Originally Posted by
ianpaschal
it does not have French threading. It uses the French measurements (22 mm steerer instead of 22,2, etc.) but everything is British threading.
Well, that makes it a little easier.
Originally Posted by
ianpaschal
Do you know of a reliable place to find those older parts (since my are destroyed)? Since I've now put a month of work into removing all rust and sanding and priming and sanding and painting and then deciding it wasn't perfect enough and stripping it all off again and priming and now painting again, I'd like to avoid putting second hand parts that are covered in gouges and scrapes on it. Kind of defeats the purpose of the perfectionist paint job.
Sometimes the easiest thing is to find a "donor" bike with period appropriate parts. Strip the parts you want and resell the frame. Since the frame size doesn't matter, you can often find deals on very large or small bikes. Since you are in Amsterdam, I'd imagine that there must be some local vintage bikes for sale somewhere, perhaps at a regular swap meet or in the local classified ads? There are other forum members from Amsterdam who would know better. Ebay is always an option, but usually not the cheapest route if buying parts individually, especially if you have to pay for international shipping.