The "Before And After" Thread
03-13-11, 08:17 PM
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1977 Ross. as most have seen in my thread.
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03-13-11, 10:06 PM
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1991 Schwinn Crosscut; hopefully my last bike for a long, long time. It's incredibly comfortable, and my first bike that I can say fits me perfectly. Incremental upgrades to follow down the road.
Double-butted, lugged chrome-moly frame, 21 speed Exage 400LX group.
Before:
After:
Control panel:
I travel light:
Love the quirky Biopace; shifts like a dream.
Just in cases:
Double-butted, lugged chrome-moly frame, 21 speed Exage 400LX group.
Before:
After:
Control panel:
I travel light:
Love the quirky Biopace; shifts like a dream.
Just in cases:
03-26-11, 10:17 PM
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One of the few bikes that I remembered to take a "before" picture of
and after
and after
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03-27-11, 09:47 AM
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^ Nicely done Southpaw
03-27-11, 02:57 PM
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Just finished up this Varsity, it was rather sad when I got it,
And today,
It's a flipper so it's already up on CL, hopefully it'll go quickly.
And today,
It's a flipper so it's already up on CL, hopefully it'll go quickly.
04-03-11, 06:32 AM
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1985 Team Fuji
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04-03-11, 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by rootboy
posted elsewhere on this site but, here's a before and after comparison. '63 Frejus.
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04-03-11, 08:29 AM
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I just finished a Schwinn Crosscut that I did want to keep for myself but have since changed my mind. I acquired this bike free of charge from a friend who bought it at a yard sale on the cheap. I decided that I wanted to keep the Sun wheels for another project and replaced them with a set I removed from a Trek 720 that had a bad frame. In my after photos I had the seat and handle bars adjusted so it would fit me for testing, I returned them back to a better angle when I was done. I did do a lot of touch up painting both to the frame and components also. The only new parts that were used were cables, chain, bearings & tubes everything else came from the parts stash.
Glenn
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04-03-11, 08:30 AM
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Before, outside a barn in Montana:
After, in my garage:
Before, in a garage in California:
After, again, in my garage:
After, in my garage:
Before, in a garage in California:
After, again, in my garage:
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04-03-11, 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by rootboy
posted elsewhere on this site but, here's a before and after comparison. '63 Frejus.
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04-03-11, 11:21 AM
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04-03-11, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by rootboy
posted elsewhere on this site but, here's a before and after comparison. '63 Frejus.
04-03-11, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Grim
So you just swap the wheels back and forth? LOL
As you appear to have given both bikes the anti-C&V treatment, you are henceforth to be known as "Robbietunes the Heretic" and are banished forthwith. Any further transgressions will result in your being burned at the stake (a Tange #1 stake, of course).
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04-03-11, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris_in_Miami
I said "wow!" aloud when I saw this, beautiful bike!
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04-03-11, 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike Mills
Grim,
As you appear to have given both bikes the anti-C&V treatment, you are henceforth to be known as "Grim the Heretic" and are banished forthwith. Any further transgressions will result in your being burned at the stake.
As you appear to have given both bikes the anti-C&V treatment, you are henceforth to be known as "Grim the Heretic" and are banished forthwith. Any further transgressions will result in your being burned at the stake.
Those are Robbietunes bikes that I guess you were calling me out on as it seems you have issue with the modern parts. For the record I'm not sure this is a restoration thread and I happen to like the modern components he put on those bikes. Modern being a relative term. Those wheels Are about 15 year old Vento's.
What I was pointing out is that it I believe it is the same wheels on both bikes, not same model wheel but the exact same wheels on both bikes as in one set of wheels shared between two frames.
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04-03-11, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Grim
What are you talking about?
Those are Robbietunes bikes...
Those are Robbietunes bikes...
Post fixed and smiley added because I wasn't "calling you out", it was an (apparently) failed attempt at humour. Jeez, lighten up a bit.
04-03-11, 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Grim
So you just swap the wheels back and forth? LOL
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04-03-11, 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike Mills
Robbietunes,
As you appear to have given both bikes the anti-C&V treatment, you are henceforth to be known as "Grim the Heretic" and are banished forthwith. Any further transgressions will result in your being burned at the stake (531 stake, of course).
As you appear to have given both bikes the anti-C&V treatment, you are henceforth to be known as "Grim the Heretic" and are banished forthwith. Any further transgressions will result in your being burned at the stake (531 stake, of course).
When I showed one to a fellow BF member, he said "you can't make up your mind between the 80's and now, can you?"
stuck in transition, but not in traffic...
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