Condor to keep the Eagle company
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Condor to keep the Eagle company
Postby Minority » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:35 pm
The Condor will have to wait until I finish my first project, unknown frame with the Shimano 105 "Golden Arrow bits off the Condor. So far I have stripped and painted the frame and cleaned polshed and lubricated the brakes, crank and gears. Next i have to decide what to do with the wheels.
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Postby europa » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:48 pm
Velly nice
Richard
btw mate, you've hosted those pics in photobucket. Please go into your album and use the edit function to reduce the size to 'message board' 640x280 - that stops the page from scrolling over and saves some poor moderator some work fixing it
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Postby GaryF » Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:00 pm
I have just finished rambling on (in the stem thread) about removing the annodised finish on components and how hard it is to accomplish. Your 600 components look spectacular - it must have taken many hours to achieve that brilliant finish - your bike is going to be something else.
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Postby Minority » Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:16 pm
I'll know for next time1
BTW the colour is from the current Kia Rio, I fell in love with it the first time I saw it, and yes it did take a little while polishing the shiny bits with the buffing wheel and compound on the bench grinder!
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Postby McPete » Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:17 pm
I've actually been pondering doing a full restoration of it, make it last a while longer and make it look spiffy in the process... I'll ask questions when it's funded and given time.
EDIT: That crankset looks bloody familiar. I think you may have an old Apollo III frame there mate.
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Postby europa » Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:21 pm
That's okay mate. BTW, you can do it now and we'll be right You've only post links to photobucket, not the pictures themselves.Minority wrote:I'll know for next time1
Still reckon she's a stunning bike.
Richard
(everytime I admit defeat and accept TIG welded frames, someone posts a picture of lugs )
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Postby Minority » Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:34 pm
As far as the next step goes (the wheels), I have a set of 27 x 1.25 Ukai ally rims with large flange Shimano ally hubs that should look good. unfortunately the spokes are very poor cosmetically.
With 2 x 36 spokes at $1 each for stainless steel i don't know if I can justify the expense ( the original idea was to spend virtually nothing on the rebuild apart from my time and effort).
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Postby europa » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:35 am
My son's BMX had very rusted spokes. He just painted them with rust converter, which turned them all black. Sure, they wouldn't go with the job you've done on that frame, but in the short term, they look a lot better than rusty.
Richard
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Postby MichaelB » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:56 am
The green machine looks good as well. Hopefully mine will come up well.
Still waiting for the call to pick up the frame from getting powder coated
Spent a few minutes trying to clean up the stem on mine this weekend, but won't ghet that far to fully buffing. Just looking schmicker than what it was.
Interesting to see what you come up with on the wheels.
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Postby Birdman » Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:08 pm
Mitch.
Until next time...
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Postby Minority » Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:17 am
The paint is Acrylic in a spray can which is fine for a small area like a bike frame. The secret of course is in the preparation, strip all the old paint, rub down with progressively finer grades of wet & dry, clean with wax & grease remover and a tack rag, a couple of coats of primer, a couple of coats of colour and a couple of coats of clear coat.
Its not as tough as powdercoat or a professional two pack job but very satisfying if you get a nice result!
And I still like the colour on the Kia Rio!
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Postby MichaelB » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:32 am
You'll have it so shiny that you won't want to get it wet or dirty.
Looking good though.
I got mine powder-coated as I couldn't be arsed doing the prep work myself, as well as not having the time, facilities and patience.
Looking forward to seeing it run !!
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Postby triode12 » Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:34 pm
Did the powdercoaters know how to mask the frame properly?MichaelB wrote:Very keen on the polishing !!!
You'll have it so shiny that you won't want to get it wet or dirty.
Looking good though.
I got mine powder-coated as I couldn't be arsed doing the prep work myself, as well as not having the time, facilities and patience.
Looking forward to seeing it run !!
Or did you have to do it yourself?
Why take unnecessary risks? No matter how small they are...
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