Originally Posted by
Italuminium
Hi Ian,
Just repurposing the vintage parts that came with the bike work great, except for the rear hub.
Eh, as I said, most of them are destroyed. The MAFAC brakes are in need of some serious rust removal before they're usable. The Strong Lite headset has some surface rust, but the bearings are all in good condition (no divets in the race or anything). The old rims are some cheap Weinmanns and probably not worth saving (
AFAIK). The cranks and BB?... Well... they haven't fully recuperated from being emancipated with an angle grinder and hack saw.
Originally Posted by
Italuminium
My advice is to have one of the local FG/SS specialists in your 'hood (and there are a few in Amsterdam) spoke a modern, but vintage looking track hub in the old wheels, if they still look nice. You can also buy a prebuild set that has a great vintage look.
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Originally Posted by
Grand Bois
Take a closer look at your brakes. I think you'll see that they are MAFAC, not Mavic.
Doh. I'm exhausted and I've been looking at a Mavic wheel on my Harry Hartman all day. Stupid mistake.