You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!

[seddo]

Purchased this frame off a forumite about 12 months ago, it was already chromed - this is the finished product

https://velopaint.wordpress.com/portfol ... ue-gefsco/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


cheers
Richard

[find_bruce]

That looks just fabulous Richard

[munga]

nice one, seddo

[ldrcycles]

Fantastic work, very nice result .

[utedeej]

Purchased this frame off a forumite about 12 months ago, it was already chromed - this is the finished product

https://velopaint.wordpress.com/portfol ... ue-gefsco/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


cheers
Richard

Gonna look great finished Seddo - top paint job and love that changing colour.

[grantw]

beautful!

[munga]

1992 columbus el basso astra coming along. full 9s record with ventos. just waiting on chain, cables, pedals, tape.

[singlespeedscott]

That will look nice.

[seddo]

Nice basso - what tyres are you using

[munga]

they are vintage conti sport 1000's

[mitchj]

Hi all,
Now that I think I've got this picture posting thing sorted out, I thought I'd share my most recent re-build. Definitely nothing fancy, definitely not a showroom restoration or anything like that, just an old bike I picked up from a dump shop a while ago. It's a 1979 Custom Built Cycles "Medallion Series" mixte. It was in terrible condition, the chrome guards were unusable. I stripped it down, cleaned It up, & re-greased all the bearings. It needed a set of wheels, a seat, & new bar tape. I left the paintwork original because the decals are in quite good condition, considering it's 36 years old. It's also a pleasure to ride, having nice Suntour shifters & derailers..

[ldrcycles]

Good job .

Just make sure you know where your knees are in relation to the stem shifters if you are pedalling out of the saddle...

[mitchj]

Cheers Idrcycles - That picture is probably a bit deceiving! That vine post is about 5 ft tall, & it's an adult size bike. I'm probably more of a plodder too, so I don't tend to get out of the saddle much!

[open roader]

You Beauty!

My custom made quill stem from Winter Bicycles has finally arrived.....

Approx. 5 months from 'request' to delivery but hey, who's counting.... please don't ask how much $$$....

Now I can ride my Master with a 31.8mm clamp size heavy carbon fiber anatomic handlebar to soak up the high frequency vibrations that alloy and steel bars send straight through to my battered hands.

I didn't want to use a chunky ahead stem on a frameset with narrow tubing and 26mm carbon bars cost even more than the custom stem and Cinelli Neo Morphe bar combined so this was was best option. I think the quill stem tube size with a single lug before the clamp is a reasonable subtle step up to a 31.8mm diameter handlebar.

Whilst I was at it, I also updated the Athena 11 shifters to Ultratorque (painted Chorus 11) shifters. White brake levers and paddle shifters......... contentious........

[munga]

in the words of george takei: oh my!

[utedeej]

Quick, someone get me a cloth - drool dripping all over keyboard - can't talk proper and eyes blinded from shininess.

That stem is the ducks open roader

[kb]

Is that a new stem or is it just happy to be ridden?

[Mulger bill]

Oooohhhhh damn!

327/10 for style right there!

[elantra]

More details please! I know "the dollars" is classified info but that stem is truly a work of art, as long as it is as strong as it looks.

[singlespeedscott]

Why wouldn't it be strong?

[open roader]

More details please! I know "the dollars" is classified info but that stem is truly a work of art, as long as it is as strong as it looks.

Made by Eric Estlund who is the sole proprietor, chief engineer and floor sweeper at Winter Bicycles in Oregon USA.

It's made from steel tube as is the lug section - I trust Eric's selection of tubing, he is after all, a much celebrated and award winning West Coast bicycle builder. All fillet brazed, cleaned up, polished down and then chrome electroplated.

This is what it looked like prior to chrome plating :-

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22538785@ ... 1060349188

[Sharkey]

That is a very nice looking stem, as is the whole bike. Modern bikes just don't have enough shiny parts.

I like the built in bell mount too.

[grantw]

That is gorgeous. Great work

[seddo]

In words of my 16yr old OMGosh

[Ronnie75]

Hey everyone, Just wanted to post a pic of the old Clamont I bought off Gumtree today.
Does anyone have any info on these bikes that they could share with me ?
Greatly apprieciated