2cam16

I want to say 16-valve?

16Victor

I used to autocross a 1981 Scirocco S that I installed a 16V and 4-speed (with Peloquin LSD) into, amongst many other mods.

EnzoRWD

^ That Scirocco sounds fun. I've been getting my V70R in the best shape it's been in in years just to sell it.

I've been slowly working on a giant Concorde I picked up as well as cleaning up a Cannondale Crit frame that needed a little paint love



the R:

jimmuller 

Just finished this, '83 PFN-10. All-French drive train (except for the pedals), wheels, and brakes.

rjhammett

1986 (I think) Pinarello Record.

non-fixie 

Thanks! It's a blue-ish grey or grey-ish blue, depending on the light and the camera. In this pic it looks a lot more blue:



I'll check the can for a color code.

CoRide59

Wow, yeah it's much more blue in this shot. I'm liking that color more and more!

2cam16

Sweet! Yeah I started with Toyotas back in the day, hence my rendition of twincam16,the 4AG motor. Then I moved on to Subarus. Used to auto-x in a WRX and a Miata with SFRSCCA. Also a few track days here and there. Laguna Seca for the best. Then it got too expensive. lol

thinktubes 

Looks great - a fella could really pull some stumps with that gearing.

canklecat

Tweaking the '89 Centurion Ironman. Repacked the hubs with fresh grease. Swapped in a 39T Vuelta chainring to replace the original 42T Suntour, and a 13-25 SunRace freewheel to replace the original 13-24 Suntour. A bit easier on the steepest hill climbs, especially with head winds.

The new SunRace freewheel shifts more crisply and quietly. But I preferred the gear spacing with the original 42/52 chainring setup on the 13-25 SunRace spacing. With the 39T chainring I'm needing to double shift more often, and am losing some momentum on hills. Maybe as my climbing strength improves I'll swap back to the original 42T chainring, but I think the 13-25 SunRace is a keeper, at least for the less-tight spacing.

Also been trying to reduce some chain line tension. There's way too much spring tension in the Suntour GPX rear derailleur, and cleaning and regreasing didn't fix the problem. Needs a lighter spring, but I doubt I'll find one. Might replace the derailleur itself. Meanwhile I've added a couple of links and adjusted the wheel a bit farther forward to help reduce some tension without chain drops. Helped a bit.

tiredhands 

My neighbor has had this bike for at least a decade, if not two, having originally pulled it out of a dumpster in Brooklyn. It's ugly, it's rusty, it's clunky, the fork is tweaked, but the steel rims keep on rolling with some new tires and the headset is smooth again with new bearings. This bike will outlive any apocalypse.

rlorenz2

Just finished up these two beauties.

Peugeot PA10




Tommasini Prestige

noglider 

What's your plan for the Peugeot, @jimmuller?

treebound 

Been monkeying with this lately (when not working on the house), added the saddle last night. Not sure about the green but it functionally fits and I guess it matches the new to me trainer.



Ps,
I should add (so I don’t get booted out of here) that the his&hers Raleigh Sports matched pair hiding back in the corner will be next in the queue to get worked on right after some minor nut/bolt replacements on my wife’s bike that she picked up earlier this summer.

Scipunk

Been tearing down my first English 3 speed (64 Raleigh Sports) and preparing my 01 outback for a 2 inch lift and some grabber AT/2's (yes we also own a Baja)
Day i got it:
1964 Raleigh Sports 3 speed by David Ashe, on Flickr

thumpism 

Here's a DiamondBack Ascent belonging to a friend of mine. He retired recently and wants to get back into shape so plans to include riding with his walking and weights regimen. He bought the bike new in about 1990 but has not ridden for years and had let his brother use it until today. Nothing seriously wrong except the RH RapidFire shifter seems broken; won't downshift. I expect repair will be impossible and replacements hard to find but that will need to wait for exploratory surgery. He also wants a taller stem and/or bars and it's a good thing he's in no hurry because I'm in the midst of a bathroom remodel that has priority.
Danny DB.JPG

jimmuller 

Well, I was planning on riding it. But first I have to work enough nerve to put dirty gloves on that white bar tape.

Prowler 

I broke down and washed my gloves recently. The water came out black. Guess they needed it. Give that a go then ride dem white bars.

jimmuller 

My plan is to ride it to work this morning. Back home again too!

On-topic, I had an interesting mechanical "thing" develop these last few days. I've been riding the Grandis to work, started hearing something rattling, a sort of metallic clinking like loose change (which I'm not too familiar with). Sometimes it would be there, sometimes it wouldn't. Nothing seemed loose in a cursory inspection on the roadside.

Then it occurred to me it might be a FW sprocket. Hmm! Another roadside inspection revealed a rattling outer sprocket which had come completely unscrewed from the FW body. When I got home I pulled the wheel off. It had created some wear marks on the inside of the DO but otherwise seems to have done no other harm. So I screwed it back on and tightened it with the chain. I guess it's trying to tell me to use high gear more often. I should remember not to forget to stand on the pedals in high gear to tighten it further the next time I ride it.

But today is for the first voyage of the white-barred PFN-10.

non-fixie 

I sympathize. Had to fix a flat on my first real ride with my new white cotton. In de rain. Rear tire, of course.

noglider 

I carry wet wipes in my tool bag, but I forget about them until it's too late.

abshipp 

My god that light blue and chrome is stunning. Beautiful!

jimmuller 

Oh yuck. So much for nice white tape.

Thank you. I can't claim credit for it, only for restoring it. Peugeot made the paint/chrome decisions.

I did ride it to work today. Nothing untoward occurred, no tire went flat, nothing broke! And the bar tape didn't get too dirty. But then, I started with clean gloves. @Prowler, I throw them in the clothes washer pretty often. Otherwise they become intolerable.

Pompiere

My dad has an old Hercules that looks like a kissing cousin to your Raleigh. He is 77 and rides it a couple miles regularly for exercise. I put a computer on it (at his request) so he could track his efforts.

I had a Subaru Brat, bitd. It was the ancestor of the Baja. I had a lot of fun with that little car/truck. They put jump seats in the bed to get around the imported truck tariff, but I could still carry a dirt bike if I put the front wheel between the seats.

DQRider 

... means more time to spend in the shop!

A couple of projects have captured my attention lately. First, the Bianchi Sport SX that I call Celeste turned into a very nice sport-tourer:



I've only ridden her on local trips so far, but she has the potential to cover some serious miles.



Tonight after work I was very tired - it's been a very long week. So as soon as I got home, I went into the shop, sat in my favorite leather and wicker chair, and gazed at my domain from behind my latest project:



My thirty-dollar PFN-10 Velo de Ville is coming along nicely. With this bike, I've made a breakthrough that will definitely influence future bike purchases.

What I have found is that I prefer bikes that are conventionally too big for me. I am 5'9" tall, and by rights should fit best on 55 - 58cm frames. But when I do that, I find the top tube too short for my torso. I was buying longer stems and setback seatposts to compensate until I discovered how to set up a 59 - 60cm frame so it fit me.

Since I can't ride in drops comfortably anyway, I want a saddle-to-handlebar setup that places the grips slightly above the saddle, and far enough away so that I get a decent stretch. The only off-the-rack frames that do this are theoretically too big for me. The standover height exceeds my inseam, so I have to be very careful how and where I stop.

But I had the muscle memory stored away from childhood, riding bikes that were too big for me, and the leg-leverage saddle-mount maneuver came naturally. So did the graceful one-legged stop.

As a result, this has become my favorite bike of the moment:



Just finished tonight, once the rain clears the area tomorrow, I plan to put on some miles. If I do, watch for a ride report over on "Where Did You Ride Today".