greenscobie86

Finished up a mild refresh/tune up of a new to me 1983 Colnago Superissimo over the winter. Got it for my dad to ride as he used to race one back in the day overseas. No photos yet as I need to get my post count up.

dweenk

I finished the Sears Free Spirit today. It is a nice ride and weighs in at about 26 lb. according to my bathroom scale.

bwilli88 

I finished the bar wrap on my single speed Raleigh Grand Prix and rattle canned this black Raleigh Super Course and built it up as a dingle speed.
I built up this Centurion Pro-Tour for going anywhere

bwilli88 

I also am working on a Raleigh MTB for my daughter who only has one hand.

Here are the controls all one the right.


I need to swap the tires

bwilli88 

Fixed up and refreshed this Specialized Cruz for my son, new cables, tires, and shifters


Stripping this junked ebike


And this one, the majority of the parts will go to the co-op and the frames to the recycling.

randyjawa 

Finished a complete overhaul and component marriage of a Norco Magnum SE to a Marinoni. The intent was to make the Marinoni ericia compliant and have a nice bike to represent Canadian marques at the Spanish erocia to come. Bike is done, except for the bar tape which will be installed per the new owner's instructions. The bar tape will be black, in keeping with the subdued theme the bike presently projects. Anyway, the Marinoni before it goes away and then way away...

noglider 

Nice work, @randyjawa.

randyjawa 

The Marinoni is good to go...

non-fixie 

Very nice!

jimmuller 

One of the hazards of bike commuting is you don't drive you car very often. Which means critters seeking peace can find shelter in the nooks and crannies of the car. Our Caravan's heater motor has been vibrating and making really bad noises. After watching online videos showing where it was and how to get to it I decided to tackle it myself., Found this:



With that stuff removed it runs a lot better now.

BritishV8

I described my latest project back in post 846. Finally wrapped things up and took a snapshot:

RiddleOfSteel

I went to our local non-profit bike shop (where I volunteer on Tuesdays) to hopefully see a woman who had arrived last Saturday, too late for the DIY bike time frame (12-5). Her bike was in a super sad state, so we did some quick and minimal work last Saturday to get her bike rideable. She ended up not showing up (bummer), and I had planned on working on a donated Bianchi Campione d'Italia to fill in the time between her coming and going. I managed to clean the rear wheel (which also needs two new spokes) well, but when it came time for the hub overhaul, it came apart (8-speed, Mirage level bike, freehub body and axle come out as a unit, bearings are inboard) but absolutely refused to go together. And that was even without the pesky pawls--it wouldn't slide in. VERY frustrating and also equally confusing. I don't reach impasses often with regard to bike work, if at all. I am at one currently. Thankfully, a lovely young woman came in with her bike needing attention. Even in a shop full of rags and tools, she had brought her own to work on. Very cool (to this young guy, let alone anyone else--self-supported maintenance!). Between her many questions, my thankfully decent-enough knowledge and pointing things out, she was able to fix and adjust a lot of things, getting her 3x8 Sora-equipped bike in a lot happier state. She was excited about that, as was I (I am a sucker for getting a bike operating happily).

On a more personal-fleet note, my "Dark Side" hydro-disc, 11-speed, BB30 Cannondale CAAD10 build continues with good results. Got the wheels, got the thru-axle-to-QR adapters installed, got the 28mm tires installed as well as the 11-speed cassette. The bike looks freaking legit. Also, the Masi Nuova Strada gets her polished wheelset back. I haven't ridden her in some time, and of my now two Italian rides, she is the original and sweetest ride. My Guerciotti is also smooth, but racier and snappier (it's own kind of perfection). Now I will see how the Guerc' performs with a stiffer and lighter 7700-hub/CXP33-rim combination from the 7400/MA2 combination that I had on it. Both combinations look good, but for different reasons. My Masi was looking a bit forlorn without her proper wheels, and now will soon be reunited.

randyjawa 

The Marinoni is finished and ready to be boxed up today, in preparation to begin its journey to Barrie and then Spain. Immediately after finishing the Marinoni, I put my junk bike together. Sadly, yesterday when I did the work, I discovered that my eight speed chain supply had dwindled to one length left that was too short to reach. I hope to take it out, today, for its test ride. Anyway, my Norcononi...

ryansu

One of the advantages to having BAA (Bike acquisition addiction) is when you decide to set up a trainer you have "spare bikes" to choose from. Since the recently acquired 1985 Trek 420 is a ways back in the spa treatment queue I did a few changes; ditched to horrid foam for cork bar tape, put on Shimano M324 dual sided pedals so I can "spin" and attached a phone mount so I can keep track of time and maybe distract myself, Time to start training so i can do some decent rides this summer and the doc recommended a trainer to use as a low impact way of getting the heart rate up, and he didn't even know I was a bike nut.

started with this

IMG_3366 by Ryan Surface, on Flickr

and ended up here

IMG_3408 by Ryan Surface, on Flickr

SJX426 

Back last fall, I was commuting home when a car door opened in front of me. The damage to the bike (Pinarello) was a bent rim. A couple of days after, I disassembled the wheel thinking the rim was toast. After doing a search for a replacement, I gave up. Yesterday I finally decided to look at it on a flat table. The bend was like half of a Pringles. the rest was good. So I marked where the bends started and where the high point was. The toolbox drawer was open so I stuck the rim in the drawer with the high point under the opening and the two bend points on the edge of the drawer and pushed down. The result was an improvement. one more try and the bend points moved two spoke holes closer and the high point was far less. The challenge was that the drawer was to close to closed to be able to continue. In addition, it was taking a lot more effort and I didn't have the leverage.

I pondered what to do. A light bulb when off:


P1010097, on Flickr

After a couple of attempts it was better but not all the way flat. The problem was the workbench was lifting off the frame. I nice long lag bolt solved the separation with an improvement in the displacement. The problem now was that the whole table was lifting and not moving the rim. So I left it jacked up and climbed up on the bench and stood on the edge of the bench next to the jack. The rim is flat and appears to be round, based on the initial installation of the spokes with very low tension.

Jadesfire 

I replaced the brake levers on my Bianchi to match the rest of the group that's on the bike. When I built this one up I had a spare setoff levers from somewhere (it's kinda scary how soon that phrase creeps in with this hobby!) and I didn't want to spend any more money on the project at that point anyway. Of course, a week after I finished and had everything dialed in, a practically new set of Shimano 600 Tricolor levers shows up in the For Sale thread. I've been procrastinating this for a while, but it turned out to be ridiculously easy. Either I'm getting better at this mechanical stuff, or it's just easier working with non-crap parts (gee, I wonder which one is the correct answer?). Now the Bianchi brakes better, that annoying intermittent rattle from the right lever is gone, the cables didn't fray during removal or replacement, and I didn't tear the nice handlebar tape I used- and, in fact, did a better job wrapping it this time around anyway. Yay!

noglider 

Nice work, @SJX426.

RiddleOfSteel

TL; DR: Played musical tires and wheels with my bikes, and everything got better.

Built up my Davidson Impulse with some 10-speed Chorus in a 2x10 setup, using an FSA compact (34/50T) crankset and a 13-29T cassette. Great for hills, though for flats it's a bit wacky/annoying as I find myself at the top end of the cassette without trying and need to shift into the big ring. Some tweaks will still need to be made, and some have already been done. What I thought (before this build up) was a very nice but not-super-exciting frame character was actually just the set of 24mm Continental Grand Prix tires I had on it. I threw things together, including some 23mm Conti GP4000S's and man that thing lit up! A very happy bike...and now I look sadly at the GP tires... Unfortunately for the prospective buyer, the GP4000S's have small cracks or peelings in the rubber, so they won't be going on the bike. I'll ride them though!

The Impulse gets some Vittoria Rubinos in great shape, the Conti GP's get hung on the rack, and the GP4000S's get put on a previously-believed-to-be-cursed Dura-Ace/Mavic CXP33 wheelset that is now on my Guerciotti (because another DA/Mavic wheelset that was on the Guerc' is now back on my Masi). The Masi is very happy. The Guerciotti is now very happy again (one does not give up Vittoria Open Corsa Evo CX's easily!), and my Davidson is now a few steps closer to being ready for sale.

noglider 

I got some new Continental GP4000 SII tires in 28mm. I hoped to get lucky and find they fit on my Lemond. The front tire fits. I could say the rear tire fits, too, but there's a 1 mm space between the tire and the seat tube. I don't think it's safe to keep it on, but I did ride it a few miles yesterday. Oh well.

Damn these Pacenti rims make it hard to put tires on and take them off. I punctured one of the tubes in the process.

Stormsedge

ryansu

I am seeing if a 56cm frame will work for me (I usually ride a 58 with tight stand over) and I determined the 56 cm 1992 Allez I picked up takes a modern 27.2 seat post so I robbed peter to pay paul and took my VO long set back post with B.17 off my daily rider to test fit on the Allez and now its off to the farmers market to see how it feels


Allez by Ryan Surface, on Flickr

RiddleOfSteel

Tending to my "Dark Side" Caad10 Black Inc. Disc build. Getting hung upon the disc caliper mounting adapters. There are various mounting standards and distances between posts, not to mention what diameter of brake rotor you are using. Combine that with a surprising dearth of information online, and me wanting to put Shimano on it instead of SRAM, and you have a lot of fun waiting for you! I've made headway in finding the right bracket, but I may end up asking about it here on BF (roadie section) and at a LBS that deals with a lot of new product (Gregg's). I got the internal cable routing licked, which wasn't that hard, thankfully.

The tasks ahead of me are 0) Push pads out, then remove from calipers 1) find the correct adapters! 2) get new brake hose 3) bleed front and rear lines 4) remove and reinstall correct length hose, including internal routing 5) fill brake hose/lines with Shimano mineral oil fluid, front and rear, getting rid of air bubbles 6) get BB30 to Shimano crankset adapter BB installed 7) install crank 8) install chain 9) tune the whole thing 10) ride it!

Kilroy1988 

Today I rebuilt the Suntour Vx-GT rear derailleur that came on my 1980 Raleigh Super Course 12 - my first road bike, which was well worn already when I purchased it ten years ago. The derailleur was completely covered in greasy gunk and the pulleys were stuck in the stuff from disuse... Wish I'd taken a "before" photo. In any case, after a thorough cleaning it looks and seems to function as good as new!

-Gregory

polymorphself 

Final phase of the Miyata. Just waiting to add bar wrap and make a few adjustments.

noglider 

I got some 28mm Continental tires onto my Lemond, but there is ONE MILLIMETER between the rear tire and the seat tube. It's too scary. On my last ride on the bike, I carried a spare tire with me! I am swapping the 28mm Soma (made by Panaracer) tires to see if that gives me another millimeter.