joe v

As promised :

Changes made :

-replaced those crappy 'prestige' shifters by Hurets.
-replaced Simplex FD (broken clamp - what's new eh!) with Huret model.
-new 'retro' saddle to replace original bum-basher.
-clincher wheels
-usual stuff like cables, chain, bar tape, top tube cable clamps (originals rusted), bottle cage (Original rusted too)
Simplex RD looks as good as new, so no change there.

The colour is really hard to photograph; it's much more vibrant in reality! All in all I'm very pleased with this purple beauty.

plonz 

That Gitane is gorgeous, well done! What brand of new "retro" saddle did you go with? Can't quite make it out in the pic.

joe v

Hi plonz,
thanks for the compliment! The saddle is branded 'Ducas', made by the 'Velo' brand. Search ebay for 'ducas saddle' or 'velo rivets saddle'; there are several versions of these, not the real thing, of course, but at least you don't end up broke (checked Brooks, Ideale, San Marco or any other vintage saddle prices lately?)

Joseph

plonz 

Thanks for the tip Joseph. Looks like a great cost-effective option for my current Bridgestone project.

Gregfl

You guys may remember me from this recent thread

https://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycli...-out-bike.html

i am still getting this bike but just picked this up



it is an 86 bianchi d'italia as you can see, found it on Craigslist for 400, walked out for 300. I know it probably 'is worth less' but this thing looks almost brand new. More pics







Sountour 7000

dickey

1988 Schwinn Sierra

Bought mostly for sweet paint job. Working on converting it slowly to a tourer/commuter/townie.

Vonruden

Very cool, dig the color scheme

Gravity Aided

An Austro-Daimler Maxima, just the right size. Built in 1982. Bought in Peoria a couple of weeks ago. Still undergoing thorough testing (riding around) as to why it is so fantastic.

kroozer 

I had one exactly llike that, same size, same colors. It was a great commuter. Last year I gave it to a friend and the first thing he did was paint it black and red...

dickey

Ughhh, that sucks. Those are the worst colors to happen to bikes ever.

Mumonkan

lol. and with that,

updates to this guy:

#shimergo in full effect.













potatofone™ quality. i gotta charge my nikon batteries...

and yesterday the fuji finally died.



chip has been through a lot, he was a good soldier.

icepick_trotsky 

^^ Yikes! What happened there, @Mumonkan?

Mumonkan

less than 2 miles from my house i was spinning down a hill, hit a SMALL bump and the chainring snapped as i was on the downstroke, chain gets lodged on the spider where there used to be a chainring, then the chain dumped off the cog and then got lodged inbetween the cog and the dropout and pulled the whole thing into itself

(it was set up as a fixed gear at the time of its demise to put that into a little more context)

to think where chip has been, climbed mountains, ive been hit by a car on it, in blizzards, 100+ temps. 4000 miles later it was my own legs that destroyed it.

rip. 1987-2015.

icepick_trotsky 

Hang it on the wall. R.I.P. Chip, gone but not forgotten.

xkjzix

My Battaglin, because yellow bikes. 9 Speed Campy chorus.

smontanaro 

@Mumonkan - Sorry to hear about Chip. Seems like he was a trusty friend.

I do have a question for you. On Chip's pedalroom page, it says the front hub is a "Sturmey Archer 70mm Drum". I looked at the S-A front hub page which also mentions 90mm hubs. What do the 70mm and 90mm designations mean? I would expect most any bike we ride nowadays has 100mm fork spacing. It's not at all clear to me what other measurements would be meaningful in this context.

Mumonkan

all is well, he led a good life. i have no idea what he went through or what he saw the 26 years before i literally found him in the street like a stray dog but i had plenty of adventures with him.


re: hubs;
70/90mm is the diameter of the drum brake, just like a disc rotor

i.e. 90 would give you more braking power over the 70mm

OLD spacing is the same as any normal hub at 100 front vs 130 rear (they have drum rears too, which i was gonna use for a new wheel build for that bike. but only 70mm)

drum brakes dont give you a lot of power and a lot of times have a pulsating feel, but theyre completely unaffected by weather since theyre encased inside the hub. they also make 0% noise. great for commuting bikes.

daveed

Very nice job, joe v. I enjoyed looking at the images! Have fun riding it.

Pemetic2006

Too bad about Chip. Was Chip a Tivoli by chance?

Mumonkan

chip was an 87 fuji flair with "butted 4130 chromoly tubing"

more like gaspipe, thing was 30 pounds.

i literally found the thing thrown in a crosswalk of a busy intersection in the pouring rain, it had been sitting there for at least an hour

aluminummonster

Just picked up this '91 Schwinn Paramount PDG Series 3. Not quite a "true" Paramount, but the ride is butter smooth, and the RX100 Components run through the gears like dominos. Sadly though, my work schedule I'm on currently means she'll be spending a good bit of the next couple of weeks on the trainer.

eric73

Not quite finished with the build yet, but this is my retro-modern rendition with a pretty cool (Ciocc) name badge.



Complete with Drillium!

Mumonkan

that paintjob is dope!

eric73

Thank you. But, full disclosure, I stole the scheme from Parlee... Here's theirs for reference - https://www.flickr.com/photos/parlee...n/photostream/ I paint a lot of bikes for people, and occasionally I come across a frame that I just fall in love with and have to do something special to. This was in bad shape, and way to 80's 4 tone fade scheme for my taste. So, I went to one of the best in the world of bike paint, to find something I liked. Parlee has some wicked cool paint jobs!

Mumonkan

the fact you painted it makes it even better.

after all, they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery