Originally Posted by
RokLenart
Amazing job! How much did it cost you to get it in such a good shape?
Best regards,
Rok
...it was more or less all there when I bought it some years back. Most of the stuff I changed out was stuff I had around here in the "parts from god" boxes, and I took those 27" wheels Super Champion wheels off semething else when I changed it out to 700c last year.
Originally Posted by
sykerocker
Nicely done. Always glad to see another one back on the road.
. . . . . . . and after
...yeah, I'm thinking black plastic fenders . Cheap, functional, and they sell a set with reflective striping on the sides. I have the original white ones, but I don't much trust them after all these years. And the black will go nicely with the gold of the frame.
Originally Posted by
djkashuba
Glad that bike found you Mike. Beautiful job and thanks for documenting your work here.
-D
...hey thanks. I put a two part urethane clear coat over everything when it was stripped down trying to preserve the original paint and decals. I think that's why it looks so shiny in the pictures.
Originally Posted by
John E
I am glad you got your bandspring rear derailleur to work satisfactorily. I gave up on a similar unit and replace it with an early Campag. Gran Sport, which was a huge improvement.
...this is a good place to mention that the
setup and adjustment procedures for the Benelux Mark 7 are documented in the "documents" section of Disraeli Gears. That helped me with mine. Six pages of which pages 2 +3 are the most helpful.
Originally Posted by
jlaw
Very interesting and nicely done - love that suicide shifter for the FD!
...thanks. I never had a bicycle with one of these on it before. Simple and effective, but again, mine has only a two cog jump. Works flawlessly.