Old 04-01-09 | 09:39 AM
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Help! Trying to remove dropout on old Chinelli

My dad bought a Chinelli bike back in the 1970s while traveling in Italy from the factory he said. Its nice and all but it is steel. I thought it would be a great tribute taking it and stripping off the old components and turning it into a sweet fixie. So far I have removed the old Clampaggnol stuff and have taken sandpaper to get the old paint off and ready for a flourecent powdercoat. The paint wasn't really in good shape anyway and someone signed their name on it.

In any case, I found some sweet Trek stickers on eBay and am going to use those. That way it looks kewl and modern. Now I want to find a way to take off the rear dropout. I used a wrench but that only bent it. What is the best way to remove this unneeded item?

Here is the old bike pre-update and works in progress. I will post pixs of the bike as it gets cooler.

Any help is truely appreciated.

-GG-
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