[greenchris]

friggin airlines
http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/bik/222530664.html

 

[GumbaFish]

Maybe this is a silly question, but why does it have an air tank strapped to the frame?

 

[greenchris]

as far as i know its an older design by shimano that uses air to shift gears.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

It was some sort of a powered shifting system, wasn't it? Solution looking for a problem.

 

[LOOnatic]

Air tank holds air for "air shifting" hence the airline name.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

The price has an extra zero appended to it...

 

[Transcend]

The Airlines were awesome for shifting performance when the rest of the stuff sucked at the time. They shifted about as well as a modern XO. Thr problem was were extremley limited availability If you busted something, you were screwed. The tank held a few hundred shifts from what I recall. I did a few runs on a big equipped with them and was throroughly impressed.

 

[reflux]

The Airlines were awesome for shifting performance when the rest of the stuff sucked at the time. They shifted about as well as a modern XO. Thr problem was were extremley limited availability If you busted something, you were screwed. The tank held a few hundred shifts from what I recall. I did a few runs on a big equipped with them and was throroughly impressed.

Does this mean that we can no longer make fun of the system? Or can we, simply because someone's trying to unload their system?

 

[Transcend]

Does this mean that we can no longer make fun of the system? Or can we, simply because someone's trying to unload their system?

I want to to put on a beach cruiser.

You can laugh at the fact that he wants $600 for that bike though!

 

[Secret Squirrel]

I want to to put on a beach cruiser.

So you can get that bad-ass 'tsssst' sound when you're around the ladies, eh?? They love it. I know.



:biggrin:

 

[Transcend]

So you can get that bad-ass 'tsssst' sound when you're around the ladies, eh?? They love it. I know.



:biggrin:

Damn straight. pffsst..SNAP!

 

[escapeartist]

We have a set of those sitting in a random drawer in the shop. My boss said he considered putting it on his Racelink.

 

[zahgurim]

Airlines is the best shifting I've ever felt.
Would be cool if they brought it back, with replacement parts available. Also would be neat to weld and tap a monocoque frame, to use the frame itself as an air bottle.

 

[BigMike]

I've heard of airlines, but never actually seen them before!

Wasn't there also a hydrolic shifter out there at some point?

 

[oly]

best thing was, as you shifted you could claim your bike got lighter....

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Airlines is the best shifting I've ever felt.
Would be cool if they brought it back, with replacement parts available. Also would be neat to weld and tap a monocoque frame, to use the frame itself as an air bottle.

And you could have a little clip on the bars to hold a pair of tweezers so you could conveniently get the shrapnel out of your nuts when the frame broke.

 

[binary visions]

And you could have a little clip on the bars to hold a pair of tweezers so you could conveniently get the shrapnel out of your nuts when the frame broke.

Ahahaha... Priceless.

 

[zahgurim]

I think it could be done, easily. An integrated frame member could be built to be a hell of a lot stronger than the original Airlines bottles... Those things were pinner-thin, like a soda can.

 

[BigMike]

best thing was, as you shifted you could claim your bike got lighter....

or did it get heavier?

I havent figured out why yet, but when you fill a scuba tank, it gets heavier.....

 

[urbaindk]

or did it get heavier?

I havent figured out why yet, but when you fill a scuba tank, it gets heavier.....

Geez - where do you start with this one?

 

[binary visions]

I havent figured out why yet, but when you fill a scuba tank, it gets heavier.....

Didja fail physics?

 

[BigMike]

Didja fail physics?

physics, whats physics? did you spell the saddle wrong?

 

[splat]

I havent figured out why yet, but when you fill a scuba tank, it gets heavier.....

WOW !

 

[jimmydean]

That would be sweet. Airlines were bad ass, but nobody caried it because it was wicked spendy.

 

[dan the man]

or did it get heavier?

I havent figured out why yet, but when you fill a scuba tank, it gets heavier.....

yea, lighter. Think about it, as you shift, you lose air..... thus, losing weight on your bike.


shifting = less air, less air= lighter weight

 

[dante]

Damn straight. pffsst..SNAP!

wonder if some online company is going to make a device that just *sounds* like you have Airlines. Pffffst.