1967 Flying Scot Patina

[Mr Panda]

The start of what is likely to be a build thread

Maybe.

collected this last autumn.......













































Used a lot by original owner, European tours etc, but sat in a garage for a good few years since being laid up.

Came with solid Urathon rubber tyres which PO said were pretty unforgiving, chrome wheels, coating of dust and plenty rust freckles. Solid Brooks saddle too, which I'm currently softening up......

Plan is now to get it built to suit me, ride it, then, maybe, repaint. We'll see.

 

[Mr Panda]

Stage 1

Cleaned up a bit.
Internals lubed and serviced.
Mudguards and rack ditched.
Tyres and wheels replaced with good ol' Scottish Pneumatic design and Campag 700c items. That shed a few lbs and gained two gears, now seven speed.
Fluted seatpost fitted.
Black Brooks removed temporarily and brown Spoon fitted. Comfy.

Desperately needs wider bars and longer stem I think. Can't decide whether to keep as 7 speed or replace chainset with a double Campag or Stronglight. New cables too and change of pedals on the cards.

Maybe bar end shifters or, gulp, Ergos :roll:

 

[KermitGKona88]

Love it, Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo not ergos or sti or any of that other modern tat

 

[tiermat]

I reckon all that needs it a full strip down then a good polish over with this stuff:

http://www.diy.com/nav/build/motoring-w ... l-11377592

Then rebuild it with what you have there, it'll look mint, I reckon.

 

[Racecraft76]

Gorgeous bike.


If you want to keep the patina i wouldnt use the t-cut n polish stuff. To keep the patina id maybe use safe-cut, if at all (its less abrasive) , and Collinite clear coat wax. Used a similar process on old patina'd VWs. I have previously used Ankor wax, but feels a bit greasy so i now use Collinite wax, or an Autoglym 3 stage process, depending on the application, how much protection i want and how shiny.

 

[Mr Panda]

Stage 2

Wider bars installed along with cleaner longer stem. Fits me better now

Wider bars make a huge difference to comfort and handling. Need new bar tape.

Crappy phone photos......

 

[Tuckerjenkins]

so much potential....
but those bars, the tape and saddle have to go - they look out of place ,with odd positions and detract from the frame.
(according to me anyway)

 

[Ian Raleigh]

so much potential....
but those bars, the tape and saddle have to go - they look out of place ,with odd positions and detract from the frame.
(according to me anyway)

+1

 

[Robbied196]

so much potential....
but those bars, the tape and saddle have to go - they look out of place ,with odd positions and detract from the frame.
(according to me anyway)

+1

+2 Sorry, but you're killing a great bike

 

[Tazio]

so much potential....
but those bars, the tape and saddle have to go - they look out of place ,with odd positions and detract from the frame.
(according to me anyway)

+1

+2 Sorry, but you're killing a great bike

By making it comfortable and able to be ridden by him? That isn't killing it but making it usable and extending it's life, it's a bike not a museum piece.