building my '83 trek 400 as a fixed gear
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building my '83 trek 400 as a fixed gear
I picked this up off craigslist in my area for $50, I'm going to convert it to single speed/fixed gear and I have a few questions:
I'm going to strip/paint it myself, and there are a few rust spots. I'm thinking since I want an even coat, I should strip the whole frame with chemical stripper, then sand down the rusted spots, anything wrong with this idea?
Does anyone know what size BB I need that will fit and give me a 42mm chainline?
Does anyone have any experience with these bikes? It's mangaloy 2001 tubing
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Most old treks were painted with Imron (or something like that, I can't remember exactly), point being, it lasts forever, and is incredibly durable. Unless you want it powder coated, it seems a shame to sand off a truly bad-ass paint and rattlecan something on that will flake off. Unless you have a compelling reason, I'd keep the paint the way it is.
Most road cranks use a 41mm chainline for the inner ring, so just use your preferred chainring in the inner position, the 1mm doesn't make much of a difference.
And thank you for saving that nice old bike from the abuse it's obviously been through.
Most road cranks use a 41mm chainline for the inner ring, so just use your preferred chainring in the inner position, the 1mm doesn't make much of a difference.
And thank you for saving that nice old bike from the abuse it's obviously been through.
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I want to clean up the rust spots, and there are alot of chipped off spots in the paint, so I figured I'd just clean it up and redo the whole paintjob.
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I won't. All I'm changing is the paint job.
oh and I'm going to use a threaded/threadless adapter so I can use a threadless stem
oh and I'm going to use a threaded/threadless adapter so I can use a threadless stem
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