February 2010... barely rideable and a little bent.



More than rideable... end of Feb 2010



August 2013... fitted with period correct Raleigh Special bars.

The bars DO make a difference! So much more authentic.
(- but shouldn't the bars have half-wraps instead of grips?)

My 1987 Fuji Sagres: a nice Craigslist find for $140, though badly in need of adjustment and cleaning. It was covered in old electrical tape that was holding on the wire for a broken computer, and the original 6-speed Suntour shifter didn't work too well with the after-market 8-speed cassette that was on there. I got a great deal on an older Dura-Ace groupset, along with some new pedals, a new saddle, new bar tape, new cables, and some new brakes (had to go with the nutted Tektro calipers unless I wanted to drill out the frame, but I'm pretty happy with them). The bike rides wonderfully, and it has some unique character to it.

Before:


...frame-set sits patiently for almost a year, is almost sold and then not ... and then:

After:

Turned out great.

Whatwolf, beautiful Peugeot!

I forgot to post my recent resurrection: an '88 Benotto Triathlon I bought from a customer for $50.

Before: in Apr this year...



After:

The single grips were pretty common... these bars came off my 1950 Sports and were original to that bike.

My Lenton has the same bars with a full leather wrap.

nice!... soooo, the white rolls up for grabs?

Love the Peugeot!

WNG, great job on the Benotto, but isn't it some kind of sacrilege not to use Benotto tape?

Before








After

Nailed! You got me there!
The seller actually had a pack of the two-color cello tape that came on the bike. But he couldn't find it.

My Bianchi a year ago


My Bianchi today

nice job however... Thinking of adding one of these to my collection...

Philo

1972 CCM Turismo. Pulled from dad's attic after a wreak years ago bending the rims etc.

Before



After





Waiting on my new honey brown leather saddle and honey brown bar tape to put on this bike. That should give it a whole new look and make it much more comfortable

Will, that 88 Benotto Triathlon came out great looking, like the painted flutes on the seat post.

I wanted to show a before & after picture of a project I did last Christmas & gave to my boss to display in our shop but had lost my photos on a bad drive, after a lot of work I found and recovered them & while not a bicycle it is bicycle related. It's a old HTK ( Tanaka ) wheel truing stand that a dear friend of mine bought new and used many years building wheels in the 70's & 80's before retiring & then giving it to me. I was really happy with the way it turned out and it is still fully functional.

Glenn

Before as found sitting almost 20yrs in a metal shed,



After, Glass Beaded, Primed/Painted & hand painted the lettering,









Links to many more after pictures https://s299.photobucket.com/user/Gle...20Stand%202012

Last Year....my $50 Craigslist purchase....

and now, after a BIT of work...not quite done yet, the "Theoretical late 60's early 70's Torpado"

Nice Bianchi, but, other than the sun coming out, I'm not sure I can spot the difference.

I'm glad I'm not the only who couldn't..

Aw C'mon, he leveled the saddle out? I imagine it's a HUGE difference.,,,,BD

Athena(?) --> C-Record crankset.

One less bottle cage.

That looks great, I own of these and still use it regularly.

Great work.

Thanks Glenn for the compliment!

BTW the links to your truing stand isn't working. The photobucket link isn't either, I think there's a problem with the account. Would love to see what you did with it.

I just ordered a new TS-2.2 for work, so I now have access to a stand again, woohoo!


EDIT:
I got to access the photos at work. Wicked nice resto! What a cool truing stand!

I love this colour, perhaps even more than Celeste.

Thanks...it has been slow....but have her rolling now...just need new tires and perhaps a front rack to finish up....perhaps a gen-set too