New Bike Day - Colnago Elegant
10-13-23, 08:02 AM
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I had those Ciussis for a season on my Mooneys. I found they were good at launching bottles at inconvenient times. My Mooneys now sport King Stainless cages that I polished up a bit more. Those bottles now don't go anywhere unless I grab them.
If I find all the Cuissis (should be four of them), I might put them up here or on evilbay.
If I find all the Cuissis (should be four of them), I might put them up here or on evilbay.
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10-13-23, 08:50 AM
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I had a Ciussi break on me during a ride. I was working with a shop that was able to weld it back together. I like them anyway.
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10-13-23, 10:00 AM
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Bronze wool is softer than steel wool.
I have a very good friend, world class expert painter, detailer, mech, tech, fabricator that uses .000000? steel wool on most things and they come out fantastic no matter what.
Pretty sure he has a secret "trick" that I wouldn't get, I have done some but don't trust myself so the rust remover and elbow grease is my go to.
Pretty sure he has a secret "trick" that I wouldn't get, I have done some but don't trust myself so the rust remover and elbow grease is my go to.
10-13-23, 10:08 AM
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Franklin Family Plating St. Louis.
$60 to chrome forks
$260 todo whole bike.
I swear by them.
$60 to chrome forks
$260 todo whole bike.
I swear by them.
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10-13-23, 10:13 AM
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Resurrecting this thread as I've finally got around to looking to frame/chrome/paint repair - I emailed with Allan Wanta and he doesn't think he can get someone to redo the chrome (which is the worst part on the bike). Anyone know somewhere that can redo the chrome, roll or fill the dent, and redo the paint? I don't want to leave it as it sits, so my options I think are to either paint the entire bike any color scheme I want (including painting over the chrome), try to find someone to fully restore the chrome and repaint it, or sell it off to someone who doesn't mind the appearance... I'm probably somewhere in the vicinity of $1k in parts/materials and Allan was going to be another $450 without being able to fix the chrome.
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10-13-23, 10:34 AM
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Chroming business reference
I have a very good friend, world class expert painter, detailer, mech, tech, fabricator that uses .000000? steel wool on most things and they come out fantastic no matter what.
Pretty sure he has a secret "trick" that I wouldn't get, I have done some but don't trust myself so the rust remover and elbow grease is my go to.
Pretty sure he has a secret "trick" that I wouldn't get, I have done some but don't trust myself so the rust remover and elbow grease is my go to.
Resurrecting this thread as I've finally got around to looking to frame/chrome/paint repair - I emailed with Allan Wanta and he doesn't think he can get someone to redo the chrome (which is the worst part on the bike). Anyone know somewhere that can redo the chrome, roll or fill the dent, and redo the paint? I don't want to leave it as it sits, so my options I think are to either paint the entire bike any color scheme I want (including painting over the chrome), try to find someone to fully restore the chrome and repaint it, or sell it off to someone who doesn't mind the appearance... I'm probably somewhere in the vicinity of $1k in parts/materials and Allan was going to be another $450 without being able to fix the chrome.
Rechroming your frame is another story because of the dent in the chainstay. Easiest fix of that to smooth it would be bondo. This would be a perfectly acceptable repair if you were going to paint the frame. You could get the dent filled with solder or brazing for a more durable repair. I don’t know if that type of repair can be chromed over. If it can, maybe send them the whole frame with the fork to be rechromed and then just externally apply appropriate replacement decals and forgo painting entirely. Greg Softley at Cyclomondo has an assortment of Colnago decals and he can prepare a batch optimized for external application over chrome.
A fully chromed frame would be a head turner and it might be cost effective. Depends on whether they can chrome over a brazed repair.
https://stlplating.com is the business I used for my fork. Below are the before and after pictures of my fork.
After the rechroming. Pinarello dropouts and crown logo remained sharp and legible.
This was after extensive cleaning and repolishing. No bueno.
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10-13-23, 10:35 AM
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@ericlowney - looks like an option is to have the fork re-chromed for under $100 with shipping.
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10-13-23, 10:58 AM
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Well that was fast, sounds like I have an solid option. I will absolutely be sending hem the fork, and I know this is sort of personal preference, but what do you all think I should do with the frame? I'm really not super partial to the purple and pink word perfect color scheme on the bike.... is it sacrilegious to just repaint it to something else (and over up to the seat stay repair)? The frame is a bit small on me (I'm maxing out the seat post for example), so the other option might be to rechrome the forks, fix that dent, and list the bike to get one slightly larger and in a more preferable color pattern. I think either way I'll get the fork chromed and the dent repaired, maybe just touch up the paint chips with nail polish if I might list it.
10-13-23, 11:14 AM
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Well that was fast, sounds like I have an solid option. I will absolutely be sending hem the fork, and I know this is sort of personal preference, but what do you all think I should do with the frame? I'm really not super partial to the purple and pink word perfect color scheme on the bike.... is it sacrilegious to just repaint it to something else (and over up to the seat stay repair)? The frame is a bit small on me (I'm maxing out the seat post for example), so the other option might be to rechrome the forks, fix that dent, and list the bike to get one slightly larger and in a more preferable color pattern. I think either way I'll get the fork chromed and the dent repaired, maybe just touch up the paint chips with nail polish if I might list it.
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10-13-23, 12:05 PM
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Pretty sure Virginia Merz is still doing ok as well.
10-14-23, 12:31 PM
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Yes, not many oldschool Imron painters but my friend was well aware of the danger when he started, pretty sure he never did any painting without a good respirator and escalated the precautions along the way and went beyond that. He is about 62 now and doing fine as far as we know.
Pretty sure Virginia Merz is still doing ok as well.
Pretty sure Virginia Merz is still doing ok as well.
Not sure you can spray that stuff on the left coast even if you have it in inventory.
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10-14-23, 06:04 PM
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that rechromed fork looks great
