Gravity Aided

That Carnielli/Bottechia is a real eye-catcher. Beautiful bike.

ryansu 

Getting a Le Tour frame cleaned up before re-assembly

Frame

IMG_4343 by Ryan Surface, on Flickr

Touch up "Paint"

IMG_4351 by Ryan Surface, on Flickr

Not a perfect match but really just looking to protect the metal from rust

IMG_4359 by Ryan Surface, on Flickr

52telecaster

After watching the Bears lose I decided to listen to Randy newman, drink wine and build a wheel. 36 hole, 4 cross.

brandenjs

2cam16

I've been successful with using naval jelly in those areas.

familyguy

Fitted some VO Porteurs to my Randonneur pick up for initial fitout as shopping bike. Test fitted wheels and milked enough adjustment out of the 80's Shimano canti brakes for 700C (though I'll rebuild some 27" wheels and run a 7 speed freewheel). Just needs some thought on gears now...

abshipp 

Spent an hour or so cleaning up a pair of Lambert crank arms that I want to put on my next build with some VO 46/30 chainrings.

They polished up much nicer than I anticipated!

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After:




Something I've been wondering, does anybody know for sure what kind of spindle these need? The guy I bought them from on a Google group told me that they take an ISO taper, so a Campagnolo BB should work fine with them.

But I saw something not too long ago on here that was planning on using a standard JIS tapered spindle?

They definitely are tapered, not for the old Lambert non-tapered square spindle.

52telecaster

love those bars. A little narrow for long distance but perfect in town. I use them in the old man upright position.

steelbikeguy

that's what I was thinking too! @RobbieTunes .... we need to know what this bike is!
I was thinking that it must be a modern Legnano, based on the seatpost binder bolt.

Steve in Peoria

steelbikeguy

I'm a big fan of the Cyclone GT, but the clamp bolt on the Mk II always annoyed me. It was bad enough just threading a cable through the clamp bolt, but I can't imagine replacing the bolt.
The "aero" trend of that era was just full of these misguided efforts at streamlining.
Good work!

Steve, also in Peoria

52telecaster

Just trueing up an older, but totally excellent wheel built with a vintage Phil wood hub laced to a mavic rim. I think the hub may be from the 70s

52telecaster

they are a pita at times but for friction shifting a 7 speed freewheel they are about as good as it gets.

toavii

Does this count?




60's Grundig KS680. Should be interesting as I know next to nothing about vintage audio. Will be a fun winter project.

52telecaster

awesome. I am a component guy myself but old grundig is so cool.

2cam16

Cool stuff. Reminds me of my childhood. My grandpa loved music and had a couple of Sansui consoles.

jlaw

I think Don Draper had one of those in his living room on Mad Men!

noglider 

Yeah, that's a great hi-fi.

Dean51 

I picked up a Grundig console several years ago.....for free. This was back in my guitar tube amp building days and the Grundig was outfitted with a bunch of Telefunken tubes. I kept several for my own use and did really well selling the remainder.

Dean

stardognine

That's the name, alright, Telefunken. 👍 A nice console that says Telefunken seems hard to find though. Most of their stuff was excellent, but stuffed into as small a box as possible. 🙄 🤔😉

RobbieTunes 

No wrenching today. but yesterday

Dura Ace:

GPX:


Dura Ace:

GPX:
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GPX pedals, for sure:

rccardr 

RobbieTunes 

ryansu 

Oh Man my folks had one of those consoles -brings back memories of listening to classical music (on vinyl) during Sunday dinners when I was a kid.

2cam16

Finally made some space so I could rebuild this one. 1995 Alpina 505.

DSC_1631 by 2cam16, on Flickr

RobbieTunes 

1988 Fiorini. Originally built with DA 2x7. A former Paramount pro had one built for him, and his brother wanted one, but didn't ride it much. 30 years later, it has new life.... 3x7 7700 except for the brake levers, 7402.