Drillium Dude 

Visited Recycled Cycles today to tweak the RD hanger (a new project is in the works). I left the bike for about an hour, so had to give my information and all that for the ticket. When I got home I took a closer look at the receipt and was surprised to see that the mechanic had assigned a model name to my Casati:



For context, this is where my "Gugificazione" decal sits:



Is this a first? Anybody else have "official" Gugificazione paperwork?

DD

Jeff Wills

Future historians are going to be really, really confused!

Drillium Dude 

For sure, because I'm going to roll up the receipt and tuck it into the DS handlebar end

DD

gugie 

Now I'm worried some guy from Casati will be knocking at my door and telling me it's not personal, it's business.

Germany_chris

i didn’t really want to start a new thread since this and the 650b thread exists.

if I send you my French BSO can you 650 it and add brazeon’s and have it back to me by next summer?

gugie 

PM sent

Germany_chris

email sent

Drillium Dude 

^^^ I predict another happy customer in about 7 months

DD

Germany_chris

I believe so too, but we're working it now

Andy_K 

I believe @gugie is well on his way to earning the title of International Man of Mystery.

nlerner

I spotted him at Lardo once.

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aeshultz

Having heard of all of this in the few years I've been following this forum, I have to ask- what type of bike makes a good base for one of these projects? It's something that's very appealing to me.

79pmooney

Any bike you love, that you want to do something else, is more than three decades old and made of steel. Unusual history or little known maker a plus. Also has to meet the letter of the Gugifacazione manifesto. (No, I do not have a copy.)

gugie 

Most anything that used to be called a "sports tourer" might be a good donor bike. Something with a light tubing set, lots of clearance when the standard 27" or 700c tires are concerned. Long chainstays help. Perusal here, since a picture is worth a thousand words.

As for the manifesto...

aeshultz

Thanks - I do have an '83 Voyager that I have converted to 700c, and love the ride. Perhaps a 650b/ Rando build for that is in the future. Have been thinking about doing a Rando bike for awhile now.

noglider 

@aeshultz I hear great things about that model. It sounds like a good candidate and a good idea.

mhespenheide 

Mine is not nearly as fancy or extensive as others, but I deeply appreciate the work nonetheless:




Chainstays dimpled, rear brake bridge lifted slightly, and the fork re-raked just a touch (if I recall correctly). A 1987 Bianchi Campione d'Italia that almost fit 700x32; now it does. Just barely legal for Eroica California (at least with different pedals), sublime enough to ride regularly.

RiddleOfSteel

Say no more...

I've had three bikes of mine come in to his atelier for repairs and modifications, all of the touring variety. I am presently, heavily considering a second round of, this time, modifications for my sole complete bike (a '74 Paramount Touring) to make it a proper tourer (in the 1980's sense), largely as a reward for being a bike through thick and thin, and most recently, the one that's helped me in my left knee rehabilitation and endurance building. Custom is cool, for many reasons. But enhancing something you already know and love (bikes-wise) is also incredibly cool, as you don't have to wonder if it will be good after it's all said and done. Helps to have a guy who knows and appreciates (aka "gets") the type of bike you're riding and looking to repair/enhance/etc.

aeshultz

Ahh- the plot thickens, there's history here.

Dfrost 

I brought just the fork from my ‘79 Miyata 912 (previously measured as unsuitable for 650B conversion) to @gugie at one of the late, great and much-missed Portland Velo-Cult gatherings to request mid-fork mounts for low riders so that it could become my travel bike for credit card touring. Conversation ensued about the advantage of a lower trail fork for carrying a front load, and he’d be happy to do the re-raking.

Amongst the many cool bikes typical of those events, there was a brazed-post centerpull-mounted front rack on a Norther custom.

Further conversation: ”Mark, could you do that on my fork, including a front rack?”

Here what Mark accomplished, working with just the fork:

- Re-raked the fork, being careful to keep the resultant steering not too different from my ‘87 Marinoni Sports Tourer.
- Subtly relieved the underside of the fork crown to compensate for the loss of effective fork length from the re-rake. Fenders still fit over 700x28’s, as they did pre-mods.
- Added centerpull posts for a front Dia-Compe brake that he also supplied. Rear is still a dual-pivot, with no difference in brake performance/feel, both with KS salmons.
- Added mid-fork mounts, as well as a second set of appropriately stout dropout eyelets.
- Custom rando bag rack
- Custom modular low-rider racks that break down to fit inside my panniers for air transport.
- A Gugie-style decaleur, with the tubes inverted to suit the tall custom Waxwing bag, and an integrated cable housing stop since there isn’t room for a steerer-mounted stop. He coordinated extensively with Dave Cain of Waxwing bag fame on bag dimensions to ensure that it would all fit.
- Had the fork powder-coated black that easily matched the original Miyata paint. I re-applied gold fork crown highlights to match what it looked like formerly.

The result has, by far, exceeded my expectations. Here’s what was returned a few months later (less stem and bars shown). Many more photos can be found here:

https://dfrost.smugmug.com/Bicycles/...wesome-Photos/



It normally has just the rando bag on its rack, but I used the whole setup on the very windy Willamette Tour with Mark and other C&V friends including the OP several years ago. This engine wasn’t great, but the bike worked fantastically well.



It certainly deserves the matching gold Gugificazione! decal:

P

noglider 

@Dfrost and @gugie, that's very impressive. It fits in the bike's original aesthetic very well, as well as being super functional.