You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!
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Postby BRLVR.v2 » Wed Oct 31, 2012 5:09 pm
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Postby Skeez » Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:01 pm
I have a Ricardo vivaSport fixie. Had the bike laying around at my house, decided to fix and and got addicted to fixie rush.
Then I found a crack in the frame so I have just bought a Shimano Aero Frame.
I have no idea who made the frame, buts it has Shimano Aero stickers on it, seems to be late 70's, it still has the old style crank arms.
Im going to clean it up a bit more before I post a pic, Im looking to make this bike fixie too but Im afraid of destroying a collectable/decent bike just to thrash around town on.
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Re: You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!
Postby ldrcycles » Thu Nov 01, 2012 8:51 am
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Re: You beauty - let everyone see what you've got!
Postby Joe » Thu Nov 01, 2012 1:54 pm
Thanks everyone for the feedback - it was great to borrow your expertise. So I get the situation - good parts, junk frame. I'm not too disappointed I suppose as clearly that wheel gap was going to create an issue (I'm surprised the owner that upgraded it with this level of gear tolerated it).grantw wrote:Strada 10's weren't known for their lightness and were pretty ordinary bikes for the time. As I remember they did have a huge gap around between the wheels and frame - they shipped with those silly small mudguards - and had head stem mounted gear levers and suicide brake levers with wobbly and weak sidepull brakes. I would be taking the nicer parts off it and looking for another frame. As it stands the superbe brakes, the arabesque levers and the sugino triple crank are a good start.
So what sorts of frames would be 'worthy' of the parts? BTW - I pulled off the bar tape and the handlebars. They are really scratched but I can make out 'Alps Industrial Company' on the logo. They are aluminium - weigh 200g. Also, are you sure they are arabesque levers (there wasn't a clear pic of them, but I've added one below)? They look like plain ones to me.
Just as an aside, I picked up another frame with this bike (along with yet another that would make a good boat anchor). It's a Morrison (I'm sure this guy was a Kiwi, tossing out a Morrison and an Avanti on the same day). After having a look it's probably even lower spec than the Avanti, and I'm pretty sure the chainstays are bent (see pics) unless this is a very quirky design feature. Seems suitable for the next council clean-up - anyone disagree? Came with Suntour stem shifters and dia-compe brakes.
So this all leaves me with a bit of a problem. It would seem that if I get a frame of a similar level as these parts, then I will have a 'mongrel', albeit a nice one. This wouldn't worry me too much as I am initially looking to just ride the thing, but I'm sure it would then have no resale value (purist would be looking for original equipment and to others it would just be an old bike). Also, I don't really have any spare time to be tinkering endlessly in the shed (in fact, I don't even have a shed). So I'm wondering whether I'd just be better off selling the nice bits to put toward a complete bike (either something of this vintage or maybe 90's).
Any advice welcome, also I'd be interested to hear if anyone has a decent frame they want to sell or if there is interest in the parts.
Thanks
Joe
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Postby silentbutdeadly » Thu Nov 01, 2012 2:42 pm
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Postby grantw » Thu Nov 01, 2012 3:17 pm
My bad, I got confused with the photos of the other black bike over in the Paconi thread. It has arabesque levers, those are later models and are very serviceable.Joe wrote:
Also, are you sure they are arabesque levers (there wasn't a clear pic of them, but I've added one below)? They look like plain ones to me.
As for worthy frames? Keep an eye out from frames with Reynolds tubes, or Tange double butted stuff, - better quality frames ususally have cast dropouts as opposed to pressed ones and brazeon cable guides.
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Postby Joe » Thu Nov 01, 2012 4:10 pm
Here are some more pics.silentbutdeadly wrote:The stays aren't bent. It has been stamped in order to allow for the chainset to occupy the space...same goes for the inside except this is for the wheels. Tight clearances...might be OK. Need more pics!
I haven't weighed it but I'm guessing it's around 3+kg with forks and BB installed.
Thanks
Joe
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Postby ldrcycles » Thu Nov 01, 2012 4:29 pm
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Postby Skeez » Thu Nov 01, 2012 5:49 pm
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I cant find any serial number or stamp on it, except for a love heart under the bottom bracket.
Some flicking around on the net says it might be Tange frame with all the Shimano trimmings?
Has Sakae bars and Tourney brakes.
Heres my other two oldies
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Postby BRLVR.v2 » Thu Nov 01, 2012 5:57 pm
Saw that recently on Gumtree/ebay??Skeez wrote:
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I cant find any serial number or stamp on it, except for a love heart under the bottom bracket.
Some flicking around on the net says it might be Tange frame with all the Shimano trimmings?
Has Sakae bars and Tourney brakes.
It's low end POS Clunker frame. Not one of the rarer Aero bikes you see from time to time on the net.
The one in this link is the real deal http://vintagewheeler.blogspot.com.au/2 ... de-in.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; unfortunately yours is not one of those.
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Postby Skeez » Thu Nov 01, 2012 6:23 pm
$25 bucks ride away, still the most ive paid for a bike in a while but im happy with that.
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Postby ldrcycles » Thu Nov 01, 2012 7:51 pm
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Postby Wal42 » Thu Nov 01, 2012 8:37 pm
I've got a Repco Vantage & a Malvern Star Kenetic, both touring bikes, both pretty plain & 'nothing' bikes, but I use both to commute, both pretty reliable, both would owe me less than $400, both are ready to do the daily commute on any day, if I got run over or if someone nicked either, I'm not down too much. They've both provided fairly cheap & fairly reliable transport. You don't have to spend a million bucks, those early touring models are pretty un-attractive to the local bike thief's & usually fairly comfy to ride.
Just another twist on the theme, if it ain't broke or bent then it may be worth a little effort, never know, have a bit of fun with it, give it a little love & some elbow grease, when/if you tire of it you can stick it up on eblag & may make a shekel or 2 profit.
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Postby frailer5 » Fri Nov 02, 2012 9:59 am
Ricardo Elite, '87 Keith Davis/Pegasus, '92 Team Miyata Ti.
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Postby humanbeing » Sun Nov 04, 2012 8:51 pm
Jim Bundy Reynolds 531 57.5 seat tube
Athena 11 speed Ultra Torque
Chorus levers
Ambrosio Excellence rims
Chorus hubs
Veloflex Master 23 tyres
Record headset
Cinelli 1A stem
Cinelli Giro D'italia bars
C Record seat post
Brooks Team Professional Seat
Brooks leather bar tape
Elite bidon cages
Looking forward to long rides,
Peter
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Postby munga » Sun Nov 04, 2012 9:01 pm
no doubt. sheeza beauty! building a nice stable there, mate!humanbeing wrote:
Jim Bundy Reynolds 531
Looking forward to long rides,
Peter
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Postby humanbeing » Sun Nov 04, 2012 9:19 pm
Ta, anyone want to buy a 2009 BMC Streetfire - one in one outmunga wrote:no doubt. sheeza beauty! building a nice stable there, mate!humanbeing wrote:
Jim Bundy Reynolds 531
Looking forward to long rides,
Peter
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Postby singlespeedscott » Sun Nov 04, 2012 10:34 pm
Great build! I've got something very similar planned. Once I find the right frame.humanbeing wrote:
Jim Bundy Reynolds 531 57.5 seat tube
Athena 11 speed Ultra Torque
Chorus levers
Amrrosio Excellence rims
Chorus hubs
Veloflex Master 23 tyres
Record headset
Cinelli 1A stem
Cinelli Giro D'italia bars
C Record seat post
Brooks Team Professional Seat
Brooks leather bar tape
Elite bidon cages
Looking forward to long rides,
Peter
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Postby humanbeing » Mon Nov 05, 2012 8:54 pm
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Postby BRLVR.v2 » Mon Nov 05, 2012 8:58 pm
Stop teasinghumanbeing wrote:Maroubra Beach 5.45am 5/11/2012
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Postby seddo » Tue Nov 06, 2012 9:12 am
Won the frame on a ebay auction, the seller was Warren Meade who writes retro articles for RIDE magazine.The story behind the frame was it was originally owned by two brothers in Melbourne who import(or use to import) ASSOS sportswear?. The brothers knew Eddy Merckx and would bring him to Australia for promotions from time to time. The frame itself is ? a professional model and was sent to the Merckx factory to be repainted in the 86 Panasonic team colours. The frame wears a 83 Campagnolo Super Record gruppo and Velocity razors laced to Campagnolo Record hubs, Super Record fluted seat post and panto'ed stem.
The frame has usual wear and tear so it will be a rider maybe L'eroica
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Postby singlespeedscott » Tue Nov 06, 2012 10:41 am
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Postby GaryF » Tue Nov 06, 2012 10:55 am
Beautiful bike Seddo, fantastic story as well. Thanks.seddo wrote:
Won the frame on a ebay auction, the seller was Warren Meade who writes retro articles for RIDE magazine.The story behind the frame was it was originally owned by two brothers in Melbourne who import(or use to import) ASSOS sportswear?. The brothers knew Eddy Merckx and would bring him to Australia for promotions from time to time. The frame itself is ? a professional model and was sent to the Merckx factory to be repainted in the 86 Panasonic team colours. The frame wears a 83 Campagnolo Super Record gruppo and Velocity razors laced to Campagnolo Record hubs, Super Record fluted seat post and panto'ed stem.
The frame has usual wear and tear so it will be a rider maybe L'eroica
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