riceboy

Thank you.

RobbieTunes

Welcome to the forum. The Ironman cult you are about to enter is a world of our choosing and creation. Enjoy yourself, as you are do for a stretch, in the Ironman Zone....

rccardr 

Yes, but expensive: Sugino RD series 110 BCD five bolt cranks. Riv sells them, others too, figure around $150, sometimes less on eBay.

rccardr 

Finished this afternoon, an '86 Ironman in classy red and white, a 57cm. All Shimano 105 6 speed. The 105 component group continues to impress me with its smooth shifting, polished finish, and bombproof reliability. NOS Vetta Gel saddle, Nitto stem and bars. Yes, Steve, this is the group from the magenta and goldenrod '87 you sold me last week, all refinished and polished up.

RobbieTunes

Also, search for Ritchey compact cranksets; some were made in silver, using Octalink BB's. FSA Vero come in square taper, but they're going to be black, for the most part. There are some square taper out there, new, like Doc says. I bought a Sugino single speed cransket in white, and it was actually a double crankset, it was something like $58 new.

Doc, those dark anodized rims are super boss on that red/white classic.

rms13

belacqua

Can you good fellows confirm that the Ironman seatpost diameter is 27.0? ('87 Expert).

rccardr 

Yes.

belacqua

thank you rccardr

riceboy

Any of you can recommend a light 27.0 post for this frame? I wanted to use my Thomson post, but it turned out to be 27.2 and Thomson doesn't sell a silver 27.0 post right now. The (original?) Sugino post that came with my frame is pretty heavy.

Possibly a 27.0 Syncros... at worst I'll just get one of those 27.0 Kalloys...

curbtender

The Ped in El Sobrante has sold 27 post at their swaps in the past. Not sure if they have any left.

RobbieTunes

American Classic, and I've used 27.2 seatposts in all my Ironman bikes. Doesn't mean yours is not 27.0, and no sense in messing up a post or a seat tube.

QuangVuong

There seems to be a variance in seat post sizes. The two Triathlon Masters(Aussie model) I have owned had 2 different sized posts.

The first one I owned, was purchased from the original owner, and was a 100% original bike, other than replaced bar tape and tyres/tubes. This had a 27.0 Sakae post.

The next one I owned was purchased from an old couple. Not too sure on its origins, but it had a 6400 group with single pivot brakes, the 7 speed version RD, and had Mavic Open 4CDs, rather than the Araya CTL-370 rims. This bike has a Sakae Laprade 27.2 post in it.

Looking at at the specs on Sheldon Brown, Tange 1 supposedly takes 27.0, but one of mine takes 27.2, which fit perfectly inside. Could it be reaming differences between the years?

RobbieTunes

I just think it adds to the mystery.

riceboy

Well my frame came with a Sugino post, which I wanted to replace with a 27.2; I can put it in, but I need to force it and it takes a lot of effort to remove as well. The Sugino post goes in and out effortlessly, so I'm assuming it's 27.0.

nesteel 

This thread makes me want an Ironman, very badly.

RobbieTunes

First step to greatness.

nesteel 

I'll be in the market for a frame around the end of summer/start of fall. It'll have to be one of the more obnoxious paint schemes tough. Lavender and gold/yellow.

riceboy

Does anyone know the rake of the original fork? I have a '87 Ironman in size 52cm. Need to find the rake so I can order the proper fork to keep the geometry as close as possible to the original. I think I read somewhere that it was 40mm? I am debating between 40mm and 43mm Wound Up fork.

RobbieTunes

First step to being a real man.

seypat

There was a Miami Vice Ironman fork for sale on the bay. You might try to snag that one.

MikesChevelle

Sadly I dont own this one anymore, did an STi swap on it, loved it, then was offered twice what I had into the bike..........

riceboy

I'm intending to go with a threadless Wound Up carbon road fork, just wondering which rake I should get. I don't know whether I should get a 40mm or 43mm rake Wound Up fork.

rccardr 

Yet another late '86 in the red and white scheme, also with 105 (1050 series) 6 speed double. You know how people tell you never to buy a car at night? Well, that applies to bikes as well. Purchased this from the PO around 9pm and it looked OK, but after getting it home...Oy, what a nightmare!

Frame alone took four days to rub out, touch up, wax and refinish. Practically every component had to be either replaced or restored back from the dead. Wins the prize for the gummiest bottom bracket I've ever seen, which got tossed in favor of a sealed UN-51. Hubs and wheels took another full day (remember I'm retired, so a full day means all morning and afternoon). Left side pedal was completely stuck in the arm so after soaking for a week in PB Blaster, I took it into the LBS for an Application of Professional Force (thanks, Derrick!). Crank arms had to be de-anodized and polished. But in the end, I think it turned out pretty nicely:

K1196A

I think you did a fantastic job!