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Re: And now with photo!

Re: any tips on what I need to get this BB off? rest of it appears to be cleaning up quite nicely, pretty much a 50/50 split between the campag and the shimano 105 stuff on it

Re: Cheers Andy, bit out of touch haven't looked at bike parts since I last rode this, which was a long time ago! Started cleaning it up today, most of it looks ok once you get the crud off Small crack in the frame at the top of the seat tube though :( turns out it got bit abused since I last...

Re: Just out of interest when you upgraded did you keep the same speed or fit a bigger cassette/freewheel Mines got a 7 speed on it at the moment but I noticed a lot of newer wheelsets have gone larger

Re: Cool thanks, that looks lovely not sure I will get that finish Will try and source some new wheels and a chain and get it going if I still get the same smile I used to will decide how much to spend on restoring/modernising

Re: Cheers Would I have much trouble getting a complete modern group set to fit? bit out of the loop on modern parts

Hi am just about to start looking at restoring this, been stored badly for a while and got flooded which hasn't helped! Any tips pointers on bits worth upgrading/replacing and any issues with new parts sizes would be welcome Am going to start by stripping it down and cleaning what i have to...

Re: Just dug out my one of these and thinking of starting to restore it! Hope it ends up looking as shiny! Did you have much trouble sourcing bits? I am thinking that modern parts will be different standard sizes