sbrudno

Now THAT is a project! It never ceases to amaze what folks (who do not have a love for the art) with throw away!

juvela

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one of the many great things regarding products Wiltonian is that PARTS ARE AVAILABLE.

should you wish them copper jaw overlays are available from the maker



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bark_eater 

I've got a leangth of a big old lead pipe for making jaw covers, but copper might be a healthier choice.

AdventureManCO 

*quickly checks Huffy for sawn out sections of tubing*

Whew!

rols229

Wow!!

Lumpy Jones

Gifted from a friend who found it at his local dump. I’d like to put some canti brakes on it. 700c wheels I think are original, I’ve heard that if it had been a wheel conversion from 27” to 700c it gets tricky. Any and all help/advice is welcome.
thank you for your time and interest.

curbtender

You should start a thread on this but it looks all set up for canti. Someone probably went to STI and found brakes to be weak. Set up as a touring bike it most likely had bar-end shifters. I've had luck using the STI shifters and canti brakes with an extra wide cable hanger. PAUL has some nice options.

VRJAKE 

Super find. Romic was a fairly prolific custom frame builder in Houston. Old pal did some research years back and created this web article (note, not an HTTPS secure site, so at your own peril - I opened it and it has what I remembered).

Newer canti calipers may be difficult to fit, but many have vertical slots that may accommodate a 700c to 27" distance. Given this is a touring model, may have been built for 27" wheels.

Romic - History of a Houston Bicycle Builder

Here's a Romic that passed through my hands years ago.

merziac

@Lumpy Jones

Nah, dive right in, especially if you happen to have the other set of wheels you might need, none of this is life threatening and you can always use extra parts to suss out ones just like this with less drama.

Make it so.

shoota 

I'm curious what that single threaded boss on the underneath of the downtube is for, anyone know?? Generator?
What a great bike, I'd have that stripped down and built up right so fast..

merziac

1 of the 2 for water/fuel bottle etc.

See pic #4

Lumpy Jones

there are two bosses there. Curious, tell me what you’d build it up with, I could use some help. I think it had a 27” wheelset, clearly cantilever brakes, bar end shifters? Seems it came stock with 105 components, even the hubs are 105, and it has Campagnolo Gamma Oxide Strada rims.
photo #4 shows a mile of space above the wheel, I’m sure that’s for fender space but it looks more than just that leading me to believe it came with 27” wheels and 1-1/4 tires
thanks for your interest

wrk101

Picked up a 1987 Diamondback Apex. Nothing special model wise, but came with some nice parts, most notably the nearly NOS Suntour XC II pedals. And I am a sucker for thumb shifters.

In my town, I am the only buyer of vintage MTBs. Over the last year, it's all I have bought.

If I needed another one, I would refresh for personal use. But I have that covered. Refreshing for the local market means I would lose $100 on it, and buyer would likely part it out. So I will save that additional step and part out myself. I did need the cartridge bearing wheels (sort of).

shoota 

Well that’s an easy one, because I’ve done it. 11s STI shifting, canti brakes, 700c wheels with tubeless 38mm tires. Hard to beat.

Robvolz 

[QUOTE=Lumpy Jones;23139203]Gifted from a friend who found it at his local dump. I’d like to put some canti brakes on it. 700c wheels I think are original, I’ve heard that if it had been a wheel conversion from 27” to 700c it gets tricky. Any and all help/advice is welcome.
thank you for your time and interest.


Houston….

We have a problem

Velo Mule

Nice a hybrid drive on a Sturmey-Archer. It looks like two cogs. Is it possibly a 3 cog Cyclo or is it two dished Sturmey-Archer cogs? The hub still looks nice and chromy without any rust. The Huret Derailleur is one of the older rebuildable type which is good if you are going to use it. If you are shifting only two or even three cogs this set-up would work well. The mudguards are going to need some hammer and dolly work after getting thrown on the heap, but they look like they can be straightened out.

Nice save.

curbtender

Did a quick Google and there was a post that said the last numbers represented the date, 95. This post from BF has 700 wheelset from 82' so pretty sure yours would be 700.
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...vitalized.html

clongwill

Actually, if you look closer at photo #4 you can see that there are two of those female threaded bosses.

bark_eater 

Probably should have stripped this at the yard, but its kind of diminishing returns when the aluminum bits cost 3x as much when separated from the frame and it was cold this morning.. Its an interesting frame but unfortunately the seat stays are crushed. I might keep the fork to practice straitening. I'm particularly digging the Blue Line GT rear derailleur. I'm going to swap the long cage onto a Black Line group set.
And I'll get a bunch more parts in the "French" bin..

AdventureManCO 

Oooh nice!

rekmeyata

Yeah, but maybe not. That thing looks like it was pulled out of a lake or river, and as bad as the rust is, makes me wonder what the inside of the frame looks like. A person would have to remove the seat and use a bright flashlight, not a cell phone light, and look all the way down the tube to see the bottom bracket area.

Korina

The OP did say the seat stays were crushed and that he got it for the parts.

bark_eater 

The "surface rust" is a little weird, because I think the frame is fully chromed. Maybe it was a red oxide paint of some sort. I'll investigate further tomorrow.

bark_eater 

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This is what happens if your not there when the bikes arrive. Warmer today so I'll strip it here...

marnar

Oy vey!