The "Before And After" Thread
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^ wow.
The "before" paint is completely heinous.
I think you should just go over the bar with your rear brake cable routing.
The "before" paint is completely heinous.
I think you should just go over the bar with your rear brake cable routing.
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Finally finished my 1992 Specialized Allez Sport, I really wanted it to fit but a 56cm is just a might too small. Someday I will find a 58.
As found CL ad
After the Refurb
As found CL ad
After the Refurb
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Finished this as a refurbish for a non-cyclist friend wanting to once again have a bike to ride (hence the platform pedals and squishy saddle). Thankfully, it was donated along with the original fork. Wish you could see how the frame cleaned up after a bath, some T-Cut, and cleaning wax. That, and we successfully restocked our spacer stash....
As donated.
The final build.
As donated.
The final build.
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The black filth on the bike frame was ALL just water-soluable dirt.... so the bike frame cleaned up over 95% with just a soft paint brush and a bucket of soapy water.
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Bianchi Sport SX 9-Speed Conversion
This bike was OK as a 6-Speed cruiser, but that upright riding position never felt quite right on it. Here's Before:
So, after I finished my `49 Clubman and marveled at the ride on that, I did a similar build with this bike. It turned out a treat:
Now it feels fast and nimble, just as it was supposed to. This one's a Keeper.
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So, after I finished my `49 Clubman and marveled at the ride on that, I did a similar build with this bike. It turned out a treat:
Now it feels fast and nimble, just as it was supposed to. This one's a Keeper.
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Looks great, but still upright to me.
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My 1976 Motobecane Grand Touring. My father purchased it new, and I pulled it down from the ceiling hooks it hadn't moved from since 1982 about a year ago, replaced all the consumables, and started riding it. This week, the spindle and bearings were replaced in the bottom bracket (French threads), new cables, and brake and derailleur teardown and rebuild. I had initially replaced the saddle but the original went back on yesterday as well.
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Thanks! No, no repaint. I was lucky that the paint was in good shape under the preservative layer of grime. I used a straight blade to scrape the old yellowing clear coat off of the chrome, but I couldn’t do the same for the painted parts without removing the paint as well. Just a deep clean and a wax.
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Neighbors varsity. Bought new when he was 10.
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1985 Trek 420, I was going to hang onto to this one but then I stumbled on to a 520 for the clunker challenge in the same 22.5 inch frame. The 420 is now on CL
before as found
After
before as found
After
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'82 Trek 614. Was really in nice/almost completely original shape as found. Wasn't going to let that stop me.
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1985 Peugeot PSN 10 Rat Rod
This 1985 Peugeot PSN 10 was spray bombed and left for dead so I picked it up 4 years ago and stashed it away. Thought I might one-day repaint it and restore to its former glory. Instead, with indoor trainer season quickly approaching, I decided to build it to sit on the trainer yet still take out on the nasty roads for the occasional off-season jaunt. So the rattle can white stays and I built it up 100% from the parts bin (if you can consider DA7400 parts bin!). With the ratty frame and high-end components, I refer to this as my rat-rod.
It is also my first Peugeot experience and I am very impressed. The Super Vitus frame is the lightest in my fleet at 3.95lbs. The lug work and joints are very clean and the ride is responsive yet comfy.
A shout-out to some resident BF'ers who supplied the parts bin that made this build happen.
@bear_a_bug for the Nitto B176 Dream Handlebars.
@16Victor for the Sachs Maillard LY 97 7spd freewheel. Wonderfully compatible with the 7spd indexed DA shifters.
@sloar for the Araya 20A wheelset. Repacked the Suzue hubs and they spin great. The copperish color makes the rat-rod even more ratty.
On to the pics.
What she looked like when I brought her home.
Thinned lugs... I knew it wasn't a gas pipe Peugeot
Still a spray bombed mess but ready to roll with DA7400 indexing. 22.2lbs as shown
It is also my first Peugeot experience and I am very impressed. The Super Vitus frame is the lightest in my fleet at 3.95lbs. The lug work and joints are very clean and the ride is responsive yet comfy.
A shout-out to some resident BF'ers who supplied the parts bin that made this build happen.
@bear_a_bug for the Nitto B176 Dream Handlebars.
@16Victor for the Sachs Maillard LY 97 7spd freewheel. Wonderfully compatible with the 7spd indexed DA shifters.
@sloar for the Araya 20A wheelset. Repacked the Suzue hubs and they spin great. The copperish color makes the rat-rod even more ratty.
On to the pics.
What she looked like when I brought her home.
Thinned lugs... I knew it wasn't a gas pipe Peugeot
Still a spray bombed mess but ready to roll with DA7400 indexing. 22.2lbs as shown
Last edited by plonz; 09-30-19 at 04:09 PM.
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This isn't so much a stellar transformation story asone of thinking outside the box. I needed a 700c wheelset and decided finding a whole bike selling for cheap might be the least expensive way to find a set. Enter this late 70s Takara, the CL add stated it had been upgraded to 700c wheels, I could see a mavic sticker in the pics and when I got to the seller to take a look I saw ultegra hubs and gladly paid $75
As found
Then I stripped the bike of the 700c wheels and its suntour bar cons which I sold on eBay for $26 and was left here
Middle stage
I am fortunate to have a robust parts bin so 27" wheels, tires and tubes were gathered and I spent about $15 at the co-op for shifters and orphan front fender and a few nuts and bolts and ended up here
finished
A functional, beater, winter bike with fenders rack and kickstand and it got sold and the nice 700c Mavic Ultegra wheel-set was basically free. It was a lucky find.
As found
Then I stripped the bike of the 700c wheels and its suntour bar cons which I sold on eBay for $26 and was left here
Middle stage
I am fortunate to have a robust parts bin so 27" wheels, tires and tubes were gathered and I spent about $15 at the co-op for shifters and orphan front fender and a few nuts and bolts and ended up here
finished
A functional, beater, winter bike with fenders rack and kickstand and it got sold and the nice 700c Mavic Ultegra wheel-set was basically free. It was a lucky find.
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Just finished this 1990 Diamondback Centurion Interval, bought the frameset 4-1/2 years ago..... I was in no rush LOL.
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Before and After Pug
Pug Rehab (or How to Turn $20 into a $300 spend)This is the before, during, and after of an unscheduled 30 day build. $20 CL purchase intended only to scavenge a few parts (butterfly wheelnuts and the rear rack). Guilt got the best of me, so this 1972 Peugeot AE8 was revisioned to a French Porteur. Included full rattle can repaint, decals; new, used, NOS, reused, and partsbin sourced parts; and rebuild of leather saddle. I got the wine box a few years ago from a friend who found it (damaged) in the garage of a cabin he bought. I repaired it then, with the for-thought of putting it on one of my other bikes. The wine box is from France 1962, complete with US customs stamp and French Line cruise ship luggage tags (dated july 4, 1963 with the name of the original cabin owner and his wife he brought from France in 1963). This unplanned build sought to repurpose the bike, but leave some of the pitting and scars of age and inherent quality imperfections of it’s Peugeot/Bike Boom ancestry. It all came together nicely in the end. Not perfect...just perfect enough. Rides wonderfully. Save the Pugs!
Purchased Sep 21, 2019. Project Start: Sep 23, 2019. Project Finish: Oct 19, 2019.
Purchased Sep 21, 2019. Project Start: Sep 23, 2019. Project Finish: Oct 19, 2019.
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