Repco Appreciation Society
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Re: Repco Appreciation Society
Postby singlespeedscott » Sat Aug 17, 2013 8:08 am
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Re: Repco Appreciation Society
Postby LugNut » Tue Aug 20, 2013 2:21 am
Love that bike. Might have already said that somewhere.vanbree wrote:Thanks to mr hotfoots repco catalogues I now know the true identity of my mt bike.It's a 85 -86 repco sierra
An update on my Superlite, it's still going strong - The mudguards gave me the fits, I could never stop them from rubbing and I found they vibrated at speed and generally were flimsy and detracted from an otherwise nice riding experience. I Had a run of annoying flats, and when I built my 26" commuter I poached the cassette and chain from the Repco, and that was that.
As of next week, it is re-incarnated with 8 Speed Deore XT trigger shifters, the mud guards and tyres are gone, upgraded to Shimano 600 road cranks and a Deore LX 9 speed rear derailleur.
I will be giving it to my brother for his 18th Birthday in the hope that he will ride to uni next year.
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Re: Repco Appreciation Society
Postby singlespeedscott » Tue Aug 20, 2013 8:47 pm
Nice present.LugNut wrote: As of next week, it is re-incarnated with 8 Speed Deore XT trigger shifters, the mud guards and tyres are gone, upgraded to Shimano 600 road cranks and a Deore LX 9 speed rear derailleur.
I will be giving it to my brother for his 18th Birthday in the hope that he will ride to uni next year.
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Re: Repco Appreciation Society
Postby Dan » Tue Aug 20, 2013 8:54 pm
+1 and +1singlespeedscott wrote:Nice present.LugNut wrote: As of next week, it is re-incarnated with 8 Speed Deore XT trigger shifters, the mud guards and tyres are gone, upgraded to Shimano 600 road cranks and a Deore LX 9 speed rear derailleur.
I will be giving it to my brother for his 18th Birthday in the hope that he will ride to uni next year.
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Re: Repco Appreciation Society
Postby Steve F » Tue Aug 27, 2013 9:32 pm
Cheers
Steve
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Re: Repco Appreciation Society
Postby munga » Tue Aug 27, 2013 9:48 pm
hack away!
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Re: Repco Appreciation Society
Postby Steve F » Tue Aug 27, 2013 9:51 pm
Cheers
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Re: Repco Appreciation Society
Postby LugNut » Wed Aug 28, 2013 1:32 am
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Re: Repco Appreciation Society
Postby Mr.Hotfoot » Sun Sep 01, 2013 6:40 pm
vanbree wrote:Thanks to mr hotfoots repco catalogues I now know the true identity of my mt bike.It's a 85 -86 repco sierra
001 by adrianvanbreemen, on Flickr
003 by adrianvanbreemen, on Flickr
002 by adrianvanbreemen, on Flickr
This is why I'm posting them
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Re: Victory Tri-A all black frame.
Postby retrorepco » Tue Sep 03, 2013 10:10 am
Cheers Munga,
mate, if the decals are in good nick, and you dig the style keep it original. you can always put the original parts in a box and update with ultegra 10speed or whatever. your frame is when vic tri a went from being a very good quality frameset, to something not much better than a basic superlite. personally i don't rate the later frames as much as the pre-87 frames.
Yeh I am going to keep frame/decals/cables original. Only found 1 other black frame pink cables tri-a, which is/was owned by a guy recently on this forum too.
Will leave the suntor edge 4050 stuff on it for now, it still works fine. Replacing wires, cassette, chain and stem tape.
Looking at finding some nice period correct Araya 700c rims with good tyres and getting front/rear hub serviced.
From what I can see,what others have posted and the catalogues the Pecking order.... vertex/medalist?>euro tri-a>victory tri-a>olympic-12>superlite. What do you guys think? Friend has a superlite and an olympic 12. All nice bikes, ride nice for their age. Superlite did feel much heavier than my victory or the olympic-12.
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Re: Repco Appreciation Society
Postby cray- » Tue Sep 03, 2013 10:31 am
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Re: Repco Appreciation Society
Postby aidoatn » Mon Sep 09, 2013 1:49 am
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Re: Repco Appreciation Society
Postby cray- » Mon Sep 09, 2013 1:05 pm
http://stores.ebay.com.au/Cyclomondo" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
No Repco decals on the site, not sure how up to date it is. Many people have asked about them in this thread, maybe no one has bitten the bullet to get them done? At $50+ they'd be worth more than many of the bikes in need of them. From all accounts quality is top notch though.
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Re: Repco Appreciation Society
Postby aidoatn » Tue Sep 10, 2013 1:34 am
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Re: Repco Appreciation Society
Postby gbyzh » Wed Sep 11, 2013 1:49 pm
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Re: Repco Appreciation Society
Postby munga » Wed Sep 11, 2013 7:56 pm
5/6/7 speed chain.
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Re: Repco Appreciation Society
Postby munga » Wed Sep 11, 2013 7:57 pm
count the links on your existing chain.
make new chain same length.
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Re: Repco Appreciation Society
Postby ldrcycles » Sun Sep 22, 2013 7:23 am
Do K Mart stores in Bris still have chains? Maroochydore one doesn't anymore .munga wrote:bike shop, big w or kmart.
5/6/7 speed chain.
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Re: Repco Appreciation Society
Postby william.olive » Sun Sep 22, 2013 11:21 am
Shimano HG40 chain from LBS, Wiggle, chainreaction, cell bikes etc. I'd recommend a KMC chain joiner too as I find the Shimano joiner in their HG40 chains impossible to use, although others seem to think they're OK. The KMC joiners say not to re-use them, but I take my chains off to clean and re-use the joiners with no problem, can't really see why they say not to.gbyzh wrote:Looking at replacing the chain off my old Traveller which has a 10 speed (2x5) gear set up. How do I know which chain I need? Can I can just pull one off the shelf, or do I need a specific one?
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Re: Repco Appreciation Society
Postby Dan » Sun Sep 22, 2013 7:16 pm
To get you to buy more chain joiners.william.olive wrote: The KMC joiners say not to re-use them, but I take my chains off to clean and re-use the joiners with no problem, can't really see why the say not to.
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Re: Repco Appreciation Society
Postby retrorepco » Thu Oct 03, 2013 1:43 pm
Actually the frame was mint, was going to turn it into a fixie-maybe next time.
The Victory TRI-A is stripped, I rebuilt bottom bracket, headset,hubs.
In the mail are superbe/ superbe pro derailleurs, cranks,levers, still need superbe/superbe pro pedals, braze on downtube friction shifters and front+rear calipers. Also need a genuine suntour freewheel, this generic one I have looks cheap and nasty.
Pink brake cables are gone Edge 4050 groupset is gone.
Going for all black frame, (keep the original decals) black bar tape, black cables, with all components polished silver, it is after all only crmo 4130 frame and fork-but i enjoy it.
On a sidenote I found a Sanyo Dynapower for $5 http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Dynapower-bi ... true&rt=nc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Anyone know anything about these? I'm going to test it out and get it to work, but not sure If i'l mount it on the TRI-A. It was made in 1985 so it fits the retro scene.
Any feedback/suggestions/ideas are more than welcome.
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Re: Repco Appreciation Society
Postby rkelsen » Thu Oct 03, 2013 2:08 pm
You stole it for that price. Well done.
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Re: Repco Appreciation Society
Postby ldrcycles » Thu Oct 03, 2013 3:58 pm
retrorepco wrote:
On a sidenote I found a Sanyo Dynapower for $5 http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Dynapower-bi ... true&rt=nc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I've got one of those sets in the shed, got it off a National Matsushita. Unfortunately mine doesn't appear to be producing any juice but when I get a chance i'll have my sparky colleague take a squiz.
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Re: Repco Appreciation Society
Postby retrorepco » Thu Oct 03, 2013 5:23 pm
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/251350473052 ... 1423.l2649" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
haha could mount a mid 1920s carbide lamp for the pre retro look. I'm joking....but seriously Imagine an old early 1900s bike with a carbide lamp o the front, take a picture of the bike in front of an old prison like the Fremantle Prison. Would suit the part quite well i think.
Bike parts just delivered by the mail man, spending the afternoon cleaning mounting and testing suntour superbe bits Christmas has come early.
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Re: Repco Appreciation Society
Postby ldrcycles » Thu Oct 03, 2013 6:59 pm
That dynamo is identical to the one I've got, I can't imagine it would be too difficult to get it going again, they aren't all the complicated after all. What I will be doing when I get round to it is getting a bottle dynamo and lights for my 1954 Healing, to replace the rusted out originals, new ones from china or india are online for a pittance but you would have to wonder how long they would work for, if at all.
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