Fixie or dumpster
03-25-04 | 10:46 PM
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Fixie or dumpster
I picked up an 80's Bianchi mid to low end frame at a bicycle junk yard and I'm trying to decide if it's worth saving. It has deraillers, a head set, cranks and pedals but I'd do a fixie or singlespeed conversion. It seems OK, but it looks like it had a nasty chain suck and I'm wondering if the damage is enough to make it unsafe. I've cleaned off the rust with some naval jelly and a wire brush and attached some pictures. What do you think?
03-26-04 | 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by halfspeed
I picked up an 80's Bianchi mid to low end frame at a bicycle junk yard and I'm trying to decide if it's worth saving. It has deraillers, a head set, cranks and pedals but I'd do a fixie or singlespeed conversion. It seems OK, but it looks like it had a nasty chain suck and I'm wondering if the damage is enough to make it unsafe. I've cleaned off the rust with some naval jelly and a wire brush and attached some pictures. What do you think?
03-26-04 | 03:01 PM
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SOunds like a good fixed project to me 
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03-26-04 | 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Rev.Chuck
SOunds like a good fixed project to me
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
03-26-04 | 06:32 PM
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i rode my gt mtn bike hardcore with worse chain suck, but u might have to worry about that chainstay being rusted on the inside
03-27-04 | 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by BlastRadius
Good luck getting that fixed cup off 
03-27-04 | 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by legalize_it
stick the flat edges of the cup in a bench vise, and use the frame to twist it off. this method will remove the meanest of fixed cups in a matter of seconds, instead of hours with the box-end wrench and hammer, or whatever method you try.
