In praise of gugie
This bike is nowhere near done but I will probably tour a bit with it like this... Plus bottle cages. Thing is it's going to be the lightest touring rig I've ever had. Gugie 650b-a-fied my Austro Daimler and it feels wonderful!
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...13cf05ccfe.jpg So light I don't mind using a flyer! https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...85b2cddc1e.jpg https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...25715f65c1.jpg The ancient mirror is excellent. https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...4b2522cfeb.jpg Campy front mech was the only thing that worked up here, that I had. https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...4de5bea439.jpg Was going to use a Vx but I had this in the stash. https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...56923e041b.jpg An ancient tail light with a peter white conversion bulb. |
Neato bandito! :)
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Beautiful bike! Would love to find one locally.
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Originally Posted by AdventureManCO
(Post 22812359)
Beautiful bike! Would love to find one locally.
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so I'm assuming that Gugie added the braze-on's for the brakes, the Tubus Tara front rack (great rack! I've got one too), and the mini-rack up front? Looks like there might have been a right rear drop-out replaced too?
Love the Stronglight crank arms.. that old logo is just so classic! What the heck is that big sprocket in back? 52T? ;) You're in central Illinois, and everyone knows that there aren't any hills. (just river valleys, though). ... unless you count "rolling hills", like Jubilee-Brimfield road... which, on a light bike, is almost like riding a roller coaster! https://live.staticflickr.com/5635/3...7be6c5_c_d.jpg Steve in Peoria |
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Perhaps some clearcoat is in order? But then you'd lose braggin' rights... DD |
I was excited when Russell told me he was planning on taking a trip that included a stop in Portlandia to drop off his frame and get a ride in last summer. Also honored that he'd trust the Bike Butcher of Portland do a 659b conversion.
Here's the Flickr album that shows all the mods. |
The (self confessed) Bike Butcher of Portland? :D
an Italian, butchering British and Austrian and other fine brands..... :eek: must be a conspiracy, to raise the status of Italian racers. ;) https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...f0e7106e8.jpeg 'Communing' with steel |
Originally Posted by 52telecaster
(Post 22812172)
This bike is nowhere near done but I will probably tour a bit with it like this...
Hit me up for some bolts if you don't have any, or a source local to you. If you do need some, please measure one of your existing spacers for me. They came in a number of different thicknesses. A measurement to the nearest half-millimeter is good enough, no micrometer required. Mark B in Seattle |
Originally Posted by bulgie
(Post 22812526)
Could it be that adding 3 more chainring bolts is part of the work that's scheduled?Lots of chainrings do fine with only 3 bolts, but TA rings are built pretty light, might be best to fill all 6 of the holes if "heavy pedaling" is expected. I actually managed to crunch a TA inner that was attached at only 3 points once, but that was mountain biking. Fairly extreme pedaling at the time, trying "with all my might" to clear some obstacle. Maybe more sedate road riding would be 100% fine.
Hit me up for some bolts if you don't have any, or a source local to you. If you do need some, please measure one of your existing spacers for me. They came in a number of different thicknesses. A measurement to the nearest half-millimeter is good enough, no micrometer required. Mark B in Seattle |
How Many Gugificazione?
gugie how many Gugificazione 650b conversions populate the world these days?
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...0dc69950f.jpeg 1972 Moto-Gugie |
Originally Posted by gugie
(Post 22812487)
...also honored that he'd trust the Bike Butcher of Portland do a 659b conversion. DD |
Originally Posted by Wildwood
(Post 22812496)
The (self confessed) Bike Butcher of Portland? :D
an Italian, butchering British and Austrian and other fine brands..... :eek: must be a conspiracy, to raise the status of Italian racers. ;)
Originally Posted by Andy Antipas
(Post 22812550)
gugie how many Gugificazione 650b conversions populate the world these days?
Originally Posted by Drillium Dude
(Post 22812553)
Gugie's so special he designs his mods around a proprietary wheel size ;)
DD |
Originally Posted by gugie
(Post 22812559)
Well, nine is greater than zero, so it's gotta be faster. DD |
Originally Posted by Andy Antipas
(Post 22812550)
gugie how many Gugificazione 650b conversions populate the world these days?
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...0dc69950f.jpeg 1972 Moto-Gugie |
Originally Posted by 52telecaster
(Post 22812379)
And it does have one piece of campy!
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Snow, Ice, and Salt oh my
Originally Posted by ehcoplex
(Post 22812584)
Man, where I live snow = salt, and that photo is just going to give me nightmares! Heck, it warmed and dried up enough a week or so ago I managed to get in some riding- but now the 2 bikes I took out have a fine layer of salty sand-dust all over them. The OCD is screaming at me that I have to completely dismantle, clean & relube everything now! Has to happen to one of them to paint the frame- I'm hoping that scratches the itch. But man, road salt is a sin on so many levels.
Because of its rarity, I'm counting on this bike becoming a valuable commodity that I can cash in and buy that grass hut in Tahiti when I retire ( gugie ) :beer: |
Originally Posted by steelbikeguy
(Post 22812413)
so I'm assuming that Gugie added the braze-on's for the brakes, the Tubus Tara front rack (great rack! I've got one too), and the mini-rack up front? Looks like there might have been a right rear drop-out replaced too?
Love the Stronglight crank arms.. that old logo is just so classic! What the heck is that big sprocket in back? 52T? ;) You're in central Illinois, and everyone knows that there aren't any hills. (just river valleys, though). ... unless you count "rolling hills", like Jubilee-Brimfield road... which, on a light bike, is almost like riding a roller coaster! https://live.staticflickr.com/5635/3...7be6c5_c_d.jpg Steve in Peoria |
Originally Posted by bulgie
(Post 22812526)
Could it be that adding 3 more chainring bolts is part of the work that's scheduled?Lots of chainrings do fine with only 3 bolts, but TA rings are built pretty light, might be best to fill all 6 of the holes if "heavy pedaling" is expected. I actually managed to crunch a TA inner that was attached at only 3 points once, but that was mountain biking. Fairly extreme pedaling at the time, trying "with all my might" to clear some obstacle. Maybe more sedate road riding would be 100% fine.
Hit me up for some bolts if you don't have any, or a source local to you. If you do need some, please measure one of your existing spacers for me. They came in a number of different thicknesses. A measurement to the nearest half-millimeter is good enough, no micrometer required. Mark B in Seattle |
Originally Posted by gugie
(Post 22812487)
I was excited when Russell told me he was planning on taking a trip that included a stop in Portlandia to drop off his frame and get a ride in last summer. Also honored that he'd trust the Bike Butcher of Portland do a 659b conversion.
Here's the Flickr album that shows all the mods. |
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...c162b08461.jpg
gugie's work https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...678efa92a6.jpg Trial built https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...67e70d9227.jpg As I built it! Mafac and Dura-Ace. |
Gugie had a hand in this one, an '87 Schwinn Voyageur brought back from the rusty dead. Nicknamed Schwinderella, circa 2017.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...6ea5c6ae_k.jpg650b Voy right side by Doc Mertes, on Flickr |
Since this appears to have become a 'Share Your Gugificazione' thread, I'll make a small contribution.
Mark added a second set of bottle cage bosses on the seat tube, filled in the internal brake cable guide holes on the top tube and added external guides (note they're offset to 11 o'clock). He also filled in the holes for the internally-routed gear cables, adding external gear lever bosses and a pair of Campy guides on top of the shell as well as a diver's helmet stop on the chainstay for good measure: https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...201f656fbd.png After the torch-work, he took the frame and fork to be media blasted, resulting a beautiful, even matte finish. I wanted to keep that look, so clear-coated the frame with matte Krylon clear. In this close-up, you can see the clean brazing around the edges of the Campy guide, and just make out the plugged hole the FD cable used to emerge from in the original, internally routed configuration: https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...d90af7a7b5.png Of course it carries the 'Seal of Approval'; note the exclamation point is absent - the tiny dent wouldn't allow it to lay flat and stay stuck. Oh, well: https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...e0eeb833f2.png Apres-Cino, 2021 - exactly the type of ride I had in mind when pitching my vision to Mark: https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...2fb8b2c70f.png The bike currently resides in his garage, patiently awaiting the next Cino. Fingers crossed, that will be July of this year; it'll be nice to get reacquainted with this bike - and get a gander at how the patina is developing! DD |
Originally Posted by Drillium Dude
(Post 22813449)
Apres-Cino, 2021 - exactly the type of ride I had in mind when pitching my vision to Mark:
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...2fb8b2c70f.png The bike currently resides in his garage, patiently awaiting the next Cino. Fingers crossed, that will be July of this year; it'll be nice to get reacquainted with this bike - and get a gander at how the patina is developing! DD |
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