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

[Wezz]

Thanks Gary.

Mark, I filed down the original rings on the top of the top tube and smoothed them over. I then drilled into the side of the top tube ( yes, i drilled a SLX frame) and then araldited on the routers.

[Stovepipe]

this is my girly ss shopping bike. I just wanted something i could easily jump on in thongs or whatever and zip down to get the groceries with. the seat while looking comfy at first, makes pedalling a f#%^^ing pain in the ass, so an old brooks i have will be swapped on soon. and also a wooden wine crate once my semilier friend hooks me up with one to replace the stupid milk crate

[drubie]

Which I'm pretty sure is a Malvern Star "Superstar" - all stamped steel dropouts and gas pipe frame. The parts are a build kit from a broken Apollo III, with a set of dia-compe bar ends instead of downtube clamp-ons.


As you can see, it's in mock up stage at the moment so I can check everything fits. I was going to put some Weinmann 500 brakes on it but it appears the set I have are for 700c rather than 27" so wouldn't fit.

Frame was bare but painted when I got it - it's pretty woeful but it'll make a rideable commuter I think.

[Stovepipe]

^ you sir, need to clean up

[drubie]

^ you sir, need to clean up

Heh - my problem is the wife had a clean up that involved picking up all the junk from the house and "cleaning it up" right into my shed.

[Saro28]

^ you sir, need to clean up

it's a work site, construction zone, it's work in progress, enter site with appropiate PPSE. If ya can't stand the mess then stay outta the shed

[brokenbus]

^ you sir, need to clean up

Heh - my problem is the wife had a clean up that involved picking up all the junk from the house and "cleaning it up" right into my shed.

Is the bin not in or next to the shed- keep that junk moving.

[drubie]

Here I was expecting a long list of comments saying "do not waste any time on that malvern star" and it's the shed that comes in for criticism

I'm thinking about fitting Di2 to the Superstar, with carbon bars and Zipp 404s if I can find brakes with long enough reach, although I'm not sure how to mount the battery. Anybody mounted a Di2 battery to a hi-ten frame? Duct tape?

[brokenbus]

WHAT - You are putting fishing gear on it????

[drubie]

WHAT - You are putting fishing gear on it????

Yeah, I thought the Suntour Vx-S gear was a little upmarket.

[BLU_FZ!]

Just completed this,then onto this Casati Monza.In poor condition and lived in a shed for the past 15yrs.105 groupset.

[drubie]

neato

Mavic Open 4CDs on that Casati BLU_FZ?

[GaryF]

Love the handlebars on the Casati.

[BLU_FZ!]

neato

Mavic Open 4CDs on that Casati BLU_FZ?

Yep,whats special about them? i had a guy contact me from the UK wanting to buy them.Imo,Just a French rim with a Jap gutz

[munga]

nothing special per se, but they're good rims. you can still find them for about $60 a piece

[BLU_FZ!]

nothing special per se, but they're good rims. you can still find them for about $60 a piece

I would have thought that there were more wheels available in Eu than Au,,,silly poms but he did mention knowone wants to split a pair up.....and neither do i

[drubie]

nothing special per se, but they're good rims. you can still find them for about $60 a piece

I would have thought that there were more wheels available in Eu than Au,,,silly poms but he did mention knowone wants to split a pair up.....and neither do i

I think what's happened is they're good period late eighties / early nineties rims and idjits like me (with a bike of that period) want to match up a set cos they've got one. Special? Probably because they were highly regarded training rims back then I suppose. Attrition probably accounts for lots of odd sets.

If Munga knows where I can get a 32 hole rim I'm still in the market for one to make up a front wheel for my elan. If it was already laced up to a campag hub I'm in awesome land.

[silentbutdeadly]

If Munga knows where I can get a 32 hole rim I'm still in the market for one to make up a front wheel for my elan. If it was already laced up to a campag hub I'm in awesome land.

Jenson has the Mavic Open Pro rim in 32H black... http://www.jensonusa.com/store/product/ ... o+Rim.aspx but shipping will tear you a new one.

Try asking the lads at Cecil Walker http://www.cecilwalker.com.au/category105_1.htm

[munga]

i have no secret supplier of 4cd's drubie, but if i hear of any 32h i will send details your way. i have seen them on matuzmaster for usd$60 each, plus shipping.
what about a 28h? too lightweight for j00?

[drubie]

28 would work munga as long as I can find a campy hub from 89 to 94 or so that matches the 8 speed back one

[rebilda]

[BLU_FZ!]

Grabbed this today from one of the members,chucked on a set of Mavic rims for the pic,going to use the wheels from my busted arse Trek 2300,Boty Race Lites.Its in good enough nick not to spend money on and just ride and enjoy.When i get the urge to fiddle i will swap everthing out for the Treks Ultegra stuff

[drubie]

(sweet paino)

Rebilda - did you do the reproduction "cycles ultima" decals or did you manage to buy new ones?

[cray-]

Rebilda: nice ride, I just learnt about this particular mark care of Cycle Exif, thought others might be interested, here's the link. Great blog if you're not familiar with it. Well jealous of the bike.

[rebilda]

Rebilda - did you do the reproduction "cycles ultima" decals or did you manage to buy new ones?

Bit of a story there.
We carefully removed some of the decals and took photos of the downtube "paino" decals. My brother works in Graphic Design & repoduction, so he produced the artwork for new decals to be made up.
After a lot of chasing around and some outrageous quotes, Greg at Cyclomondo ended up producing the new decals at a great price. He now has the artwork so anyone else resoring a Paino, can get their hands on this decal set for about $50.

You will notice Justin Fox's Paino is now sporting these decals