Restoring a Concorde Aquila
05-13-13, 06:58 AM
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That is a nice paintjob, it looks almost better than new
05-22-13, 03:33 PM
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is there is no spiral , it must be SL. aquila's only came in SL and SLX
05-22-13, 05:24 PM
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Anyone know if there are concorde catalog scans available somewhere? I "won" an auction on eBay yesterday for an aquila, and wouldn't mind being able to date it. Looks like it's going to need some work when it arrives, but I'm not going to put anywhere near the work that OP did into his (which looks beautiful, by the way).
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Anyone know if there are concorde catalog scans available somewhere? I "won" an auction on eBay yesterday for an aquila, and wouldn't mind being able to date it. Looks like it's going to need some work when it arrives, but I'm not going to put anywhere near the work that OP did into his (which looks beautiful, by the way).
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Alright! Back from the painter who did an excellent job!
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Weight (with paint and chrome) is now 1835 grams for the frame and 612 grams for the fork.
I measured the seat tube and it is 27.2, no helicoils in the tube so I'm pretty sure it's made of SL.
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Weight (with paint and chrome) is now 1835 grams for the frame and 612 grams for the fork.
I measured the seat tube and it is 27.2, no helicoils in the tube so I'm pretty sure it's made of SL.
04-11-20, 11:12 AM
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I wish I could do to my Aquila what you've done to yours but it's just not economically feasible here. Yours is just phenomenal now... They do have an exceptional ride.
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