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		<title>Renaissanced 1983 Specialized Stumpjumper Review</title>
		<link>http://www.renaissancebicycles.com/2010/06/renaissanced-1983-specialized-stumpjumper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well &#8230; it was such a shame to get to get our vintage Stumpjumper dirty, that we had to just keep on riding it through the muck, the mud, and the rain. But now that we&#8217;ve gotten over the &#8220;new car smell&#8221;, we can get down to the real reason for this whole process &#8230; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Velo Orange Polyvalent &#8212; And Now for Something Completely Different</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Velo Orange introducing an affordable &#8220;multi-purpose&#8221; 650B oriented frameset called the Polyvalent, we thought it appropriate to see what kinda of &#8220;multi&#8221; we could make out of it. Inspiration is often accidental. As we are apt to do, during our weekly survey of the blogosphere, we came across this vintage photo from the Old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1983 Stumpjumper &#8212; Something Specialized This Way Comes</title>
		<link>http://www.renaissancebicycles.com/2009/12/something-specialized-this-way-comes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of our regular readers are familiar with our current Murphy&#8217;s Law Project, but we wanted to take a few minutes to let everyone know about one of our other unique projects: Something Wicked This Way Comes is a classic fantasy / horror novel from Ray Bradbury that inspired a whole segment of popular culture, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Murphy&#8217;s Law Project &#8212; The Naked Truth</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This entry is the @#$%* entry of a @#$%* part series (if Murphy’s Law has anything to do with it) on upgrading an old Schwinn Collegiate to a practical and pleasing daily bicycle for transportation. Well &#8230; we just had to go and taunt Murphy, didn&#8217;t we? And judging by how long it has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ye Olde 27 inch Wheelset</title>
		<link>http://www.renaissancebicycles.com/2009/11/ye-olde-27-inch-wheelset/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gone but not forgotten is the 27&#8243; wheel. It was the standard long ago, but now it usually turns-up when you dig your old Peugeot out the back of the garage. Unfortunately, we do not carry replacement wheels and rims. This is because we encourage our customers to upgrade to new (and more widely accepted) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Murphy&#8217;s Law Project &#8212; Part Demolition</title>
		<link>http://www.renaissancebicycles.com/2009/10/the-murphys-law-project-part-demolition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This entry is a 3.7 on the Ritcher scale of multipart series (if Murphy’s Law has anything to do with it) on upgrading an old Schwinn Collegiate to a practical and pleasing daily bicycle for transportation. It never fails to amaze us how quickly a bike can be disassembled.  What probably took meticulous hours to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Murphy&#8217;s Law Project &#8212; Part Hey Good Lookin&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.renaissancebicycles.com/2009/09/the-murphys-law-project-part-hey-good-lookin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.renaissancebicycles.com/2009/09/the-murphys-law-project-part-hey-good-lookin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.renaissancebicycles.com/?p=1251</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the 8.7 out of 10.0 installment of a multipart series (if Murphy’s Law has anything to do with it) on upgrading an old Schwinn Collegiate to a practical and pleasing daily bicycle for transportation. So &#8230; we finally got around to taking some pictures of the &#8220;mocked-up&#8221; bike.  Much to our delight, Ole [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Murphy&#8217;s Law Project &#8212; Part What&#8217;s the Holdup?</title>
		<link>http://www.renaissancebicycles.com/2009/09/the-murphys-law-project-part-whats-the-holdup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the 6th installment of a Very Delayed part series (if Murphy’s Law has anything to do with it) on upgrading an old Schwinn Collegiate to a practical and pleasing daily bicycle for transportation. As you may have guessed, we haven&#8217;t had much of a chance to focus on ole Murphy in the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Murphy&#8217;s Law Project &#8211;Part Parts</title>
		<link>http://www.renaissancebicycles.com/2009/09/the-murphys-law-project-part-parts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the 5th installment of a 4 part series (if Murphy’s Law has anything to do with it) on upgrading an old Schwinn Collegiate to a practical and pleasing daily bicycle for transportation. Now that we have introduced the project, taken in the Big Picture, guestimated the budget, and formulated some ideas for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Murphy&#8217;s Law Project &#8212; Part D[esign]</title>
		<link>http://www.renaissancebicycles.com/2009/08/murphys-law-project-part-d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the 4th installment of an ∞ part series (if Murphy’s Law has anything to do with it) on upgrading an old Schwinn Collegiate to a practical and pleasing daily bicycle for transportation. So &#8230; here is what we&#8217;ve got to work with: One stripped Schwinn Collegiate, with the exception of the &#8220;worthwhile&#8221; parts. [...]]]></description>
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