Pompiere

I have been working on the repaint of this Fuji S12-S LTD that I bought last fall. It had a rough respray and homemade decals, so don't worry about ruining the originality. When I receive the decals, I'll need to apply the clear coat. Also, it was missing a lot of original parts, so I have collecting parts to get it reassembled. Some of the parts were being used on other bikes, so I switched some things around to acquire what I needed. The bike felt good when I took it on an initial shakedown shortly after I bought it, so I am looking forward to getting it back on the road.

1981 Fuji S12-S LTD

bwilli88 

A local guy whose wife works with my wife asked for a bike, here is a parts bin bike I built for him.

randyjawa 

Will start breathing life back into this sixties something Torpado Professional today and, with hope, taking it out for a short (and darn cold) test ride this afternoon. Man, is it good to have SOMETHING to do! This one will be a knock the dirt off, grease er up and ride the bike's patina into tomorrow build. Oh, ya - on the lookout for a proper fork (here we go again)...

noglider 

I really like that Torpado, @randyjawa. I would definitely ride it. Are you back in Thunder Bay now?

rocks in head 

Neat idea. I didn't have the same materials but I did have a wine cork, an old spoke I'd used for mixing up some sort of wood putty, some tape, and a strip of sandpaper. I made a version that seems to work pretty well. The spoke / cork combination means I can't put much pressure on the inside of the seat tube, but the initial pass brought up a bunch of gunk. I'll have to go to a more aggressive grit and then back down to 320.
Since snapping this shot I dug a hole in the end of the cork and glued in the swaged flange end of the spoke.

Spaghetti Legs 

Drilled out a stuck dropout screw on my waiting to be built Paletti. It came with the NDS screw sheared of at the outside of the dropout. The inner portion of the screw was intact. After some PBlaster soak I started to remove the screw and what I thought was the screw turning was really the head shearing off! I tried a few tricks over a couple of days to back the screw out but no dice, so today I drilled. Here’s my ghetto upright drill press made from my Dremel press, part of my camera tripod, and some VO pedal straps. The screw was really seized in there so after drilling it out I had to spend about 30 minutes carefully tapping it, afraid I was going to break the tap off in the hole. It came out very nicely and a new screw threads in smoothly.

BFisher

Nice job on that makeshift drill press, and success on a tedious repair.

Is there a thread on that Paletti? I like that paint job.

non-fixie 

Wrenching would be too big a word, probably, but I did mount a pair of new tires on a Shimano/Mavic wheelset I had today for mrs non-fixie. She thought her new-to-her RIH felt a bit slow, and the 35 year-old tires that were on it before were definitely well past their prime. So I ordered a pair of Panaracer tires I hadn't tried before, but looked good on paper: the RACE C EVO 4. Nice and light, and with the tried and trusted ProTite belt.

I hope she likes them, and the new wheels. At least they look pretty good, IMO:



*** note to self: remove the plastic before taking pictures! ***

jdawginsc 

Not finished...needs shelving inside and potential peg board or storage for repair stand and pump on one side or an upright hook set for mountain bike...a seventh. Access to shelves on this side. And needs finishing with briwax.

SurferRosa

Nice looking tires. Do the 26mm measure true to size? I'll keep my eye out for some. A little spendier than Paselas at about $50/ea right now:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/PANARACER-R...sAAOSw4n1eDOqP

mr_macgee

Nice Raleigh natterberrl.

I'm also in the middle of building up mine that thats been collecting dust in the rafters for many years, it did not have an easy life previously. Now cobbling together a bunch of parts that have been sitting in boxes to turn into a bar hopper. I spent time rebuilding and restoring some very dirty rusty Mafac Racer center pull brakes to reach the 700c 9sp Shim/Campy wheelset that I have. Having to rebuild everything, realign and dish and with RD extender to make that happen, finger crossed and still a long way to go. Will use a flat bar with rear XT thumshifter and 9sp Dura Ace rear derailuer, Campy single chainwheel up front.

Will update with photo when done




Before:

After:

non-fixie 

They do look nice, especially the treads. I just measured them, and my cheap calipers say 24mm. They are on narrow rims, and still new, so FW that's W.

| paid about €35, but just saw them in another web shop for €27.96, which is Pasela money: https://r2-bike.com/PANARACER-Tire-RACE-C-EVO4-700-x-26C-Skinwall. They come in 23 and 28 mm as well at the same price.

Spaghetti Legs 

Not yet. It was in the Craigslist/eBay thread. I got it off eBay, paying slight.y more than I’d hoped (got jerked around on the shipping) but happy because it came with some nice parts, including some shiny Cobalto brakes😎. Anyway I’m still trying to figure out what to do about some dinged up seat tube logos but will put up a thread when I get past that. Realized I don’t have a full frame pic but here are a couple I took when I got it.
As always, sorry about that sideways load.

BFisher

Spaghetti Legs , thanks for the pics! Beautiful frameset! I look forward to the thread.

zjrog

I like this a lot! Maybe a couple shelves for shoes and helmets and such, as well as the pegboard on one side.

Classtime 

Wow! And you used a "regular" drop out screw after all that drilling and tapping? What size tap? I've got a couple bent screws that I'm afraid to straighten because of the, "Oh Sh'?"

Lemond1985

I posted these two Battaglin frames on the "Are You Looking for One of These" CL thread. The ad had been sitting for months. I don't think anyone saw it because it was listed in the "Bicycle Parts For Sale" section of Craigslist. The frames looked too big for me in the pics, but i got bored one day and drove over and looked at them. To my surprise, they were both within my size range. Got a great price on both frames.

The ride reminds me much of my Bottecchia that was stolen a few years back, I forgot how good Italians are at fine tuning a bicycle frame. Very light very lively frames. These have a very steep head tube angle of 74.5 or so, and I absolutely love it. You just think to steer, and it steers. Rides no hands like no one's business. Very stiff frame that doesn't wobble when ridden one-handed. And that's just the "cheap" frame, can't wait to try out the EL one.

The blue one is a 57 cm made with Columbus Brain, and the red one appears to be Columbus EL in 58 cm. The fork on the red one won't clear anything larger than a 23 mm tire! That's some extremely tight geometry. The frame barely clears 23's in the back, look how close the tire sits to the seat tube.




Tip of the day: Always check the "Bicycle Parts For Sale" section on CL. Occasional great deals on frames there.

The bad part is, now i gotta go shopping for Campy parts. Shimano stuff looks awful on these frames.

Spaghetti Legs 

Yup, it’s an M3.. This was the second time I’ve drilled out a dropout screw. The first time I did it freehand and the threads got bunged up so that I have to use Teflon tape on the new screw. That’s why I went through the trouble of setting up my ghetto press. I was very careful using the tap as I’ve broken off a similar size tap before. One or two turns past the point where you feel some resistance, back it out, clean it off, flush cutting fluid through, repeat. I spent about 30 minutes on the tap.

Athousandpins

Got it on Craigslist for 140 bucks. Should have talked him down after I had to replace nearly everything except rims and drivetrain. All bearings too. But, it's fun and the Black Tiger paint scheme is pretty unique

jbchybridrider 

After removing the paint from this Giant Innova, not hard since it was the thinnest paint ever and not even any undercoat. I then had to be brutal with the wire wheel to remove the rust over the whole frame. Almost ready for undercoat just one dent in the down tube to fix then clean it. As shiny as the metal seems it's filthy with contaminates.

martl

learned something about sticker peeling-off and vinyl wrapping...

J.Higgins 

I'll post pics when finished, but I've been renovating my shop. I've been painting the rafters and ceiling, and its not an easy job. I'm adding hard foam insulation as I go, and sealing, and caulking. Messy. Renovations ALWAYS take longer that fresh new construction. I did reach a major milestone yesterday, which was to finish installing nine new lights. Its like daylight in there now! Like I said, I'll post pics when finished. I'll be ready to show it off by then!

rjhammett

I spent some time on the Phil bottom bracket. It came in the box of parts when I bought my Holdsworth last summer. It is worth more than I paid for the bike.
If wasn't spinning freely and the bearings seemed to be dry. I popped of the seals,sprayed the bearings with White Lightning de-greaser and took a tooth brush to it. It cleaned up well. I then re-greased it with marine grease and cleaned up the shell some. It now spins as smooth as butter.

FujiSam

Just got this in to clean and install on my '72 Fuji The Newest project!

merziac

Excellent, the "Mighty" Sugino Mighty/Super Competition, easily one of if not the toughest, strongest, best looking in the business.