harlond

Here's what I've got for my bike buildup, nothing real fancy, just serviceable stuff:

Rear wheel, Eno Eccentric hub, Velocity Aerohead rim
Front wheel, Speedcific hub, Aerohead rim
Rivendell Ruffy-Tuffy tires (couldn't resist the name, which is stupid)
Profile BRC carbon fork
Dia-compe A-headset
Syntace bullhorns
No-name stem
Tektro RC4.1 brake levers
Sachs New Success brake calipers
Brake cables and housing
American Classic seatpost
No-name seatpost bolt
San Marco Rolls saddle
Shimano UN-73 BB
Sugino RD cranks
Sugino 44-tooth chainring
EAI 17-tooth fixed cog
EAI lockring
Shimano 18-tooth freewheel
Sachs PC-58 chain

Here's what I don't have:

Handlebar tape
Tubes
A frame

My frame's at the powdercoater's and I don't know when I'll get it back. Kinda killing me to have all the other stuff and have nothing to put it on.

genericbikedude

you forgot the chainring bolts

mattface 

Does the Eno hub use campy threading for the lockring?

AfterThisNap

how much did the powdercoat cost you, and did you strip the frame yourself?

harlond

Well, the crankring bolts came with the cranks. I also forgot the pedals, which are MKS Sylvan track pedals.

I don't know whether the Eno hub is Campy compatible, I just made sure you could use EAI stuff with it.

Guy Loomis of Loomis Powdercoating is doing the job. He's stripping it himself. The job includes stripping, an aluminum-colored undercoat, an overcoat (?), some decals, and a clear coat. Around $285 is where it should end up. Guy does powdercoating for frame builder Tom Oswald, and since the frame was with Guy anyway, I got Tom to remove the seized bottom bracket and remove the down tube shifter bosses.

Costwise, I would have been much better off if I had just bought or found a cheaper frameset with horizontal dropouts. But my frame is a Serotta Atlanta Concept that was built for, and ridden by, Vitaly Verevko of the Ukrainian National Team in the 1995 Tour duPont (the Ukrainians rode Serotta Atlantas in the Olympics the next year, so they were giving them a trial run in the TdP), and in addition to that bit of mildly historical significance, I've had it for a long time and it fits me really well, and in the end, I just didn't want to give it up. It's a very nice steel frame. Since I've got a newly built-up geared bike, this seemed like the way to go. From there it was one thing after another, the paintjob, new components, etc. I have gotten $220 selling my old components, which helps a little.

Aeroplane

You're rolling the dice with generics on these...

endform

Campy really knows how to make a superior 18 dollar seat post bolt.

I mean their ability to make bolts (nuts, washers etc.) and stamp metals (cable clamps, etc) is so far beyond any other part makers, it's like if Christopher Colombus came over from Europe with a laser cannon and a few h-bombs.

genericbikedude

smallpox seemed to do the trick... by analogy, so would generic seatpost bolts

invicta

generic seatpost bolt = death to immunodefficient aborigines?

ImOnCrank

generic seatpost bolts = the legendary 5 bolt day. Techone and momentum can vouch for me on that one.

harlond

Well, I've used this particular seatbolt for years without a problem, so whatever the merits of generics, this one is proven.

harlond

At long last I got my frame back from the powdercoater's. The pics are of terrible quality, but the frame looks great. And very purple. Looking forward to building it up.

harlond

Well, finally finished the buildup last night. No problems getting the rear wheel properly aligned with tension, least I think no problem. With Deda yellow tape and a yellow saddle, it looked pretty good to me. I took it for a short ride, and this business of the pedals turning whenever the wheels do takes some getting used to. Did a little braking with my legs, but I'm not convinced that's going to be very good for my arthritic hip. Retightened the lockring when I got back, but it didn't move much, which I hope means I got it pretty much right the first time. To all who recommended Hozan pliers, thanks, it's a pleasure to use on the bike, when I'm not fixing lamps with it. It's supposed to be sunny and warm this weekend, so I'll try to get a pic. Thanks to all who've advised along the way.

hyperRevue

Got a link?
Or, perhaps for a Sugino bolt?

harlond

Went for a short ride yesterday, when the weather was warm and sunny. Really gotta pay attention on this thing. The experience reminded me of something Yogi Berra once said:

"Think! How the hell are you gonna think and hit at the same time?"

I'll do it again, bike worked great. I put a couple pictures in the sticky thread.

rvabiker

So you took a good road bike with historical significance and chopped it up so you could make it a fixed gear? I don't really understand it but to each his own I guess...

junioroverlord

I have a NJS seatbolt.