1976 Sid Mottram project

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Haha! You were right of course, the Claud is wonderful but you know how it is, n+1 and all that.

I've just been given a lovely Viking by @chickendrumsticks

 

[sparkybhp]

A little bit more progress on this so far this weekend.

Found some nice 3ttt bars in my spares and then cleaned up and remounted the brakes. My white outer cable and top tube clips arrived so I got those all buttoned up.
Next step will be the cranks and mechs, which I’ve not been looking forward to. The parts which came on the bike and the Valentino extra rear mech I’m using from my spares are all pretty grotty looking.

A strip down, clean and polish of the rear mech has got it looking way better - this should look decent on the bike.

Need to crack on with the rest but I’m taking a break for now, more to follow.

 

[Tobias Rodriguez]

She cleaned up nicely, looks great!

 

[sparkybhp]

More progress again today - I really want to crack on with this now that it’s started to take shape.

Front mech stripped down completely before regreasing and reassembly - I’m impressed with the quality of this old Campagnolo stuff.

Even the crank bolts are Campagnolo and, again, all cleaned up like new.

Using the Campagnolo spanner’s that the seller threw in to fit the cranks.. lol

More or less there now, just waiting on the last couple of bits to arrive (shifters and bar tape) and we’re there. I might treat it to some decent pedals too in the near future but these will do for now.
Next post will hopefully be a pic heavy first ride review, can’t wait..

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

The spanners are collectable on their own. Looking good. I would put a record rear mech on personally as it will be way better than the Valentino.

 

[Midlife]

Very nice . Good to see a front mech close to the outer ring teeth where it should be

 

[sparkybhp]

The spanners are collectable on their own. Looking good. I would put a record rear mech on personally as it will be way better than the Valentino.

Thanks for the tip - I’ll keep a look out for one.

 

[velocipede]

Very nice indeed - I’d be going out of my way to get some hoods (especially before you re-tape the bars)

 

[sparkybhp]

Very nice indeed - I’d be going out of my way to get some hoods (especially before you re-tape the bars)

Thanks - I did have a quick scout around to see what was available hood wise after your comment. I wasn’t sure which colour hoods would suit - I’m thinking avoid white as I can’t be chored to try and keep them clean. Brown might not match the bar tape (which is already a slightly different shade to the Brooks), so black? Not sure, I’ll think on it, does it look terrible without? There weren’t any before.. let me know what you think.

I know I was hoping the next post would be after riding it properly but my eBay seller who has the shifters is a bit slow to dispatch.. Next weekend maybe?
In the meantime I’ve fitted up this gorgeous Suntour close ratio five speed freewheel as the rear mech didn’t think much of the low gear on the six speed one. This may change if I shell out for a record rear mech in the future. But for now it looks (and sounds) very nice indeed..

 

[grantoury]

I could be wrong, but I think those brake levers never came with hoods. I like the look of them personally, very retro.