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Thanks for the nice comments chaps. John....The spec is nothing special, I didn't want to spend to much in the present economic climate,.. (skint) :( Italmanubri ITM Super Italia Pro 225 handlebars, 225 gramms Cinelli 1A Handlebar Stem Selle San Marco 'Slim' Race Saddle , Kalloy...

It doesn't look too bad in the before pics,.. but, seat tube was too small, it had been shimmed,bars were heavy steel with STI levers that had never been connected, crank pedal thread stripped,tyres perished, paintwork chipped and scratched. As I said, I think someone stripped all the SR...

Thanks ...pre resto coming up.

I found this in a second hand shop for £35. Little did I know what I was taking on. Never done a refurb of vitage bike before, drums yes, bikes no. Been out of cycling for 40yrs so had little knowledge of bike mechanics, but I have now. :o Its a mid 80s Dave Lloyd (Argos Cycles) 753R...

Could someone enlighten me about splitting chain links. My chain is KMC 8 speed super narrow. It was split links back in the day. Now do I use master link or split link or what. Thanks.

something similar to this, just a bit of grease I suppose.

No cables on this bike when I bought it so just about to fit some. Downtube friction shifters. Front mech....that's just an inner down to bottom bracket guides and up to mech ?. What about the guides ?, does anything go on them to protect cable. Rear mech, Shimano 600 EX, just inner to BB...

Only got one mech, and billy no mates as far as bikes go. :( yes will try my local garage.

Continuing my modest refurb.......Noticed the 600 long cage rear mech top pivot spring tension was very weak, so unbolted it and found that the spring was dislodged caused by a missing circlip that fits on the end of the mounting bolt holding it all together. Been to 2 LBSs and have been...

What I did at the ends was to cut the tape (white) flush with a razor blade {as I read somewhere) then a few tight turns with some nice white electrical tape then the plugs, they look much neater than just shoving the plugs in. Pete.

ragnar....."as featured in my Chesini X-Uno thread." That's a stunning bike. Just put it on my desktop. :P Pete.

thanks Agency_Scum. but done it now. looks ok, getting the bar ends neat was the difficult bit. Like your tape, busy bee. :o

Just going to re-tape my bars. Done a bit research, Park tools, youtube etc, and they all recomend starting at the bar ends and finnishing at the top, necessitating some insulation type tape to finnish it off. From what I can remember many moons ago we used to start at the top and finnish at...

Vredestein Ricorso Road Blue. can I put a link up,?? if it's against forum rules I will edit it. http://tinyurl.com/mgoqep Pete

Been having a look at a few tyres, are coloured ones a no no. :?: :lol: Pete.

Thanks Senri. I was thinking that, like car tyres you can go a bit wider. The roads round here are a bit rough so wider will help alot.

Continuing with the modest refurb of my Dave Lloyd, the tyres are perished so will need new ones. At the moment they are Hutchinson Kevlar 700 x 20.0 .They look super skinny, will I have to replace them with the same width. The wheels are Mavic MA 40. Any recomendations. Pete.

I recently stripped my David Lloyd steel frame with nitromors, it was good for the varnish and top coat but would not shift the primer, had to resort to sandpaper and elbow grease. Pete.

Bearing surfaces worn so need a new one. Ita an old Tange, JIS square taper, standard 86mm, but I can't decide on the overall lenth. wWithout the ue of calipers, (which I haven't got as I'm Billy-no-mates as far as bikers are concerned), :( its either 122mm, 122 1/2mm or 123mm. So is 1mm...

Thanks Jim, I'm not much of an expert in these matters but I have just had a look at the rear mech and it has 2 threaded stops with plenty of ajustment left as they are set up at the moment, for the old 6 speed I presume. Pete.