Originally Posted by
markk900
Thanks all! On the bar tape, the AO-8 officially only had 1/2 bar wrap with the upper bar being bare (wow what did they save - $0.01 per bike!?!?!). So simply removing the batman tape would return this to original, but honestly who wants 1/2 bar tape. It will get a full wrap. But I cannot believe the original bar tape (the black stuff) and the original plugs are still there and not ripped or scuffed at all! And yes all cables and wires will be renewed! The photos were all "as unloaded" and she even went for a ride before I could check if everything worked.....just up the street and back and her comment: "Yeah the brakes are as squeaky and weak as I remember!".
What's so bad about half tape?
(This was a very early picture, shortly after the paint job. I was still sorting out components and getting it dialed in. I gave up the Campag. triple (50-42-39 using long stack bolts; half-step-plus-overdrive, because my original attempt at 53-50-39 half-step-plus-granny ate my chain because the spider is too thick for half-step) shown here when I discovered a crack across the crankshaft eye in the left side crank.
1973 Brooks Pro on the 1959 Capo. Still serviceable, plan to put on a different bike. Campag. crankset shown
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069