What have you been wrenching on lately?
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I prolly shouldn't say ah toad ja so, but ah toad ja so. Well, it's a good "learning experience". You might want to try a Cyclone GT cage. BTW, the cage springs are different between the VGT/Vx series and the Cyclone Mk I, if you haven't noticed already. (Actually they are different whether you noticed or not.) The Cyclone Mk II is totally different, with a flat-wire spiral spring instead of a square-wire helix.
Haha don't tempt me to do something silly and make a shaft There are plenty of options on ebay though and the Superbe needed a clean and grease anyway.
I 've been running a Suntour VGT Luxe on my '73 Super Course for a couple of years with a Megarange 34t 6 speed and a Sugino AT triple. Its a great combination. Mine was built from a found bare frame, so I have no idea what was on there previously. Mine uses a bolt on claw mount. Good luck with yours.
The only reason I probably won't use it on my Paino build is that I'm trying to keep it a high end race bike and that Superbe name. But have put it on the bike and doesn't look out of place at all like yours, works great too and probably still better that anything Campy from the period "cough cough". The vg-t came off a Daws Galaxy so will likely go back there one day, it looked sad coming off but a full service and works good as new.
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Gios Super Record Devolution
When I purchased this ’80 Gios frameset nearly 10 years ago I built it up with with Campy Chorus/Record 10-speed from the parts bin and Fulcrum wheels — a step-up from the mish-mash of Shimano parts and worn out wheels that came with it. More recently it was sporting Campy 9-speed Chorus. While in my possession it has never been built with period components, until now.
I finally finished returning the Gios to its vintage heritage earlier this week and took it out for a shake down ride Thursday before the weather changed. While I needed to regain the feel for down tube shifting, the touch for feathering shifts started to come back to me. Such a smooth and quite rider. When I returned from my short ride I only needed to tighten up the headset and adjust the rear break a touch. Purists might object to the SpeedPlay pedals, but oh well. I refuse to give up clipless pedals.
Before: C&V retro-roadie with Campy 10-speed and Deda Elementi cockpit.
After: ‘80s Campagnolo Super Record and Cinelli cockpit.
I finally finished returning the Gios to its vintage heritage earlier this week and took it out for a shake down ride Thursday before the weather changed. While I needed to regain the feel for down tube shifting, the touch for feathering shifts started to come back to me. Such a smooth and quite rider. When I returned from my short ride I only needed to tighten up the headset and adjust the rear break a touch. Purists might object to the SpeedPlay pedals, but oh well. I refuse to give up clipless pedals.
Before: C&V retro-roadie with Campy 10-speed and Deda Elementi cockpit.
After: ‘80s Campagnolo Super Record and Cinelli cockpit.
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Finally, four years after I bought the frame, my 'other' Rossin RL is on the road. Did a 17 mile break-in run this morning, and it's back on the stand for the inevitable little tweaks and natterings to get everything right. Built this one (almost - there's a couple of parts on it temporarily until I find the permanent bits) all Campagnolo Nuevo Record. Today's ride was the first time I've been on a bike so equipped since my Falcon back in the mid-70's, and it brought all the old memories of NR back. As in the memories of, "I paid how much for this stuff?".
Just for the hell of it, upon getting home I dug out the blue scale painted RL which is an identical frame and ergonomic setup, and took it down the road for a comparison. Now, the blue bike is Dura Ace 7400, and considering both of these groups were available at the same time (the Shimano in it's debut, the Campagnolo living on borrowed time - my reason for building these bikes this way), it stuns me that Campagnolo even thought they had something marketable at this point.
Yeah, you can read all the comments in articles and books and get an indication, but throwing your leg over two otherwise identical bikes really drives it home.
Just for the hell of it, upon getting home I dug out the blue scale painted RL which is an identical frame and ergonomic setup, and took it down the road for a comparison. Now, the blue bike is Dura Ace 7400, and considering both of these groups were available at the same time (the Shimano in it's debut, the Campagnolo living on borrowed time - my reason for building these bikes this way), it stuns me that Campagnolo even thought they had something marketable at this point.
Yeah, you can read all the comments in articles and books and get an indication, but throwing your leg over two otherwise identical bikes really drives it home.
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Got a narrower (19mm vs 22mm) binder bolt for the Novara Randonee Seat tube and on my 4 km rough road (no other kind in my neighborhood) test ride it held firm. Also went to 27 x 1 1/8 tires so I could mount fenders, first time in 6 + years my fleet has had a fendered bike. Now I just need to wrap the bars.
Still some threads showing so I haven't bottomed out
ready for a sprinkle or two
Still some threads showing so I haven't bottomed out
ready for a sprinkle or two
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I've been busy today, while watching the Mets vs. Cardinals in the background (Eastern League AA is closed for Easter): Finally got the next to the last original Lambert part back on my Lambert. The three-ring crank. And, like every other Lambert part I've added to the frame since I originally got it, performance has dropped yet another notch. Ok, maybe I'm laying on the snark a little too heavy this time, because I've gone from a Maxi 48-42 to a Lambert 52-48-32 (well, the downtube sticker says the bike is a 15 speed) so of course it's not going to shift as quickly and as easily as the former setup.
This puts my bike almost back to original. Everything on the bike is Lambert components except for the hubs (which I'll do yet one of these days when I find a pair) and rear derailleur (which I will never do - even if I find one in working condition, it'll go in a glass case to be sold with the bike when the day comes). Not worrying about the rims, I actually like to ride the bike.
This puts my bike almost back to original. Everything on the bike is Lambert components except for the hubs (which I'll do yet one of these days when I find a pair) and rear derailleur (which I will never do - even if I find one in working condition, it'll go in a glass case to be sold with the bike when the day comes). Not worrying about the rims, I actually like to ride the bike.
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A Guerciotti.
Crown race installation, yokel-style (mallet, wood block, plastic foam cushioning and a vise!):
It's getting close -- the Cardiff, gruddy chain and way too long Nitto stem are temporary:
Crown race installation, yokel-style (mallet, wood block, plastic foam cushioning and a vise!):
It's getting close -- the Cardiff, gruddy chain and way too long Nitto stem are temporary:
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Real nice Lambert, skyrocker ^^^^^. I’m between ham and cheesecake I made some use out of a continental frame and random bits. Easy cruisin coasterbrake.
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Today I started the serious work on the Evans custom I picked up. I want to get it functioning and then get several rides in on it before I decide how to build it. Still searching for matching paint to touch it up too.
Cleaned it up good first and then set up the brakes. Didn't have anymore 9 speed chains on hand so I had to order one in. Short one shifter cable too. I need to restock on small parts, LOL! I'm going to run it friction for awhile or maybe even leave it like that. Right now it's got some Vittoria Randonneur 700 x 32 tires and a relatively heavy set of newer Mavic CXP22 on it. Probably great for dirt road use but on the road I think I'll run a different setup.
Cleaned it up good first and then set up the brakes. Didn't have anymore 9 speed chains on hand so I had to order one in. Short one shifter cable too. I need to restock on small parts, LOL! I'm going to run it friction for awhile or maybe even leave it like that. Right now it's got some Vittoria Randonneur 700 x 32 tires and a relatively heavy set of newer Mavic CXP22 on it. Probably great for dirt road use but on the road I think I'll run a different setup.
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Recently got my 1995 GT Tequesta frame painted, so now the rebuild begins. I’m converting this old mtb to a sort of gravel/road bike. Installed the following so far:
- ACS Maindrive headset
- Orbea 120 x 10 degree stem
- Compact handlebar 42
- FSA Megaevo bottom bracket
- FSA Gossamer Pro BB386evo crankset 36, 46, 175
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Probably not. I've always worked on the idea that, if it clears on the workbench, it'll clear on the road. From what the pictures you've posted are showing, you've got an almost perfect setup. You're not going to have to stretch the front derailleur out in the slightest.
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“No one in this world, so far as I know — and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me — has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.”
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Probably not. I've always worked on the idea that, if it clears on the workbench, it'll clear on the road. From what the pictures you've posted are showing, you've got an almost perfect setup. You're not going to have to stretch the front derailleur out in the slightest.
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What you've done here is about what I accomplished with the Lambert on Sunday. Fully convinced that I was going to have to replace the spindle with a longer one, yet the 32t small chainwheel tucked in on the frame perfectly.
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Made some final tweaks to two of the bikes for this season: mrs non-fixie's De Vos, which is destined for the Retroronde and probably L'Eroica, and my AD Inter 10, built for vacation trips. A couple of rides during the Easter weekend yielded no further wishes, so I consider them done.
And while I am quite happy with the AD, it is the De Vos that really surprises. Mrs non-fixie is not especially interested in speed, but on average she's about 10% faster than on her other bikes.
And while I am quite happy with the AD, it is the De Vos that really surprises. Mrs non-fixie is not especially interested in speed, but on average she's about 10% faster than on her other bikes.
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Today I started the serious work on the Evans custom I picked up. I want to get it functioning and then get several rides in on it before I decide how to build it. Still searching for matching paint to touch it up too.
Cleaned it up good first and then set up the brakes. Didn't have anymore 9 speed chains on hand so I had to order one in. Short one shifter cable too. I need to restock on small parts, LOL! I'm going to run it friction for awhile or maybe even leave it like that. Right now it's got some Vittoria Randonneur 700 x 32 tires and a relatively heavy set of newer Mavic CXP22 on it. Probably great for dirt road use but on the road I think I'll run a different setup.
Cleaned it up good first and then set up the brakes. Didn't have anymore 9 speed chains on hand so I had to order one in. Short one shifter cable too. I need to restock on small parts, LOL! I'm going to run it friction for awhile or maybe even leave it like that. Right now it's got some Vittoria Randonneur 700 x 32 tires and a relatively heavy set of newer Mavic CXP22 on it. Probably great for dirt road use but on the road I think I'll run a different setup.
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My old miyata 312 is becoming my girlfriend's new #1 . The metropolis crank was pretty fun. The seat will be replaced.
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Got this Sakae SX crankset polished for the Sakae Litage. Also put the original rigid fork back on the said bike to see how it rides one last time before stripping the frame for painting. The raw alloy is just to much maintenance.
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Putting the bike back together, finding things I didn't know were wrong. Today I re-dished the rear wheel, straightened the fork, installed derailleurs and cables, put the seat on (need to find campy post) and crank bearings/crank. Now I found that I have a slightly bent axle on the rear. Ill do that tomorrow. Good enough for a test ride though
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Putting the bike back together, finding things I didn't know were wrong. Today I re-dished the rear wheel, straightened the fork, installed derailleurs and cables, put the seat on (need to find campy post) and crank bearings/crank. Now I found that I have a slightly bent axle on the rear. Ill do that tomorrow. Good enough for a test ride though
Oh and nice bike!
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Steel (or iron) is real
OK I wasn't doing the wrenching but what the heck.
It's really a 454
Steve is brand neutral.
He has Vintage Test Equipment and he knows how to use it.
It's really a 454
Steve is brand neutral.
He has Vintage Test Equipment and he knows how to use it.
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Well I just got done flushing the sticking rear brifter on my Davidson Impulse.
Now to hang the new chain on the Evans bike and then dial back in both derailleurs.
Now to hang the new chain on the Evans bike and then dial back in both derailleurs.
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