I posted the arrival of this previously (Christmas in February). So weird, I've been looking for years, and within 3 weeks, I get 2 Cooper frames... (bikes often seem to show up in pairs with me). I cleaned and touched it up a bit, (the paint was a bit worse than I had thought), and made it ridable. Mostly Suntour "Cyclone", I had to use a set of Campy record brakes, I have 2 pair short arm cyclones, but no long arm. Cinelli bar & Stem, American Classic hubs and seat post. Still figuring out tape color. Too many bikes with white. I don't do well keeping white clean. Used Benotto pearl white, temporarily pirated from another rebuild.

My original Ron Cooper was my favorite climbing and descending bike ever, (and I've ridden some great bikes). It was hard for me to admit, but it never felt quite the same after being rebuilt. Though I'm no longer a good climber, I am curious to see how it feels... I will get a chance soon, I hope.

Keeping my social distance, Eric


I had a spare set of dt decals that I put to good use.

Figuring out bar tape, re-using some saved bits. Old brake cables and housings, which are slightly too short, even by my standards.


I think this may be an early version of the raised "C" that Ron placed in the lower head tube lug cut out. It seems too high on the down tube to be intended as a stop for the shift levers, though it would work as a cable stop for bar-end shifters, I guess.