callig

Some of you may remember that I posted pictures of a frame for identification painted as a Gios but definitely not a Gios. The bike was given to me and my wife rode it for a while but decided she wanted her 1984 Japanese Bianchi to ride so it sat in the garage fir a few years until I decided to put some of the better parts on her bike. So I finished stripping it and decided to find out what it really was. Suggestions were made with a recommendation to join Classic Rendezvous where it was identified as a Condor Superbe possibly built by Bill Hurlow. I recently e-mailed Condor The serial number and after showing pictures they said it was a 1975 Condor built by Vic Edwards.

callig

I am unable to upload pics for some reason sorry for the double post
This is the frame as I received it

repechage

now what are you going to do with it?

callig

I have repainted it and built it up I will show pics of the process if I can get this to workThis is what I had after priming and it probably sat through the winter like that

callig

In the summer I began painting it never really being satisfied but this is what I had 2 summers ago

crank_addict

Looking forward to seeing this gem. Can you elaborate on how it was painted and decaled as a Gios?

callig

Last winter I began finishing it off by starting to decal it

repechage

Those head lugs appear Nasty to mask off. It can be done of course, but it will test your patience.
How a how to sort of, look up Keith Anderson

https://www.flickr.com/photos/27880623@N05/

search around and you will see some images of him masking. Probably the best out there.

repechage

That looks presentable.
A different view now about riding it?

callig

It was painted as a Gios in Hong Kong by a friend of the guy who gave me the bike as he told me he was a racer who always wanted a Gios and so had it painted that way The head tube was a hand painted replica of the Gios head tube decal

callig

I have it built up now and will soon upload picks but at this point I don't have good tires for it. This is a picture after I installed a Super Record head set

callig

This is the bike fully built up.

callig

I painted it with Rustoleum Metallic Spray paint and masked off using tape and Windsor Newton Friskett with varying degrees of success

peugeot mongrel

That's a very nice bike! It turned out really fine! How does it ride?

callig

The Tires are not glued on plus they are as old as the bike they are Clement Criterium Seta tires so I haven,t rode it yet I am waiting for another set of tires as I'm doing it on a limited budget it may be a while before I take it out for a ride

callig

Thanks for the link repechage for the link I've book marked it if I ever was to do it again I think I would spray the whole bike white and then mask what was to be left white then spray the red I painted the red which I,m happy with reserving the white that I began by painting with a brush never satisfied with how it turned out sanded down the white and sprayed white on the tubes. which turned into a disaster well for better or worse I've clear coated and built it up as my family were beginning to doubt would happen but it did allow me time to purchase components for it and I tried to be as close to 1975 as I could be

cyclotoine

what a resurrection. That baby is beautiful!

callig

Thanks for the encouraging remarks

callig

A few updates on the bike after getting tires for it and riding it for a while I noticed that the chainring was rubbing against the stay as shown in the pictures after measuring the bottom bracket casing I found instead of being 68mm it was 65mm on the CR list I was advise to make sure it was even on both sides and if so get to 1.5 mm spacers put one on each side and rebuild That is what I did and it now works fine.

A 65mm shell makes me think it was used as a time trial bike with a single ring on the front as I learned it is rare for a road bike but not so rare on the track

callig

It has been a while since I have been here but i have put close to 1,000 miles on her and she is a smooth fast ride that Irons out most of the bumps on the road and is a joy to ride
This is at 500 miles

Wildwood 

Excellent resurrection and thanks for updating us.

Missed the thread 4 years ago. I would like to thank you for turning the bike back into the brand it was built as. So often lately we read of people proud of their misguided rebranding.

Congrats to you.

callig

Thank You for your kind words

callig

I have now put more than 1500 miles on the bike

This is the bike at about the 20 mile mark on a 35 mile ride

noobinsf 

Still gorgeous, and that bar tape looks pleasantly weathered. How is the paint holding up?

callig

There are a couple of chips in the paint but it is holding up fairly well