Apollophiles - The Apollo Appreciation Thread
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Postby singlespeedscott » Wed Mar 16, 2016 5:43 pm
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Postby Thurlo » Sun Mar 27, 2016 9:33 am
Rear derailleur was dangling from the chain. Front wheel missing.
Have stripped it back to what you can see in the picture now.
Next step is to find a socket thin enough to get the nut out from the cranks.
Just a quick question as I am very curious as to the weird brackets and the bottom of the forks. What are they from/what is the idea for these?
Thank you!
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Postby grantw » Sun Mar 27, 2016 3:23 pm
You'll want a cotterless crank extractor tool to undo the crank nuts and to pull them off the bottom bracket axle. It's a pita otherwise.
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Postby ironhanglider » Wed Apr 27, 2016 9:35 pm
PM me if you want the bloke's contact no or eBay seller ID.
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Postby Rob74 » Sun May 01, 2016 10:40 am
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Re: Apollophiles - The Apollo Appreciation Thread
Postby koshari » Wed May 18, 2016 12:39 pm
got a lot of bikes to source some mid school BMXs to build a bike for the granddaughter and it happened to be among them.
here it is waiting for some tires..
love the paintwork.
time and priority atm taken up by the BMXs , learning about gyro brakes and u brakes atm to sort the bmx out then will give the Vitesse a bit of attention and put a few Kms on it.
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Postby a-frame81 » Fri May 20, 2016 3:50 pm
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Postby koshari » Fri May 20, 2016 4:21 pm
yes i remember commenting that i really liked the original paint scheme on yours, now i have one of my owna-frame81 wrote:Wow Koshari! That's pretty much exactly what mine looked like before I stripped it back and rebuilt it.
I dont have to covet thy neighbors vitesse now.
was showing a bloke i work with it, he said, "what are you gonna do with it" Ride it i replied.
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Postby koshari » Wed May 25, 2016 3:36 pm
http://www.strava.com/activities/587150057
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Postby eldavo » Tue Jun 28, 2016 12:16 am
New old stock frame built up, My googlefu has failed to get any further info.
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Postby koshari » Wed Jun 29, 2016 10:58 pm
Vitesse now with tires,
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Postby koshari » Thu Jun 30, 2016 1:37 pm
firstly i ride with seats a lot lower than level, but that seat has a lot of foam on the lower/skinny region which meant that i had to adjust it lower again than i normally would,eldavo wrote:Is that regulation seat angle?
indeed, actually ordered some last night, interesting colour that, i suspect its right on the green/blue boundary, its sometimes called aqua and sometimes celeste, the tires colour was called baby blue! go figure? or maybe iam just colourblind.I am hoping to see a celeste bar tape...
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Postby eldavo » Thu Jun 30, 2016 1:55 pm
Just poking fun, the classic FB group had a grumble about modern downward angled seat trend.koshari wrote:firstly i ride with seats a lot lower than level, but that seat has a lot of foam on the lower/skinny region which meant that i had to adjust it lower again than i normally would,eldavo wrote:Is that regulation seat angle?
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Postby koshari » Thu Jun 30, 2016 2:18 pm
cheers ,eldavo wrote:Just poking fun, the classic FB group had a grumble about modern downward angled seat trend.koshari wrote:firstly i ride with seats a lot lower than level, but that seat has a lot of foam on the lower/skinny region which meant that i had to adjust it lower again than i normally would,eldavo wrote:Is that regulation seat angle?
well as much as i have tried level seats, 20mins into the ride the crown jewels go numb.
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Postby eldavo » Thu Jun 30, 2016 2:27 pm
For upright ergos my seat is probably level.
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Postby uart » Thu Jun 30, 2016 4:12 pm
BTW. I still prefer to have my saddles level.
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Postby a-frame81 » Wed Jul 20, 2016 4:43 pm
Seeing those tyres kind of makes me wish I kept the original colour. I still like my silver though. I'm still trying to decide whether to get new decals made up though.koshari wrote:
Vitesse now with tires,
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Postby koshari » Wed Jul 20, 2016 5:37 pm
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Apollo I
Postby hugemutha » Tue Oct 25, 2016 9:26 pm
I am so glad I stumbled upon this group, I recently purchased a 12-speed Apollo I which I want to restore for the Strada Bianchi Fondo in Tuscany in 2018.
The bike needs rust removal and a respray before being restored and I was wondering where I could obtain a decal set.
There is also an issue with the down tube shifters which have been replaced with plastic Shimano STi shifters - I need to replace these with metal units.
Where can I find the original build and component specs for this model? Google is becoming increasingly cluttered with vendors jockying for position on the top of page one and this is affecting searches in a bad way.
What do you know about this model and where it fits in the pecking order of Apollo bikes?
Any help will be appreciated.
Eugene
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