Originally Posted by La Brea Bike

Bought and pre-paid for.

Last minute picture. I had to crop the hell out of it.

The presence of the trash can seemed to suggest that I was begging for it

Originally Posted by squirtdad

how many bikes? sounds like you have them already

if you can get your hands on them fast enough the this velo orange stems looks closer https://velo-orange.com/collections/...stem-31-8-rise

or maybe find some thins similar

Originally Posted by mkeller234

I tested this on my wife, who is not a bike nut. She guessed this bike was 30 years old. I’d say you did well. Nice work!

Originally Posted by cudak888

Not saying the following is the exact scenario, but here are a few potential reasons:

Hero bike, bike with camera rig mounted to it, hero bike for second unit, three bikes for destruction if first two takes don't work, fourth destruction bike pre-damaged to achieve proper visual effect following crash.

-Kurt

Originally Posted by JaccoW

Looking good
It passes pretty well as a vintage bike IMHO though I do realize this is also achieved in part by 'Cinema Magic' angles.

What components did you end up using?

Originally Posted by CliffordK

But, that still leaves the question of where the new-pull parts that are unused will be headed.

Originally Posted by La Brea Bike

Awesome, Thanks! They approved the build. This is not a "bike film" as it turns out, it's just the main mode of transportation for the protagonist.

Originally Posted by La Brea Bike

They went with four units.

Originally Posted by cudak888

And so ends another story about a profitable day at the bike shop and a pissed off C&V public. Good times

-Kurt

Originally Posted by La Brea Bike

I'll be able to sleep ok. Unfortunately this thing is headed to theatres, so I'll have to armor up for the real BF "love" at some point...

Originally Posted by tricky

This is great! Nice work, especially given the restraints. You could also easily remove those shiny bolts on the seatstay rack mounts. Not many vintage roadies had those. Btw, have you ever worked with Coco's Variety? Pretty cool little bike shop and prop rental place in LA that I have been following on Instagram for a while. I visited it when I was down there. They also appreciate the vintage.

Originally Posted by Duragrouch

OP: End result not bad. Fortunately the front wheel is not radially laced. I think the frame tube diameter is less of a giveaway than the top tube slope, followed by the streamlined fork. But not bad. Only slightly worse than Dave Stoller riding on the small 'ring when drafting the truck.

Originally Posted by La Brea Bike

I got the task of turning 2019 Raleigh Grand Sports into late 70's "vintage" looking bikes for a movie... I have one day to do a test build for approval. I know.

If they had given me a couple weeks I could have found multiple actual vintage frames to build to the exact same spec (these will be one bike in the movie).

We're doing a drivetrain swap with earlier gen 105 stuff to change to silver groupo. I know, but it's our best option for multiple quantities of parts in this time frame. We are swapping over to Dia-Compe Non Aero Levers, but having the threadless stem is killing me visually. I'm currently thinking black to minimize visibility... Anyone have any recommendations for things in my control? Seriously, I know frame and fork are impossible to be made to mimic a traditional bike. The frames will be painted by the studio.

https://www.raleighusa.com/grand-sport

Originally Posted by Duragrouch

You should pull off some of the cogs. Hyperglide is enough of an anachronism, but 9/10/11 cogs on the back? If '70s, try 5, widely spaced unless the person riding it is supposed to be a racer. The cogs should fit fine next to each other and even shift well if they are good cogs like hyperglide or sram and not a cheap copy. You can use the spacer discs behind the cluster. Of course a cassette hub is also a dead giveaway, but that's harder to notice.

Originally Posted by sdn40

No need to mess with the drivetrain if the rider is wearing 70's bell bottoms

Originally Posted by cudak888

Nooooobody is going to notice this before they notice the fork, headtube, or angled top tube.

You could put 11 cogs in the back of the Breaking Away replica Masi, shoot a duplicate closeup from one of the "chase the Ciznano" truck scenes, sneak it into the original movie with the right grading and film grain...and most people still wouldn't notice.

-Kurt

Originally Posted by Duragrouch

Reminds me of a mail order guitar place, their catalog that I saw in a library in the early '80s. One page was a very fine-line, crosshatched sketch of one of the store personnel playing a guitar, and the caption said, "This picture might look a little strange because I normally don't use a thin pick."

Originally Posted by La Brea Bike

I got the task of turning 2019 Raleigh Grand Sports into late 70's "vintage" looking bikes for a movie... I have one day to do a test build for approval. I know.

If they had given me a couple weeks I could have found multiple actual vintage frames to build to the exact same spec (these will be one bike in the movie).

We're doing a drivetrain swap with earlier gen 105 stuff to change to silver groupo. I know, but it's our best option for multiple quantities of parts in this time frame. We are swapping over to Dia-Compe Non Aero Levers, but having the threadless stem is killing me visually. I'm currently thinking black to minimize visibility... Anyone have any recommendations for things in my control? Seriously, I know frame and fork are impossible to be made to mimic a traditional bike. The frames will be painted by the studio.

https://www.raleighusa.com/grand-sport

Originally Posted by La Brea Bike

Great call on the stem! We actually had one. It made a huge impact. Unfortunately now I need to dig three more of these puppies up by Tuesday. Fingers crossed I can find them in stock at an LA LBS!