Prabuddhadg

I have a nice Gios that I crashed last month. Hope I can find a fork for it too. Any suggestions on where to look? I live in Bombay, India by the way.

davestv

Good eye, 6200.
Bought the bike complete, in almost new condition for $80.

hairnet

the frame I'm using now came with the shifters, FD, and a brake. I'd like to collect the rest of it some day

davestv

I like the look of those shifters, I have the band type. I'm thinking that they were probably not that popular in the 80's. Not very sleek and modern looking, they have a 60s look. I would like to put them on a geared bike someday, just have to find the right frame.
I was very lucky on that purchase. In the half hour it took me to get to the seller, he had 3 more calls about the bike.

hairnet

they were late 70s early 80s. Shimano revisited 6200 with more 80s sleek aero style. 6100, 6200, 6300, back to 6200, 6400, etc.

RAISEDBYWOLVES

IthaDan 

From this-



to this (wire brushed it)



with this-



to this-



then this-



now, it mostly looks like this (new bars/levers/calipers) but with polished cranks, black spds, a black all city chainring and a shorter stem. I have a lot of parts laying around, what?



It's starting to rust, but I can't bear being off it for the 2 weeks it'll take a professional grade clear coat to harden, so that'll have to wait till fall.

Fear Before

Are those 700c or 27s?

Jedwin

They are 27" Weinmann LP18s. Nothing special but I ride easy and really like the look with the 27's.

Fear Before

Right on man. I'm picking up a white Peugeot this weekend. Think I'm going to go with 27s too for a classic look.

ThimbleSmash

My Free Spirit SS conversion. Had the bike laying around the house for several years and got into cycling this year and wanted to learn the mechanics of a bike so I converted it. Almost done it, just gotta finish cleaning and lubing some parts and adding a front brake to better assist my stops. I know some might hate on the time and money I put into such a low grade bike but I was in it for the fun of learning, the bike is just kinda the by product.
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Oil_LOL

Good for you! Looks like it turned out great. Best to learn and **** up on a cheap bike than on an expensive bike. I'd rather ruin something I had anyway and wasn't putting to use than something I spent a month's pay on.

Dynamite77

I'm super new here, but my husband has converted a bike for me that had been sitting in a resistance trainer in our laundry room. It's not fixed but is single speed, work in progress. The bike was purchased from our city's police auction a few years ago, but when my husband brought it home he realized it was too small for him. He suggested it might be just right for me, but I was happy with my other bike. This one sort of scared me because I had never felt comfortable on a road bike or with those sort of handlebars. I hadn't thought much about the bike until last week when our youngest child wanted to ride his own bike to school, and not use the trail a bike. I didn't feel like taking the trail a bike off my regular bike so I decided then that it would be nice to have a second bike and I might just want to give the old road bike a whirl. One of the shifters on it was broken and I usually only use one gear anyhow so here we are. It's sort of a work in progress, but here is where we are at. Actually, it's a bit different today since we tracked down a half link for the chain so it could go on the 16 and have proper tension. It has vertical dropouts so thank goodness for the half link!



My husband made the handlebars for me, from the old set. I had a vision of what I wanted them to look like, but the bike shop near us had nothing even close to what I wanted so I had this idea. I googled my plan and lo and behold I'm not the first person to think it, so it must be reasonable. It worked out really well! We cut off a few inches from each end and flipped them upside down. They are way better than any bars we could have bought. He even had extra pink tape!

Nagrom_

holy gear ratio! massive.

You can order a spacer kit and clean up that back wheel, removing the unnecessary sprockets. You could also use a chain tensioner, no need for a half link.

I like the pink oddly.

Sixty Fiver

Looks like she is rocking a 52/26... ditto on the tensioner although removing the free wheel as this allows for some options in gearing where she can fined the right gear and then opt for an ss freewheel..

Dynamite77

Thank you! We do plan to get some blanks and clean up the rear wheel. When I took this picture I had to have it on an easier gear with a link added in, but since we got the half link yesterday we took out a link and put in the half and dropped it down to a smaller sprocket. I'm not sure what the gear ratio means, I can count the spikes on the sprockets and let you know.

eta: I have 53 on the front and 17 at the back. I may end up wanting to move to 16 at the back, but for around town this is fine for now. We might end up needing a tensioner, but I like the simplicity of the half link and it's giving just the right tension on this setup right now.

highonpez

That pink Trek conversion is awesome.

Winter76

Gear ratio is the ratio between the front and back gears. Basically at 53/17 your rear wheel turns 3.11 times for each time your feet go around. That means you'll be pedaling slow and it can add stress on your knees. Those are smaller wheels on there, they look like 650c so it could be a little easier to get going with such a high ration as opposed to a full sized 700c bike. Looks like you have a great husband!

Dynamite77

I just checked and they are full 700c tires. It doesn't feel like a difficult gear to me, getting going isn't an issue at all. Must be my small build and dynamite legs
It looks like you have a super cute baby, your wife must also be Dynamite

hmdns

my conversion...

xxxfattonyxxx

80's Chimo conversion

thenomad

My SS commuter Surly.

The Super Sport beater I commuted on for a while.
Figured i owed to to the Super Sport after I wasn't so nice to its twin I had earlier.