What have you been wrenching on lately?
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@Nemosengineer, your projects are always so interesting.
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Nothing too exciting tonight - just truing and cleaning spare wheels and derusting a pile of steel seatposts prior to painting for the foster kids' bikes this fall.
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Mock up for laying out the accent color (black) on the stays and fork. Using spray.bike paint.
2 little oversprays, fix that up next week, then decals and clearcoat. Shogun Celeste; 24", Tange 2 tubes and Sakai Litage fork, another well crafted Japanese frame.
Mock up for laying out the accent color (black) on the stays and fork. Using spray.bike paint.
2 little oversprays, fix that up next week, then decals and clearcoat. Shogun Celeste; 24", Tange 2 tubes and Sakai Litage fork, another well crafted Japanese frame.
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Built this Raleigh Competition up today and took it for a spin. A few things need sorted but its a really nice ride. Spurged on some 36mm Challenge Strada Bianca tires.
Bought the frane with cranks, brakes and stem a couple weeks ago. Nice condition for a 50 year old bike.
Bought the frane with cranks, brakes and stem a couple weeks ago. Nice condition for a 50 year old bike.
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The British Invasion
I'm working on 3 British bikes in various stages of completion. The 1980 Raleigh Record Ace is finished. I'm also working on an early 70s Raleigh Gran Sport and a 1979 Viking "European." The RRA is set up as a long distance machine with 3 x 6 gearing. The Raleigh Gran Sport has plenty of clearance for 700 x 35c tires and I'll set it up for light gravel and trail riding. It's a Cino bike if I ever make it up to MT for the ride. The Viking will be a simple 2 x 5 build that I will eventually move on.
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This batch of painting is done. I'll let them cure for a few days then package them up.
Next fun aerosol task will be derusting and painting up oodles of salvaged noodles for all the V brakes we'll be working on in the fall. But that is a task for another day. Now time to get the Great Pumpkin ready for leading tomorrow's ride.
Next fun aerosol task will be derusting and painting up oodles of salvaged noodles for all the V brakes we'll be working on in the fall. But that is a task for another day. Now time to get the Great Pumpkin ready for leading tomorrow's ride.
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Paint stripping has started on the Stratos non-track bike, Piece-O-Cake with the new paint stripper. The plan is to strip the frame in the morning, stripping the fork was a proof of process to verify the stripper actually worked efficiently, it does. After stripping is complete I will spend a few hours refining the lugs and doing some light corrosion control.
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The recommended stripper available at Aircraft Spruce.
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The recommended stripper available at Aircraft Spruce.
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@Nemosengineer, your projects are always so interesting.
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I think it's time for me to sell my track racing bike. I took it for a short and fun ride recently. It was the first time I rode it in years. It's very harsh, and the crouching position left my back hurting for a whole day. I've entertained some crazy thoughts like putting 650b wheels or upright handlebars on it, but what would be the point?
It's my 1971 Raleigh Pro track racing bike. I built it up and raced it in the summer of 2014. The experience reminded me that I don't like racing, even though I liked the folks and the experience.
It's my 1971 Raleigh Pro track racing bike. I built it up and raced it in the summer of 2014. The experience reminded me that I don't like racing, even though I liked the folks and the experience.
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This batch of painting is done. I'll let them cure for a few days then package them up.
Next fun aerosol task will be derusting and painting up oodles of salvaged noodles for all the V brakes we'll be working on in the fall. But that is a task for another day. Now time to get the Great Pumpkin ready for leading tomorrow's ride.
Next fun aerosol task will be derusting and painting up oodles of salvaged noodles for all the V brakes we'll be working on in the fall. But that is a task for another day. Now time to get the Great Pumpkin ready for leading tomorrow's ride.
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Thanks Tom, I'm surprised I haven't been hung by the fixie crowd, the NJS purist's, or the real track bike racers, for building this bike based on a Keirin frame. I will say I'm having a lot of fun building this and believe it will work as intended (time will tell).
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That being said, I don't think it matters if others think they have a say in these matters.
We decide, wrangle, futz, dig, obsess, plot and most of all pay for our folly at our own expense and sometimes detriment.
And don't get me wrong, I'm the first to admit that I live for the encouragement here, like minded enablers of the highest caliber, nothing better than this.
Anyone who thinks it ok to disparage or not contribute in a positive way should be shown the door, maybe permanently IMO.
Your work is always fantastic, keep it up.
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The V noodles will get shot with chrome paint once they're out of the derusting bath. I don't know what brand - I've found most chrome-type paints seem similar in terms of durability and I just need to get the noodles shiny again, as they shouldn't see too much abrasion or abuse.
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As part of my work with the Recycle Your Bicycle program here in the Phoenix area, I offered to patch bad tubes to save a lot of money for the program. Even though inner tubes are again available in the supply chain, they've gone up in price just like almost everything else.
This evening, a friend came over to help me tackle the final bin of tubes from last November-December's efforts. We methodically dunked, marked, abraded, gooped, and patched away, and finally caught up completely with the backlog of inner tubes.
Mostly successful:
...with a few explosive exceptions.
We'll leave them inflated for a few days as a final check for undetected slow leaks, then roll 'em up and get them back to the RYB program for the upcoming season.
An easy way to give back to a worthwhile program on a nice night.
This evening, a friend came over to help me tackle the final bin of tubes from last November-December's efforts. We methodically dunked, marked, abraded, gooped, and patched away, and finally caught up completely with the backlog of inner tubes.
Mostly successful:
...with a few explosive exceptions.
We'll leave them inflated for a few days as a final check for undetected slow leaks, then roll 'em up and get them back to the RYB program for the upcoming season.
An easy way to give back to a worthwhile program on a nice night.
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My wagon has reached vintage status now, at twenty five years old. Maybe it can slide in here. I have a clicking sound while rolling, coming from the driver's rear. Trying to locate it, without much luck. Tomorrow I'll take the rotor off and check the parking brake shoes.
Oh, and changed oil/filter.
Oh, and changed oil/filter.
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My wagon has reached vintage status now, at twenty five years old. Maybe it can slide in here. I have a clicking sound while rolling, coming from the driver's rear. Trying to locate it, without much luck. Tomorrow I'll take the rotor off and check the parking brake shoes.
Oh, and changed oil/filter.
Oh, and changed oil/filter.
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Tore down this Cilo to refurbish everything. Going to try and find a paint match to touch it up with before I reassemble.
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Paint is stripped. Yea Baby... Next up is cantilever bosses and necessary braze-ons.
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Since no one reads the three bikes in three weeks thread anyhow, thought I’d plop the first two in here.
Fixie for a student...
1981 Super LeTour...plenty of nail polish making look decent at 6 ft.
SunTour seven Drive train. Weismann 605 brakes.
What do you do when you have two left ratcheting orphans. Use them both of course...
Fixie for a student...
1981 Super LeTour...plenty of nail polish making look decent at 6 ft.
SunTour seven Drive train. Weismann 605 brakes.
What do you do when you have two left ratcheting orphans. Use them both of course...
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Went at my favoite bikeshop today,headsets were installed on the grandis, coppi, vetta and daccordi, front derailleurs were installed on the coppi and the grandis. Unfortunately when installing a threadless headset in the daccordi, a small crack appeared in the head tube, my favorite shop owner agreed to get the daccordi repaired. Meanwhile I emailed to Daccordi to know if an old Fly frame made by them was repairable and what was the cost. My shop owner knows a frame builder who repairs aluminium, titanium and steel frames.
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Been slowly working on a Fisher Montare.
So far it needs a new rear tire and I found a broken spoke on the rear rim.
I think I'm going to remove the rear rack also.
So far it needs a new rear tire and I found a broken spoke on the rear rim.
I think I'm going to remove the rear rack also.
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I've been working on my Mercier bike. I'm cleaning and repacking all the bearings with new grease.
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