(PHOTO BELOW)
Originally Posted by
noglider
My 1975 Gran Sport had a 750 caliper on the rear. I switched to tubular tires so I had to drop the brake pads.
Interestingly, the rear caliper needed a little grinding despite this being the wheels and brakes on the bike already.
Originally Posted by
Classtime
Nice One. One of my favorite paint schemes and if I wasn’t always downsizing, I would like to have kept my ‘73. I’m a little late with advice on spraying paint into a cup but next time, put a straw over the nozzle and you can drizzle the paint into a small cup. I use little measuring cups as used to mix epoxy for finishing thread wraps on fishing rods.
I'll try to remember that. For now, I am keeping the leftover spray paint -- once I find a correct-sized pump, with a little masking I can make the pump white with the blue bands aligned with those on the seat tube.
Well, the bike is "done" except a serious shakedown and then retighten everything, and locate a pump and water bottle (actually on the way from Belgium) and mount a cage. Once the ferrules Oneclick made went in place the brake and shifting cable are "playing nice", you can see them in the photo. As someone talked me into a roll of housing liner on a different project, I decided to cut a length to go between the fixed stops on the top tube where the rear brake cable is bare -- I figure it might help prevent the cable from scratching the paint and you almost cannot tell it is there. Even riding it a couple of blocks to and from our 1896 schoolhouse, I could tell a few things, mostly about the cockpit. The bars feel a little narrower than I am used to, and the front-to-back length feels shorter, but I think the latter is simply because most bikes tall enough for me are a bit long. A "real" ride will tell more. It feels very smooth, I presume due to the fat tires and I am unused to only 80PSI; the gel pads under the handlebar tape might contribute. Way too early to tell but the Brooks Pro seems fine; i may need to raise it a bit.
I want to thank all the contributors to this thread for their input!
