What have you been wrenching on lately?
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I appreciate that, I took all the parts to work yesterday to clean. Brought them home this morning and built it up. Pretty happy with it.
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Is that a Super or Nuovo Mexico? I am sort of amazed at the clearance for larger tires. What were you able to get in there?
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I just finished setting up the 1982 Pro-Miyata a friend gifted me a couple of years ago. Full mechanical restoration but the only major cosmetic work was to give the frameset powder coating, fresh decals, and a couple coats of clear. All new consumables.
Will get glamor shots and all that after some minor adjustments and cleaning of the brake hoods. Just rode it around the block and it felt smooth and fast, mostly came together without a hitch!
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Will get glamor shots and all that after some minor adjustments and cleaning of the brake hoods. Just rode it around the block and it felt smooth and fast, mostly came together without a hitch!
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Thats what I am going to try with the Bowlnago...
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The Land Shark is beginning to take shape. The tight clearances are interesting. After these photos were taken I did the first cut at fitting the brakes, the shoes are almost at the top of their slots front and rear with a mm to spare. The seat tube and the steer tube are both 74 degrees, not a lot of trail, fairly high bottom bracket... Crit Bike... WOOT.
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Headset removed, reinstalled, cut down steerer, added headset and stem stack....
...and mounted wheels. Rolling Chassis. Had to make my own cup remover though. Worked great.
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Not much wrenching lately but wrenching and winching a monster dent and bowed top tube as purchased.I used the removable faceplate stem for pressing the dent.
After pressings, still has the bow though.
After some strategic 3 point press with my massive C-clamp and my hardwood bench I took out the bow, and epoxy laid thinly with a razor blade.
I have some various white paint in rattle can, one of them will probably suffice.
After pressings, still has the bow though.
After some strategic 3 point press with my massive C-clamp and my hardwood bench I took out the bow, and epoxy laid thinly with a razor blade.
I have some various white paint in rattle can, one of them will probably suffice.
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Brand new frame, from awhile back I see, this the first full build up?
I saw the fork discussion and can't imagine not having a fork made for something like this.
You can always futz around after the fact but IMO, you must have a have a proper flat, biplane, whatever lugged crown fork made with anything like this.
My big chrome Ritchey came with a "nice" fugly lugged chrome unibrow that ruins the whole thing for me but needing a 300mm steerer lugged crown MTB fork is a bad place to be.
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Finally reassembled my cruiser
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Sweet!
Brand new frame, from awhile back I see, this the first full build up?
I saw the fork discussion and can't imagine not having a fork made for something like this.
You can always futz around after the fact but IMO, you must have a have a proper flat, biplane, whatever lugged crown fork made with anything like this.
My big chrome Ritchey came with a "nice" fugly lugged chrome unibrow that ruins the whole thing for me but needing a 300mm steerer lugged crown MTB fork is a bad place to be.
Brand new frame, from awhile back I see, this the first full build up?
I saw the fork discussion and can't imagine not having a fork made for something like this.
You can always futz around after the fact but IMO, you must have a have a proper flat, biplane, whatever lugged crown fork made with anything like this.
My big chrome Ritchey came with a "nice" fugly lugged chrome unibrow that ruins the whole thing for me but needing a 300mm steerer lugged crown MTB fork is a bad place to be.
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I have been sitting on the frame for like 9 months. I have slowly been acquiring all the parts I needed. But mostly I just haven't made time to finish building it. I have had some sort of mental block because of the headset mounted slightly off, and I did not have the cup removal tool. For whatever reason last night was the night, I just decided to make one. Popped off the cups and reinstall. Once I did that, I just got on a roll. I am going to try to get more done tonight.
Glad you got over the hump, its amazing how much of this we can wrangle, until we can't .
This was completed but not functional for Bob's show in July, of course a couple folks asked why I hadn't been riding it yet, "just got it together" I said.
It had been kicking my azz in a small way for quite some time and not wanting to ef it up had stepped away several times so once I finally got it all together anyway.
I came home from the show, dug in and finally figured it out, got it going and away I went, rode it to 4 out of the 5 days at MADE and plenty more since, again .
It had been done for a lot longer than yours.
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Picked up this Trek a while ago and have been slowly cleaning up the frame and components. I’ve set it up as a single speed with a 36:17 gearing and new touch points.
I have the Deore DX groupset set aside, I might sell it on eBay or keep for a future project.
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I have the Deore DX groupset set aside, I might sell it on eBay or keep for a future project.
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Yesterday we still had the offshore winds here in Southern California , I spent a few days in the yard cleaning up my palm collection and mulching . Getting ready for our rainy season. I am close to being able to ride again after my broken hip and surgery in September , even though I have done some pedaling around my industrial park , I am ready for a real ride! I decided to do some much
needed maintenance on the Colnago , it has served me well and deserved some attention. I also wanted to change out the scratched up early Cinelli handlebars with some really nice ones that came on a donor bike I bought and put that early pantograph stem I found. Franklin Frame paint job is holding up nicely , a little soap and warm water and 2 years of road grime just wiped off. Don’t worry , the hammer didn’t see much action , just there for moral support!
needed maintenance on the Colnago , it has served me well and deserved some attention. I also wanted to change out the scratched up early Cinelli handlebars with some really nice ones that came on a donor bike I bought and put that early pantograph stem I found. Franklin Frame paint job is holding up nicely , a little soap and warm water and 2 years of road grime just wiped off. Don’t worry , the hammer didn’t see much action , just there for moral support!
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I'm beginning to suspect these tires might be slightly past their "best by" date...
(came off an early-80s forged-steel Schwinn cruiser)
(came off an early-80s forged-steel Schwinn cruiser)
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Robin Hood project
Amongst other bike projects, I decided to tackle the Robin Hood I've had sitting in the yard since last year. It is my first attempt at rehabbing a 3 speed hub. Took in for a test ride yesterday. A couple of kinks to work out, but it's a pleasurable ride. As I live in a hilly area, I changed out the 18T for a 24T sprocket but think a 22T may be the way to go.
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Yesterday we still had the offshore winds here in Southern California , I spent a few days in the yard cleaning up my palm collection and mulching . Getting ready for our rainy season. I am close to being able to ride again after my broken hip and surgery in September , even though I have done some pedaling around my industrial park , I am ready for a real ride! I decided to do some much
needed maintenance on the Colnago , it has served me well and deserved some attention. I also wanted to change out the scratched up early Cinelli handlebars with some really nice ones that came on a donor bike I bought and put that early pantograph stem I found. Franklin Frame paint job is holding up nicely , a little soap and warm water and 2 years of road grime just wiped off. Don’t worry , the hammer didn’t see much action , just there for moral support!
needed maintenance on the Colnago , it has served me well and deserved some attention. I also wanted to change out the scratched up early Cinelli handlebars with some really nice ones that came on a donor bike I bought and put that early pantograph stem I found. Franklin Frame paint job is holding up nicely , a little soap and warm water and 2 years of road grime just wiped off. Don’t worry , the hammer didn’t see much action , just there for moral support!
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A project I am embarking on is to replace these calipers I picked up in a Campagnolo grab bag back in 2016 that are on the Bianchi.
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Picked the following up off the bay because there is no corrosion and appear to be hardly used. Action of the moving parts indicate really old grease. The other problem is the arms are rubbing, which you can see on the left near the cross over section.
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Disassembled a couple of days ago and cleaned up, bent the rear caliper,
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greased with 1972 tub of Campagnolo grease and assembled. Much better actuation.
One down, one to go
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Picked the following up off the bay because there is no corrosion and appear to be hardly used. Action of the moving parts indicate really old grease. The other problem is the arms are rubbing, which you can see on the left near the cross over section.
CampagnoloRecordPreCPS on Flickr
Disassembled a couple of days ago and cleaned up, bent the rear caliper,
Bending caliper on Flickr
greased with 1972 tub of Campagnolo grease and assembled. Much better actuation.
One down, one to go
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@SJX426 - very good, make them behave for past sins of prior owners.
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Finished the Trek 800 Sport tear down. I learned of a maker space at the local university and I can use it for a monthly fee so this fame will likely get stripped, powder coated to my daughter’s color choice, and rebuilt with new and recycled parts.
I expect her to pick some sort of blue but I gotta say the current purple* is sharp!
* It looks better in the pics than in person.
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I expect her to pick some sort of blue but I gotta say the current purple* is sharp!
* It looks better in the pics than in person.
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For most of the past two weeks, my life has been: sleep, eat, work, fix up bikes. Maybe ride once in a while. And the eating and sleeping has been somewhat optional. It's crunch time in terms of fixing up bikes for needy kids for the holidays, and they all need to be done by the end of this coming week, whether it's the hundreds we've restored at Recycle Your Bicycle or the dozen plus I'm trying to get out of my back yard to our local church.
I have made a bit of progress, with the help of a couple friends (one a BF regular). Here are the bikes that are refurbished and ready to donate - a few true kids' bikes and a number of 26" and 700C bikes suitable for older kids and adolescents.
In the back there are a few rather nice (in their time) 26" dual-suspensions - two Gary Fisher Sugar 4+es and a GT iDrive 4.0, along with a Fuji hybrid and a nice Specialized. Plus some other serviceable bikes of less distinguished vintage.
And the "to-do" pile is diminished yet substantial - a Haro, a Raleigh, and several classic cromoly Treks.
Looking forward to getting all of them done by the end of this coming week and under the hineys of happy kids. And hoping they will have some great adventures while behind the handlebars.
I have made a bit of progress, with the help of a couple friends (one a BF regular). Here are the bikes that are refurbished and ready to donate - a few true kids' bikes and a number of 26" and 700C bikes suitable for older kids and adolescents.
In the back there are a few rather nice (in their time) 26" dual-suspensions - two Gary Fisher Sugar 4+es and a GT iDrive 4.0, along with a Fuji hybrid and a nice Specialized. Plus some other serviceable bikes of less distinguished vintage.
And the "to-do" pile is diminished yet substantial - a Haro, a Raleigh, and several classic cromoly Treks.
Looking forward to getting all of them done by the end of this coming week and under the hineys of happy kids. And hoping they will have some great adventures while behind the handlebars.
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We are getting close to completion, at this point the Land Shark is complete with exception of bar tape and some cockpit tuning. The around the neighborhood shakedown ride went very well, the handling is very quick without twitch, the frame reads your mind it goes where you want it to go, no drama. This is a teaser, once its done I will put up glamour photos.
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Yes, that Landshark is great and now for the opposite end of the spectrum. I've been intrigued by the discussions about converting bikes from 27" wheels to 700c wheels in order to mount and ride wider tires. I grabbed a POS Huffy recently to salvage parts to fix a 24" bike for my Grandson. Recycled the frame and the wheels sat there staring at me. Hmmm. I could do that. My Ersatz Grand Prix (74 Gitaine Gypsy Sport) is a pretty basic boom bike but does have gobs of room under the fork and brake bridge. A good "canvas" for this experiment. And it has Weinman 750 center pull calibers with the brake pads way up in the slots. The Huffy wheels wear 700 x 38c tires. Actually they are only 0.25kg heavier than the wheels/tires I had on the bike before.
I overhauled the front wheel to remove the glue like grease. Wear was negligible. I overhauled the rear wheel, same thing, and trued the wobble out of it (could be why it was bin'd by the previous owner) and removed the NDS spacer under the lock nut. That got me 126mm OLD which matched the Ersatz dropouts. The current ultra 6spd FW jumped right over to the "new" wheel. I mounted the wheels and adjusted the brake pads. Even with the lowering I still have ooodles of slot in the caliber arms. Adjusted the cables and pumped the tires to 60psi. Ready for test ride.
A quick measurement implies that I could go to 43c tires for more if I want. We'll see. This may be my new gravel bike. Or I'll hate it. Didn't cost anything.
I overhauled the front wheel to remove the glue like grease. Wear was negligible. I overhauled the rear wheel, same thing, and trued the wobble out of it (could be why it was bin'd by the previous owner) and removed the NDS spacer under the lock nut. That got me 126mm OLD which matched the Ersatz dropouts. The current ultra 6spd FW jumped right over to the "new" wheel. I mounted the wheels and adjusted the brake pads. Even with the lowering I still have ooodles of slot in the caliber arms. Adjusted the cables and pumped the tires to 60psi. Ready for test ride.
A quick measurement implies that I could go to 43c tires for more if I want. We'll see. This may be my new gravel bike. Or I'll hate it. Didn't cost anything.
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