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11-08-07, 09:16 AM
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you can get downtube cable stops to cover them from loosescrews and other places. if you remove the barrel adjuster, they would not be too unsightly.
https://www.lickbike.com/productpage....9;0588-00'
https://www.lickbike.com/productpage....9;0588-00'
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11-08-07, 09:35 AM
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Are you removing them to make the frame into a fixed or single speed or just to get them out of the way? If I had this come into the shop i would normally reheat the solder with a torch, but i don't recommend it here because the paint looks in extremely good condition. If your certain you will never use them again, saw or grind them off at the stop and go over them with paint or just clear coat them.
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Are you removing them to make the frame into a fixed or single speed or just to get them out of the way? If I had this come into the shop i would normally reheat the solder with a torch, but i don't recommend it here because the paint looks in extremely good condition. If your certain you will never use them again, saw or grind them off at the stop and go over them with paint or just clear coat them.
Yes, the paintjob is still quite nice. It would be a pity to torch it.
11-08-07, 09:55 AM
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you can get downtube cable stops to cover them from loosescrews and other places. if you remove the barrel adjuster, they would not be too unsightly.
https://www.lickbike.com/productpage....9;0588-00'
https://www.lickbike.com/productpage....9;0588-00'
11-08-07, 10:03 AM
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From the pictures it' shard to tell, but see if the post have flat slots or perpendicular flat surfaces. This will give you a surface for a 10mm wrench to be used for removal. It make take some time as these post are on there pretty tight.
11-08-07, 10:09 AM
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Protuberances is cooler in my opinion! Get some dice, in a color to complement your theme, drill some holes in them and epoxy in some bolts that fit the threads on the those studs. Screw the dice over the studs! You could use anything to fit the theme of the bike. Skulls, whatever. Get creative.
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Hang streamers from them!
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They are brazed on so you have 3 choices. Leave them. leave them and cover them, or remove and repaint.
The last is reversible just re-braze and repaint. It's only money right?
The last is reversible just re-braze and repaint. It's only money right?
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11-08-07, 12:02 PM
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Like I mentioned try a 10mm open end wrench or try using a large adjustable.
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Oh yeah, and then the paint. Should I cover the frame around the stud (AKA "unnecessary protuberance") tightly with some kind of tape, to keep the paint from defoliating?
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Actually after you remove the adjustment barrels it covers the studs quite nicely. I did this with my Trek 1220 that was a SS for a while, and is now back to a geared bike.
11-08-07, 02:42 PM
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If you try to remove the brazed-on dt stops, like vasracer suggests, you run a very strong risk of damaging the downtube. It depends on the strength of the brazing. If it were my frame, I wouldn't take the chance, I'd cover the stops as others have suggested.
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You could grind them down then repaint the raw steel.
Twisting them out seems to me like a staggeringly bad idea. Since, if you take them off, you're going to have to repaint the area anyway, just grind them down.
Twisting them out seems to me like a staggeringly bad idea. Since, if you take them off, you're going to have to repaint the area anyway, just grind them down.
