My Grand Patina Jubile
 

I think this sat in the sun for 20 years or more. Not much rust. It came complete and maybe all original but with SR 2 bolt post and SR pedals. I don't intend to paint it. I smoothed the sun damaged paint down to a solid layer with wet 600. Rubbing compound is next and then a few coats of wax.

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I've always liked the silver/red combo on the Grand Jubile.

Why yes! Yes it does.

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Getting further and further ahead of myself with the Jan de Reus. :)

Philippe bars, Campagnolo levers to complement the brakes and a set of low flange Record hubs, laced radially to a pair of Mavic rims.

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Got a few projects in the shop currently. Just finished rehabbing a monster Peugeot Mixte . I think it was 58 cm. biggest I have ever seen. came out great. I still have the French mystery bike frame hanging . I had it all done then screwed up the paint. I am waiting for it to harden up before I sand and re coat. Just finished painting the 72 Botteccia frame. Lemon yellow . I ordered a decal kit for it, a first for me as it is not my bike, destined for sale by the bike exchange, but I really wanted to do the decals on this one. I have all the campy bits it needs to make it period correct . This will be a show bike and possibly hung on the wall at the shop store. I noticed that my friend Craig had a Botteccia frame at his shop that looks to be the same vintage. I asked if I could measure the position of the decals and he told me I could have the frame. It is the base model, no chrome , but the head badge is like new, so I am going to use the badge on my yellow bike.

I have a Bianchi Veloce Reparto Corse, Tig welded steel frame with carbon forks and Campy Groupo on the stand right now. I was surprised when I stripped it down that the frame( with bottom bracket and steer tube bearing races installed), weighed 5.2 lbs. That seems awful heavy for a 55 cm frame. Two issues I am seeing are that the rear derailleur cage spring seems week, and the shifters weren't working when I took it apart. Hopefully some wd 40 will loosen them up.

One surprising thing I found was that the Campy Daytona triple crank spider has a long crack that went from one side of the bolt hole to the other about 4" long. I replaced it with a Datona double crank that is marked 10 speed on it . hopefully it will work with the 9 speed cassette in the rear.

That's a beauty. Nice work!:thumb:

Came in the Post; Wrenched Accordingly.
 

More fettling with the New Albion. Switched out the Panaracer Pasela Tour Guard 700x28s for SOMA Supple Vitesse EX 700x38s in salmon/tan. Clearly this was an aesthetically driven decision (plus the tires were dirt cheap online and worth a try) as the Pasela's provide an excellent ride and great puncture resistance. The SOMAs are made by Panaracer too so I have no concern with quality. The SOMAs look good filling in the fender wells, provide some color, and I was intrigued by the supple tubular casing design. The SOMAs are nominally 20g lighter than the paselas, even at 38 width. The also ride very nicely. But I have absolutely no false expectations about puncture resistance; but I am ok with that. My wife asked me why I have so many extra tires hanging on the wall. I asked why she has so many shoes. Bad response.

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More progress on the finest tonight. Eventually I will replace the tires/tubes.

I’m going to test ride to make sure I like the new stem length. After that, I’ll wrap the bars and try to find some brake hoods.


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I've got this yo install and then the gorgeous big chrome fenders.


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Picked up an RD for the De Rosa build. Waiting for other parts like chain, hand bar and stem.
Still need FD, brake calipers and Ergos.
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Organizing parts for my beater paramount build. Wont have the bike for a while but that doesn't keep me from jonesing.
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52telecaster "beater Paramount" sounds like an oxymoron.

Goosecheck that's outstanding.

I want to report that my new chain care technique is working great, but I forgot to collect data. I'm using Chain-L, and I clean and relube after (almost) every time the bike gets wet. Cleaning means nothing more than wiping with a rag. I should have noted when I installed the chain, but it seems like a super long time ago, and I don't see any elongation at all yet. If I knew the installation date, I would know how many miles. I promise to record the next chain change. A friend of mine took my bike for a five mile ride and said my bike is a delight to ride, and I attribute that to my chain maintenance more than other factors.

well it does have a top tube dent and i am going to go slow on the build. Ride it with whatever i have for now.

Have many cassette tapes? That quite the wall of players and hifi you have there. I still have my Haflers, Bose 901, some Onkyo and other stuff.

+ 1. What are the odd of this bike being locked up somewhere for a few hours on a regular basis like any decent beater bike.

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Mercier 300
 

I picked up this Mercier 300 a while back and it is time to rehab it. When I bought it, it had a mix of components. Plans include knee friendly gearing (47/32), and a European parts build (it came to me with a lot of Japanese parts). Nothing wrong with the parts (in fact I really like the wheels, shimano high flange hubs laced to sun cr 18 rims) but I figure this bike should have a mainly French parts build with a bit of Campagnolo thrown in. I bought the missing decals from velocals. So I'll need to clean the frame, deal with the rust issues, and then build it.

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Nice print in the background. R. Crumb?

probably not too high. I will ride it though.

Agreed. Its kind of like someone flouting their "beater" Ferrari. :rolleyes:

i just dont want to hear about why it isnt properly restored. Lol. My stuff is all kind of less than perfect. Wouldnt you know i also ran accross a 50.00 86 voyageur in my size. I need someone to tell me no...

HAHA! Russ, you should be married to my wife! Married 43 years today, and she has spit out a lot of no's during that time. In fairness to her, though, she rarely says a word when I buy a bike or a gun. Other things, however, she has plenty to say about!

Yup. :) One of my favorites:

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my gf is great about whatever i want, she is an artist with eclectic tastes. In fairness to me, i dont spend money i dont have.

Ohboyohboyohboy! I'm taking my frame to a powder coater tomorrow, so I've wrenched every part off. Can't afford wet paint, but I'm intrigued by the probable extra durability of PC.