Malvern Star Appreciation Society
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Re: Malvern Star Appreciation Society
Postby funnybike » Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:45 pm
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Re: Malvern Star Appreciation Society
Postby Cossie Phil » Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:56 pm
Some period pics that Im pretty sure both are early Malvern Star track bikes....
The first one was taken at the old Canterbury velodrome in Charles St. Im not sure exactly what context this pic comes from, advertisement, scrap book etc as I havent seen the original yet.
This second pic was taken on tour in the US in 1927 with the Fitzgeralds and Harold Smith, this pic was taken at Revere Beach Cycle Track in Boston. Im pretty sure it is a Malvern based on his early career sponsorship being with Malvern Star, later years he rode for Carbine.
My copies of these pics are better quality, hopefully I can get hold of a better scanner to update these copies.
It would be great to hear the thoughts of you guys as to exactly what bike, model etc if it can be known from these pics.
Cheers,
Phil.
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Re: Malvern Star Appreciation Society
Postby elantra » Fri Jun 29, 2012 8:01 am
Mt Coot-tha, Queensland
Ignore the classy aluminium bike on the left.
The Western Freeway is visible in the distance, (but the XXXX Milton Brewery is obscured from view in this aspect)
The bike -Gone is the bar end shifters - replaced by downtube indexed levers, sourced from a forum member.
This enables me to use my Zefal rear vision mirror, which i love.
The rear wheel is one that i got from LBS a few years ago and has had some thinner lock nuts put on the axle to make it fit between the dropouts.
This measurement is 120 mm, which suggests that the bike is older than i first thought, probably circa 1977.
There is a mysterious brand 7 speed cluster on the wheel, it works surprisingly well but not perfectly with the Shimano 6 speed indexing.
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Re: Malvern Star Appreciation Society
Postby dubrat » Sat Jun 30, 2012 11:53 am
Oh and I have just picked up 2 x five star tracks one is a fully chromed mid 60's and the other is a luggless mid 40's
I will get so pics up soon
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Re: Malvern Star Appreciation Society
Postby sworks roubaix » Sat Jun 30, 2012 3:46 pm
Hi,ldrcycles wrote:I can't believe this thread hasn't been posted already! To kick things off, does anyone know anything about a Double XX? I picked one up the other day with a full 1979 600 arabesque group. The rear half of the stays is chromed, and it has a sticker on the seat tube saying double butted hi tensile steel (isn't that an oxymoron? ).
I also have an 80s Sprint 12 which is very low end (Shimano RS rear derailleur) but i still want to restore it for some reason.
What would you like to know about the double XX?, I bought one in October 1979 and still have it, I can tell you it came with full shimano 600 "arabesque", Araya rims, SR head and seat stems, Sakae bars, not the lightest bike, but well made and equiped, looked very smart in 1979. colour was called "coffee" and cost me $306,
I restored it a couple of years ago
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Re: Malvern Star Appreciation Society
Postby Rob74 » Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:27 pm
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Malvern-Star ... 20c70ff7f6
Add states "frame was built to commemorate the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games. "
What components did it come with originally?
Rob.
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Re: Malvern Star Appreciation Society
Postby munga » Sun Jul 01, 2012 6:02 pm
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Re: Malvern Star Appreciation Society
Postby hazmat5765 » Sun Jul 01, 2012 7:11 pm
Very nice! It would probably be too small for me but I am envious. I can remember them brand new in '74.sworks roubaix wrote: Hi,
What would you like to know about the double XX?, I bought one in October 1979 and still have it.
I restored it a couple of years ago
Rob
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Re: Malvern Star Appreciation Society
Postby elantra » Tue Jul 03, 2012 2:01 pm
Yes that one looks as good as new.hazmat5765 wrote:Very nice! It would probably be too small for me but I am envious. I can remember them brand new in '74.sworks roubaix wrote: Hi,
What would you like to know about the double XX?, I bought one in October 1979 and still have it.
I restored it a couple of years ago
Rob
I had never even heard of a XX until i purchased one at a garage sale last year.
Mine came with bar-end shifters and the frame looks to be a slightly deeper coffee brown colour, which i love.
I still have the SR seatpost and stem at home but i had to replace them to get sufficient leg length.
Those days seatposts much shorter than they are today !
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Re: Malvern Star Appreciation Society
Postby dubrat » Fri Jul 06, 2012 11:12 am
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Re: Malvern Star Appreciation Society
Postby peteGS » Sun Jul 08, 2012 8:33 am
Need to find 28 inch wheels, a proper hub, brakes, seat. etc.
I won't be making pushies galore even though I'd probably find something there as it conflicts with the Laverda show.
I'm hoping to find what paint scheme and decals were on them new so I can restore it to somewhere near what it would've been from the factory.
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Re: Malvern Star Appreciation Society
Postby Johnbright » Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:42 pm
Cheers, John
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Re: Malvern Star Appreciation Society
Postby dubrat » Sat Jul 14, 2012 8:39 am
Any help at all would be great
Adrian
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Re: Malvern Star Appreciation Society
Postby bicyclepassion » Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:48 am
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Re: Malvern Star Appreciation Society
Postby harcs » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:20 pm
May I take this opertunity to thank Warren Meade for all his great advice and bits and pieces.
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Postby harcs » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:36 pm
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Re: Malvern Star Appreciation Society
Postby cray- » Wed Jul 25, 2012 2:08 pm
The frame was originally a nice bright blue but for some reason it has copped a partial re-spray with a pale metalic blue. The above photo is from 3 years ago when I collected it, I think I binned the heavy pressed steel cranks when I stripped it right down for storage. Bit of a shame since I'm now running some Sugino RT's with drillium rings (still wating on bolts to switch it to a single ring) which are too good for the rest of the bike and I'd hate to see them disappear.
Had a bit of an issue with the brakes, tried fitting a pair of Dia-Compe 500 sidepulls and they didn't even come close to reaching the rims. I have the same callipers on my Nishiki and they're fine, not even at the bottom of their reach. Both bikes are running 700c rims, I guess the cheapo Malvern Star just has bigger clearances for mudguards and whatnot. I've ordered a pair of these 57-75mm Dia-Compe MX806's, hopefully they fit, I measured approx 75mm from centre of the bolt to centre of the rim. Then I decided that I didn't want to use the wobbly old non-aero levers which were missing their hoods anyway and grabbed a pair of NOS Dia-Compe BL-07 levers with hoods from the UK.
Here is the current state of it. Wheels are some well used Mavic Open 4CDs with 105 hubs (I think) and a cheapo SS conversion with spacers. Seat is rubbish, the older style that cinches up with a single bolt and I can't get it to stay put no matter how much I crank it up. I have a spare Selle Italia Q Flow but I fear it is far too desirable and may appeal to someone with light fingers. Might see if BigW/Kmart have anything on rails for under $20. The bars are heavy steelos donated by Nickobec, I believe they came off another verge collection parts donor. I guess if I end up with a bunch of half decent components on a rubbish frame, maybe I'll look for something more worthy and swap them all out.
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Re: Malvern Star Appreciation Society
Postby peteGS » Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:43 pm
You can clearly see not only are the forks not genuine items, but they're designed for 27" wheels as they have the mudguard mounting all messed up and are causing it to impact on the front of the head of the motor.
Anyone have any leads on forks and brakes? 32 hole front, 40 hole rear drum brakes are what I'm looking for. As for forks, while I'd love to find some suitable girder forks I think just some appropriate MV ones actually designed for 28" wheels will be the easiest (haha) answer...
eBay is *not* being my friend lately except for the wheels/guards...
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Re: Malvern Star Appreciation Society
Postby morini » Fri Aug 03, 2012 5:01 pm
Cheers
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Re: Malvern Star Appreciation Society
Postby peteGS » Fri Aug 03, 2012 9:43 pm
Hey mate, yep it sure is, a 1949 T2.morini wrote:Is that engine a Ducati Cucciolo?
Cheers
It's the reason for the whole Malvern Star restoration... I'm trying to restore both and keep them authentic to the era.
I'm very keen to get this done and this is my first attempt at a true vintage restoration.
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Re: Malvern Star Appreciation Society
Postby koen » Sat Aug 04, 2012 3:01 pm
Man, that makes a mess
If I could take a picture to adequately display the results I would have but you'll have to use your imagination.
Thankfully nothing important was close by and now my cordless drill will be easy to identify on job sites.
Take care drilling holes in pressure cans (who'd have thunk!)
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Re: Malvern Star Appreciation Society
Postby koen » Sat Aug 04, 2012 5:21 pm
thankfully only the hand copped it
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Re: Malvern Star Appreciation Society
Postby Clydesdale Scot » Sat Aug 04, 2012 6:20 pm
koen wrote: thankfully only the hand copped it
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Re: Malvern Star Appreciation Society
Postby morini » Sat Aug 04, 2012 6:56 pm
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