Oh, the humanity!!!
 

I believe I'm going to be ill.

I don't get it, what's so horrible, I expecting to see a picture of a disaster bike, but that bike looked fine, except for the dippy saddle

Since they already got into the BB I bet the cranks and BB are all chewed up. I did it to my first road bike, a japanese bianchi, I wanted to just rebuild it and didn't have the interwebz so I did it with an adjustable wrench and a socket set and channel locks. Needless to say I marked up the bb cups pretty good and the cranks by hammering them off. Luckily it wasn't super valuable. Many people learn by making mistakes, it's just hard to handle when they are learning on something that is a little more precious. At least it isn't a top of the line model.. looks like a boomer but it is still very handsome.

^ the disaster is the plan to make it a fixie.

From a pure economic point of view, that doesn't seem like a good donor bike for a fixed gear project. Put a nice seat and seatpost on the bike, replace the brake hoods, and it looks to be a very nice vintage bike.

So a little fix up, you can sell it and realize more than enough money to find a bike with a good frame, but trashed drivetrain, and convert that to a fixie.

Oh come on! Is your memory really that short? http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...te-for-a-fixie

I did note that the inquiry was placed in the mechanics forum, and not the C&V. Also, that there was no help as of yet how to go about it or technical specifications to assist in the Plan.

Meh. That bike is not special. Who cares if they make it a fixie?

+1 Get a grip folks - that bike might (MIGHT!) have cost $100 new. Not even Peugeot UO8 level AFAICT.

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Wow. Tough crowd. Seems like a fine frame for conversion. The spacing is 120mm, it has horizontal dropouts with no derailleur hanger, no TT or DT braze ons and pretty good "all day riding" geometry.

"They're gonna convert that poor boom bike. . they're gonna convert that poor boom bike."

Why not offer some sound mechanical advice? As I posted in the OP's thread, there were so many of those bikes made during the boom, it's almost silly to cry over spilled milk

All I see is an Italian version of a gaspipe Raleigh Record - differentiated only by chrome lugs. I've seen enough Italian gaspipe with nice chrome lugs to avoid the red herring. Otherwise, note the cheaper-than-Chinese cotterless crankset, Valentino mechs, and what is undoubtedly a rolled steel seatpost.

Sure, it's nice, but in the hands of the right mechanic (not monkeys with tools - though the OP didn't make reference to having damaged anything yet), it'll make a good conversion. Why good? It's already spaced to 120mm, and it doesn't have an integral derailer hanger. It'll save one more NICE frame from being Drewed.

-Kurt

Looks like a cottered crank to me...I can see the nut sticking up.

This is new a thread to complain about another thread?



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Haha. It is, indeed, as lame as it sounds.