Originally Posted by
easyupbug
Unless it is your grail bike, in which common sense does not apply, do as recommended above.
Originally Posted by
Drillium Dude
If it were me I'd clean up/prep the chainstay and then put a piece of sticky-backed aluminum tape down after you cut it to size. That would take care of the worst bit. At that point, build it up and ride; that nice Campy crank would look perfectly at home then.
Later on, you can do a resto if you still feel like it.
DD
This is good advice - and the absolutely most rational advice --- but once its built, -- it's built for the foreseeable future --- i wouldnt break it down again to re-restore it or anything
Originally Posted by
vettracer
Paint it the way you want, make it yours. Otherwise it's just a used bike frame.
And then -- Vettracer had to throw this one out there ---- he's also correct. I was about to start prepping the bottom bracket shell and facing the head tube and start bolting things on, --- but i will hold off until i have all the pieces in place
Finding a decent used wheelset or set of hubs at a price i am willing to pay is a mild roadblock --- Looking for Athena level hubs from the 9/10 speed era , buuuuut --- looking for the sculpted, traditional looking hubs rather than the newish looking hubs that look like little soda cans with spoke flanges around the perimeter--- prices on e-bay for Chorus and Record hubsets from this era are almost rivalling the cost of a new set of Record hubs ---
Wanting to lace up a decent set of traditional box profile tubulars
I suppose i could build it up quickly with some spares i have laying around just to take it for a ride or 2 and evaluate whether i like the frame enough to mess with or not. -- I am just assuming it will be the same ride as a DeBErnardi i just built as the measurements are almost identical and it is a similar level of mid-range steel ---- but who knows - maybe not