Originally Posted by
OldsCOOL
Here is a before shot of a Fiamme wheel:
Here is after last night's session. Not the best, but will do for now. A decent initial cleanup:
The spokes appeared to be a crude, thick galvanizing. Just plain ugly, I cleaned them up a bit with steel wool. Not my choice for spokes.
The original owner said these were his training rims. The Fiamme golds were his race rims. He said with the gold rims on a gold bike made sure he was the sharpest in his Jr Mens class. When I showed him the spiffed (though buggered up) Campy seatpost he said he painted it in Italian colors panto for anyone coming up behind him....the intimidation factor. The bike has had it's nicks and scratches clearly showing the racing heritage.
Here is another evidence, notice the scuffed bearing caps from grinding those nice Campy pedals
