.  

Bill Lindsay
El Cerrito, CA

Bill Lindsay

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Apr 27, 2022, 1:27:36 PM4/27/22
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Haha and 18 hours after sending Jacquie my PayPal, the box is on my porch.  BOOM!  

BL in EC

Eric Daume

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Apr 27, 2022, 9:02:26 PM4/27/22
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I got a headset coming my way. I don't even know what it's for. I'm turning 50 next month, maybe I'll incorporate it into a bike present for myself!

Eric

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Mitch Browne

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Apr 28, 2022, 9:46:16 AM4/28/22
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Received my NIB headset and chain yesterday.  Nice picture card of Jacquie and Charlie inside box.

Mitch
San Luis Obispo, CA

Greg J

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Apr 28, 2022, 2:59:57 PM4/28/22
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Thanks for bringing this to the top, Bill.  I also ordered a set yesterday.  

Greg 
Oakland, CA

Bill Lindsay

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Apr 28, 2022, 6:26:17 PM4/28/22
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I'm going to put the headset in a place of high honor on my new forthcoming Nobilette Roadeo.  In honor of Charlie I'm going to execute two maker projects:

1. I'm going to make a little plastic shadowbox to display the postcard of Jacquie and Charlie, along with the autographed headset box.  I'll hang that on my wall.
2. But wait, Bill, your new Roadeo is going to be 1" threadless!  Yup!  In my community college machine shop class, I'm going to convert this threaded headset into a threadless headset.  How the heck are you gonna pull of that craziness?!?!  Wait and see!

Bill Lindsay
El Cerrito, CA

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Greg J

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Apr 29, 2022, 1:48:56 PM4/29/22
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I am also thinking hard about which bike is appropriate for this headset.  The closest I have to that era MTB is an Ibis SS, but I'm thinking maybe the '81 Ritchey sport-touring or the Riv Wford All-Rounder?

Greg

Ryan

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Apr 29, 2022, 2:55:27 PM4/29/22
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Greg...is that Ibis the Scorcher? Man...that bike was so cool. If it didn't in some way inspire the Bridgestone X0-1 , I'd be very surprised. They certainly both have that iconoclastic vibe 

Corwin

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May 6, 2022, 2:55:54 AM5/6/22
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Bump!

Jacquie and Charlie want everyone to know they still have lots of headsets and chains for anyone that wants or needs one or both.

Please contact Jacquie (jacquie "at" batnet.com) if you're interested.

Thanks,


Corwin

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Eric Marth

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Dec 13, 2022, 5:16:59 PM12/13/22
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Thanks again to Corwin for helping with the sale and purchase of these headsets. I've got one I'm preparing to use for a build. 

I understand the Grease Guard design was licensed by Suntour, does anyone know who made these WTB headsets and where? I'm also curious to know when they were manufactured. All part of the story. Thanks!

Scott Luly

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Dec 13, 2022, 5:55:20 PM12/13/22
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Eric, what's your in-hand impression of the headset?

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Justus G

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Dec 13, 2022, 7:26:14 PM12/13/22
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I think Greg is actually referring to the SS model, which is an early Ibis bike, as opposed to meaning single speed.

As someone with a couple of Scorchers, I will only say that the one thing that is more fun than an Ibis Scorcher is a Willits Scorcher with Schwalbe 2.35" Big Ones.  Fixed and Plush!  In fact, I never really enjoyed fixed riding as much, until I rode fixed and fat.  The originals are an interesting insight into the influence Wes would ultimately have and so cool, but he really nailed it with the Willits versions as a blast of a bike.

Justus G

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Dec 13, 2022, 7:34:46 PM12/13/22
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Lol.  Still getting used to this place.  Just realized my last comment responded to something from 6+ months ago...so it goes...at least the thread was current ;)

That said, just want to thank the OP again for doing this as CC is so meaningful to the sport of cycling and any support directed his way is great!  Hope to see more opportunities like this.  Thx!

Eric Marth

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Dec 13, 2022, 7:47:42 PM12/13/22
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Scott — Nice for the price and would buy again and not think twice. 

Nice finish, seems to be considered a good design by people who've run them on their bikes. Zero miles on mine so far. 

Scott Luly

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Dec 13, 2022, 8:21:03 PM12/13/22
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Eric, thanks for your take on headset!

I was hoping Corwin would post pictures of the headset laid out, not stacked, so one could visualize the respective parts. And one picture I'd like a do-over of is the one that glares out the side of box that lists kit contents.

It's esthetically pleasing, anyways. I could do without the lettering/language, as I don't like serving as a company's billboard.

Are bearings cartridge or carriage type?

Cheers,

Scott

Jingy

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Dec 14, 2022, 12:31:28 PM12/14/22
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Scott, here are the photos you requested and a link to some more: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1v5Hsa_jF_Y3cdLF9GDtnCxCac-wKfSLX?usp=share_link

Jim

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Eric Marth

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Dec 14, 2022, 2:41:07 PM12/14/22
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Scott — Some fine-grit sandpaper or a razor blade could make quick work of the decals. Though I'd hardly call the eight-point font on the headset which you could only read once you get within a foot of the bike "a billboard." 

Scott Luly

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Dec 14, 2022, 2:41:53 PM12/14/22
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Jim,

Thanks for your efforts to share pictures of headset.

Cheers,

Scott
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