Before and After Pics by all restorers
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Re: Before and After Pics by all restorers
Postby ldrcycles » Sat Mar 02, 2013 1:53 pm
Ye Olde 105 cranks and 6 speed indexed shifters, 400EX front derailleur, Exage Sport rear derailleur. The wheels are basic 700C items off a hybrid, fitted with the 35c tyres that my Repco Preset came with.
Spinning round the carpark at work it feels great, very smooth (though FAR too small for me). VERY happy with the result, the paintjob came together nicely. Just out of interest too, i had some glue residue left from the masking tape, had no luck with a bunch of different methods til i tried PEANUT BUTTER. Yep just smeared a tiny bit of peanut butter on it and polished like it was autosol, took the glue off and made the paint a bit shinier too!
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Re: Before and After Pics by all restorers
Postby Joe H » Sun Mar 03, 2013 12:45 pm
My beater/rain bike before:
and after:
My daily ride for the last 19 years, looking a bit tired:
After new wheels and a bunch of TLC:
My sunny-day ride in parts (no real "before" picture as it's the first time this frame was ever built up).
After about two years of scrounging odd parts from here and there:
Thanks for your patience!
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Re: Before and After Pics by all restorers
Postby singlespeedscott » Sun Mar 03, 2013 1:18 pm
Love the Merckx.Joe H wrote:
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Re: Before and After Pics by all restorers
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Re: Before and After Pics by all restorers
Postby Ferrovelo » Sun Mar 03, 2013 7:11 pm
That is just stunning!singlespeedscott wrote:Love the Merckx.Joe H wrote:
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Re: Before and After Pics by all restorers
Postby Joe H » Sun Mar 03, 2013 8:33 pm
Just in case the details aren't apparent on the Merckx, it's got a modern(ish) 10 speed Campy Record cassette with indexing down-tube shifting (also Campy Record converted over from bar-end shifters). It weighs just under 8.5 kilos and is just a joy to ride. Springy and comfortable over rough stuff and fast to accelerate, and it climbs really well. But this is supposed to be mostly a picture thread so I'll save the details for later. Thanks again for the comments.
Joe
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Postby munga » Sun Mar 03, 2013 10:43 pm
looks about my size. sure it's not too small for you?Joe H wrote:
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Postby sunho » Sun Mar 03, 2013 11:03 pm
Do tell...
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Postby munga » Sun Mar 03, 2013 11:28 pm
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Postby jacob_T » Sun Mar 03, 2013 11:46 pm
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Re: Before and After Pics by all restorers
Postby Joe H » Mon Mar 04, 2013 8:32 pm
Sorry Munga, the Bianchi's pretty much perfect for me (54 cm). You no doubt noticed the laid back front fork angle. It is a great long distance bike with a fairly stretched-out riding position that's really comfortable to me anyway.
Take care.
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Re: Before and After Pics by all restorers
Postby landscapecadmonkey » Mon Mar 04, 2013 8:56 pm
Super nice outcome idr.... i have a soft spot for low spec bikes (all the bikes i have), but there is nothing low spec about the final result you have achieved.ldrcycles wrote:Just got another one finished, a 1986 Repco Traveller, for a bloke at work (his wife won't let him buy a new bike ).
Ye Olde 105 cranks and 6 speed indexed shifters, 400EX front derailleur, Exage Sport rear derailleur. The wheels are basic 700C items off a hybrid, fitted with the 35c tyres that my Repco Preset came with.
Spinning round the carpark at work it feels great, very smooth (though FAR too small for me). VERY happy with the result, the paintjob came together nicely. Just out of interest too, i had some glue residue left from the masking tape, had no luck with a bunch of different methods til i tried PEANUT BUTTER. Yep just smeared a tiny bit of peanut butter on it and polished like it was autosol, took the glue off and made the paint a bit shinier too!
Before
After
New owner should be rapted with the outcome, despite his spousal constraints.
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Re: Before and After Pics by all restorers
Postby frailer5 » Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:03 pm
ldrcycles wrote:Just got another one finished, a 1986 Repco Traveller, for a bloke at work (his wife won't let him buy a new bike ).
Ye Olde 105 cranks and 6 speed indexed shifters, 400EX front derailleur, Exage Sport rear derailleur. The wheels are basic 700C items off a hybrid, fitted with the 35c tyres that my Repco Preset came with.
Spinning round the carpark at work it feels great, very smooth (though FAR too small for me). VERY happy with the result, the paintjob came together nicely. Just out of interest too, i had some glue residue left from the masking tape, had no luck with a bunch of different methods til i tried PEANUT BUTTER. Yep just smeared a tiny bit of peanut butter on it and polished like it was autosol, took the glue off and made the paint a bit shinier too!
Before
After
That is a Cinderella-style transformation. I bet he still had some explaining to do with SWMBO.
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Postby rollin » Fri Mar 08, 2013 7:00 am
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Re: Before and After Pics by all restorers
Postby Dan » Fri Mar 08, 2013 8:52 am
Europa before
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Viner before
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Re: Before and After Pics by all restorers
Postby Joe H » Sat Mar 16, 2013 5:54 pm
Those are all amazing transformations. My humble addition is just a no-name road find with a bunch of cleaning. I'm always amazed at the rebuilds on this thread!
My wife saw this on the road in the Blue Mountains last weekend and tossed it on the car rack. The owner's Dad helped her put it on the car. He didn't remember the make and said his son hasn't used it in decades. It was non-rideable as found but had some good old parts for a rebuild of any low-end bike from the 70s.
I just spent a couple of hours removing unnecessary and heavy bits, adjusting, scrubbing with steel wool and WD-40, and doing some fairly crude touch up with Kermit the frog paint. The result is not bad.
I've got tires, tubes, a seat and tape ordered so it will be ready for another 40 years of riding. The red and white Malvern Star will go to my neighbor and this will be the next stationary trainer/rain bike. Until my wife finds another…
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Postby Joe H » Thu Apr 25, 2013 12:43 am
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Re: Before and After Pics by all restorers
Postby ldrcycles » Thu Apr 25, 2013 7:06 am
Joe H wrote:So my "atomic green" bar tape finally arrived ($5.95 USD) and now my latest beater is completed. I found green pin-stripe 27x1.5 inch rubber at Amazon for $13 each. With the seat and paint it's a pretty cheap bike that's not likely to be stolen (except maybe on St. Patrick's Day). It rides surprisingly well but chrome steel is not a great braking surface! Luckily there is a bit of rust on the rims to help. It was once crashed so the forks are set back a bit. I considered bending them back out but like the handling as is. No wobbles at speed but at well over 30 pounds speed isn't a big problem!
Joe
That is VERY green! I like how you used a slightly different shade for the lugs, it's very subtle.
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Postby gabrielle260 » Fri Apr 26, 2013 9:25 pm
*grin*
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Postby Joe H » Fri Apr 26, 2013 10:01 pm
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Re: Before and After Pics by all restorers
Postby hiflange » Sat Apr 27, 2013 10:51 pm
Loved this in Treadlie. Looks better in Treadlie's iPad version; it drops a bit far into the gutter of the print version Veerry pretty little bike, I'm curious to know who, if anyone, rides it.rollin wrote:Check out march issue of treadlie as this bike is the centerfold....
Great "after" photography too. Good location choice, nice autumn leaf placement.
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Re: Before and After Pics by all restorers
Postby pentlandexile » Sun Apr 28, 2013 8:16 am
RobertFrith wrote:Loved this in Treadlie. Looks better in Treadlie's iPad version; it drops a bit far into the gutter of the print version Veerry pretty little bike, I'm curious to know who, if anyone, rides it.rollin wrote:Check out march issue of treadlie as this bike is the centerfold....
Great "after" photography too. Good location choice, nice autumn leaf placement.
I'm curious about the original saddle, never seen one like that before.
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