raverson

Got lucky on ebay the other day and picked up a bargain lot of 11 rolls of NOS faux suede bar wrap in a dark navy blue and what was described as orange-red. Turns out to be a little more of a brownish honey color. In fact, it looks like it might be a good match for a Brooks honey saddle.

Grim

Ive heated them and got them to work for a while and next cold snap they stuck again. Thats what drove me to trying my hand at taking it appart. The two 8s 105 SC and 8s RSX still work flawless. I used a white lithium grease when I assembled.

The 9 Speed I tried has an actually broken part or the shaft all the parts run on is bent. That one I can make function by holding the brake lever as I operate the small paddle to upshift. I have the exact same problem with a Ultegra 9 speed.
Like you pointed out the long term repair is disassemble and degrease.

Amesja

I can't believe that taking apart a brifter would be any harder than a 365-day anniversary clock movement -especially the one brand that has the "suicide spring" that tends to explode like a grenade if it the leaf was broke even if it is properly let down with a spring winder/unwinder.

Amesja

mazdaspeed

Actually one does and it works a lot of the time. Make sure to follow up with lubricant such as tri flow. YMMV

MrFizzle

Let me bring this thread back on track here...



I snagged this off of craigslist last weekend while visiting my parents.
It is a 1995 Specialized Hardrock GSX
It is in pretty great condition with only a few chips in the paint and it rides great!
The skin-walls are the original Specialized Hardrock'R tires that came with it when new and have lots of tread left on them. They are pretty much brand new.
I brought it back to my parents and disassembled the whole thing and re-greased all of the bearings and put a set of used orange Wellgo clip-less pedals I picked up for $5
I think It's a pretty great bike all around and my next addition to it will be some Bio-pace chain-rings! Hate all you want, but I like Bio-pace.

tashi

Regarding treatment of broken STI's that CAN work:

I've had reasonable luck with blasting early 90's 600 with Liquid Wrench with Teflon. They still require the occasional re-spray however.

I've had better luck with 3 in 1 silicone spray lube. Opened up a sticky STI, as well as a Rapidfire Plus and so far there's been no degradation in shift quality or need for re-spray. The Rapidfire shifter is cheap cheap but if it weren't for the floppy thumbshifter they'd feel like XTR! I'm considering trying a quick blast on a few other Rapidfire shifters, just to give 'em a more positive feel. My year-old XT's are safe, but just.

Grim

Cant say I have worked on one of those or even know what it is LOL. Its not horrible as long as the take it apart and pay attention to the orientation of everything. I took eache part off cleaned it then layed it out the way it came off. Then reversed it to assemble. Same way I do Automatic transmissions.

Bwhahahaha!

Slammin

Amesja,
You blocked the guy, why the incessant need to carry on a point that has nothing to do with the thread topic? There is a mechanic section to argue WD40 vs STI rebuild. I want to see bikes back from the dead or in purgatory. Lets save them all from everlasting damnation.

Thank you Mr. Fizzle

ScottRyder 

A "Made in the USSR" folding bike that followed me home, pretty cool but kind of heavy. All the writing is in cyrillic so I can't tell what brand or model.



Scott

Chris Chicago

fwiw i hit the squeaky wheels on my boys tricycle with some wd40 this morning, it pretty much silenced them which helped a lot with my hangover.

Amesja

That's so 24 hours ago. Now it is you (and now me again since you yodeled me back to defend myself) that is not dropping it.

This is the last I will speak of it. Back to COTD please. Anyone else wants to rag on me for it will go straight to ignore too rather than me trying to defend myself yet again. If you don't like what I said above you are FREE to ignore me in the future too.

AMEN.

Chris Chicago

Hey big fella, I never asked you to drop it. And those wheels stopped squeaking approx 5hrs ago.

I like the way it smells too!

that_guy_zach

Roger M

I picked up a few things. None of it works, but I'm sure it's an easy fix..

Slammin

Hey Roger, Is that a vintage Seiko diver?? I'll give you a six pack for it beer or WD40. Your choice.

Glennfordx4

I would love to find a cruiser that cool, looks like a nice & easy project.

Glenn

himespau 

evil

DsmBerg

Well done.

IthaDan 

mainducoyote

Picked up this Marinoni for a song, required a lot of work. I have replaced the wheels with some Phil Wood /Open Pro clinchers.

Before



After

Viperplayer5220

I saw an ad on craigslist for a free bike to anyone who could get it before the garbage man. This is what i got.

rekmeyata

What a great vintage find. It looks to be an early 70's era bike maybe late 60's because it has the crank with the cotter pin fastener. It doesn't have the original shift levers but they do look cool, the original were Simplex like the derailleurs...or at least like the rear, I can't see the front to make out what it is. I think it's the Carlton Raleigh which was better made then the plain Raleigh's. If I was a betting person I would bet it's a 1970 model...but it's a guess. If you want to restore it just do a web search and get information as to which parts were found on it originally and try to get it back to that state, a lot of those components can be found on E-Bay and sometimes you can find new unused stuff, but since the bike is scratched up not sure if spending for new parts would be worth it. It was the least expensive bike Raleigh sold that came with aluminum rims and made out of the Carlton factory.

cb400bill

The decals and the lugs point to it being a 1973.

Drummerboy1975

A good friend gave me this 2003 Giant Yukon today. It has the original Hutchison Mosquito's on it. I've already put a shorter Bontrager stem on it and fliped the stem.