Viner and Europa rebuilds - two on the go!
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 1:45 pm
So - after buying the Viner from vaeske and loving it, picking up a Europa from El Brado and loving it, buying the tamari as a ready to build frameset and dropping a few on Erle's Kotter (welcome back, welcome back, welcome back), its time to restore the Viner and the Europa. Heresy, I hear you say, however the Viner needs a restoration to keep it in a good condition into the future. I'd call it conservation, as opposed to preservation.
Details as follows:
Viner
8 speed campagnolo group, to shimano cassette using a Wheels Mfg Shift-8 spacer kit. I'm really interested to see how this works.
Grey with yellow decals - standard issue colour from the early 80s. Decals sourced from Greg (cyclomondo).
Europa
7 speed DT shifting Shimano 600 group - to keep Wal happy
Teal with a chrome fork (was lurking under respray #3) - after seeing Chris' thread on his pearl cannondale I considered pearl for a second, but decided against it. Decals also from cyclomondo.
I've effectively sorted out the build details for each build, and am waiting on a number of parts from the UK, Netherlands and Spain. 95% of it is here though, and good to go. Plan is to get the frames stripped, painted, decal-led and clear coated, then left to cure for 6 weeks while I'm away in Germany on holiday (and looking for frames). I'll update you on the details in future posts.
Until then, photos....
Viner - As bought and in present form
Europa as bought
Oh, and a bit of stripping and polishing this morning resulted in this....
Details as follows:
Viner
8 speed campagnolo group, to shimano cassette using a Wheels Mfg Shift-8 spacer kit. I'm really interested to see how this works.
Grey with yellow decals - standard issue colour from the early 80s. Decals sourced from Greg (cyclomondo).
Europa
7 speed DT shifting Shimano 600 group - to keep Wal happy
Teal with a chrome fork (was lurking under respray #3) - after seeing Chris' thread on his pearl cannondale I considered pearl for a second, but decided against it. Decals also from cyclomondo.
I've effectively sorted out the build details for each build, and am waiting on a number of parts from the UK, Netherlands and Spain. 95% of it is here though, and good to go. Plan is to get the frames stripped, painted, decal-led and clear coated, then left to cure for 6 weeks while I'm away in Germany on holiday (and looking for frames). I'll update you on the details in future posts.
Until then, photos....
Viner - As bought and in present form
Europa as bought
Oh, and a bit of stripping and polishing this morning resulted in this....