Thanks

While building this it did seem out of place but once it was done I really liked it.

Nice

Sharp

Thanks for the memories: Above quote was post #5 in this thread, from December 2007 and the before/after Super Course photos in it were taken in 2002. Sold it to a co-worker. Don

My Fuji Stratos, a bike built for the Japanese market
As bought it was nicknamed the pimpilicous bride bike.


464091_10151496023277562_171087490_o by Bwilli88, on Flickr

One of many configurations over the past 5 years

DSC04137 by Bwilli88, on Flickr

The last setup, half step no granny, 2x10 with 20 non overlapped gears


IMG_20160323_101607855_HDR by Bwilli88, on Flickr

Now as my upright fast townie 12.5 Kg 2x10 46-34 chainrings and 11-36 cassette

IMG_20190526_090018199 by Bwilli88, on Flickr

Before: rear triangle was squished in shipping, so was the rear dropout; stem adapter, threadless stem, and big handlebars; Shimano BB; everything was dirty.



AFTER: too much to list! All Campy Mirage & Centaur, loads of new stuff, super-smooth ride (could be improved with nice tyres). I started out with Italian frames, and I'll die riding Italian frames. They just know how to make a nice bicycle.

Last years clunker challenge a bit spiffed up for sale



Before -mis matched wheels, tires, tired grips no front fender


wheels match new tires and grips and a front fender

1903 2 speed Sunbeam. Except for the seat, paint and tires 116 years old and still rolling


Totally stripped of paint, rust converted, 2 pack auto clearcoated, leather lace wrapped on the bars, champagne cork bar plugs, Resilion Crimson Star derailleur, 3 speed block, 4 speed SA IGH, Brooks panniers, Dutch seat, brown tires, propane headlight and good for another 100 years.
in case you haven't noticed - crap-colored tires, crap-colored pedals, crap-colored seat, bags, pedals and bar tape. Holy crap! That is a lot of crap going on here.

Miele fork before and after rechrome

(Before) Too blingy?







(After) More traditional.

[MENTION=229839]mississippimud[/MENTION] I love your dinucci build. Clean and simple.

Thank ya

HOT.

About 10 years before...


And now after my second go at a resto. Really just needs gum hoods from VO

[MENTION=219181]jbchybridrider[/MENTION], that looks incredible!

Very nicely done!

Built up an old Raleigh Wyoming for my cousin's birthday. Here's the before - $60 from a local flipper:



And here's after:



Front fender gave me fits. I tried to mount it to the front of the fork crown, but as you can see, that caused it to go out-of-round. It has since been corrected, and looks proper now.

Here's the tall recipient, enjoying his present:



See, not ALL photographs of Bigfoot are blurry...

Before


After

Thanks. I even matched the original paint I found remains of in the bb and on the steerer tube. Alfa Rosso 130

Gazelle Lausanne

Before:


After:


Build thread: 1995 Gazelle Lausanne 'mixte'

very nice

My 85 Gazelle Opa-Feits
Before my first full build, SS 635 rims with a 2 speed SRAM automatix rear hub and the original drum brake front hub.

IMG_20170721_174116889[1] by Bwilli88, on Flickr

Now with Sturmey Archer front and rear drum hubs, front a dyno hub and the rear a 5 speed.

IMG_20190702_154349734 by Bwilli88, on Flickr

before and after, rattle can paint job,switched out stem and bars

Dang the reach on those bars is ridiculous

This one came a long way.

Wow! Very nicely done, sir. That took a lot of work. And I'm surprised at how good the satin black looks with new decals - you managed to preserve just enough patina to convey the essence of this bike's history. Beautiful bike.