The start to an end...
11-22-11 | 10:46 PM
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Well I got the frame back this evening and it looks great and I'm a lot happier with the color now. I never had a red bike bike but even when I had the chance to get it repainted I went with something a little more easier on the eye. Here she is in her brand new color! Time to start putting it together! I was going to pick up some paint to fill in the panto on the seat stay cap, the inside of club cutout on the bottom bracket and lower headlug. I'll hold off until I get my decals in the mail so I know what shade yellow I need.
Ellie found a better use for a frame...mini toddler jungle gym!
Ellie found a better use for a frame...mini toddler jungle gym!
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11-23-11 | 05:07 AM
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From: Hurricane Alley , Florida
Bikes: Treks (USA), Schwinn Paramount, Schwinn letour,Raleigh Team Professional, Gazelle GoldLine Racing, 2 Super Mondias, Carlton Professional.
When it's finished you have to post a before and after.
11-23-11 | 06:07 AM
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If you still want yellow housing, pm me, I have a ton leftover. Sweet bike.
11-23-11 | 06:59 AM
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Woah sweet I'll take you up on that deal definitely! Now if I go with yellow housing what else would need to be yellow or would I have to do the bar tape and saddle also or would it be overkill? I've got a black Brooks Team Pro already for it and would it looked mismatched with yellow tape and a black saddle or a black saddle and just yellow tape?
Also should I do skin walls or all black tires? I thought with the color it might go better and with the non painted aluminum components?
Also should I do skin walls or all black tires? I thought with the color it might go better and with the non painted aluminum components?
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11-23-11 | 02:48 PM
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From: Lancaster,CA the desert north of Los Angeles
Bikes: 84' Ciocc, 79' Shogun 1000, 76' KHS Gran Sport, 96' Schwinn Super Sport,
So sorry that the original PC job was bad, and glad to hear that the shop made it right. ??? Can you do the drillium on the levers and redo the shield logo. Looking good
11-28-11 | 11:40 PM
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Update! It's got a name! Got the decals today from Cyclomondo and it's about 90% done now. Just need to order some bar tape, cables and maybe find a matching 8spd Record rear derailleur to go with the front. It's got a Veloce rear derailleur right now but it works for the time being. I did a little polishing on the hubs, downtube sti cable stop adapters, levers(don't look too close at my drillium work...lol) and the stem is getting ditched for something else.
11-30-11 | 02:52 AM
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From: Hurricane Alley , Florida
Bikes: Treks (USA), Schwinn Paramount, Schwinn letour,Raleigh Team Professional, Gazelle GoldLine Racing, 2 Super Mondias, Carlton Professional.
It's alive!! You have done a fantastic job.
11-30-11 | 03:19 AM
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Great stuff. Did you get the engravings in the seat stays filled in? In the first pictures it doesn't look like it but in the last one i seems like you might have done that.
If you haven't, please consider it, it makes it look even better.
If you haven't, please consider it, it makes it look even better.
12-07-11 | 10:27 PM
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Well here she is completed. I found something this weekend at a bike swap to put the cherry on top. Usually I'm not a big fan of stem adapters but I wanted the stem plus it's still 1". Like new titanium Cinelli Grammo stem with matching Cinelli 1" to 1" threadless stem adapter. These don't turn up too often and when they do...way out of my price range for a stem. The pedals are just temporary but I kind of dig them. Finished installing the Brooks bar tape, Jagwire race cable set, Gatorskin 700x28 tires and a snazzy bottle cage to top it off. I took it outside for it's maiden voyage down the street and it felt pretty darn nice. The tires are really nice taking in the bumps with them being a little thicker then my normal 700x23 I normally run on my bikes. She tips the scale at just a little under 22 lbs.
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12-08-11 | 09:33 AM
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From: Louisville, KY
Looks awesome.
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12-08-11 | 11:20 AM
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Suprisingly they work really good and you don't have to adjust your hands to drop down gears. Your thumb is already positioned underneath the bars when your riding on that section of the bars and you just press the shift lever like you were pressing down a key on a keyboard. I was curious with this when I was debating using the bars and running downtube shifters.
12-08-11 | 11:46 AM
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