Well, I’m so eager to build my bike that I figured that while largely inactive on this site I would start & document it with a build thread…
Not exactly sure if there’s a proper formula/format so I’m just going to kind of wing it as I go (the build to a lesser degree…).
Currently I don’t actually have the frameset in hand as I await it’s final return to me from paint & repairs. I still figure I have plenty I can keep myself occupied with in preparing for its return!
I got the bike early in 2020, fully stripped it down, cleaned off all sorts of different paints and stickers. A decent amount of paint was missing revealing that at some point the rear canti bosses had been removed in favour of a chainstay u-brake. The housing guides on the top tube for the rear canti were left in place, though a new housing stop had been brazed onto the downtube for the u-brake… in the process bubbling the decals in that area.
I built the bike up fairly quick & dirty after cleaning it up and rode it regularly as it was definitely no show bike. I knew it needed some attention, in regards to corrosion (or preventing it) and I got to the point where I realized saving the frame was a better initiative then saving what remained of the surviving paint.
The frame went in for a round of repairs, the u-brake posts and housing stop removed, and the rear canti mounts put back in place. A small dent in the top tube was rounded out & filled.
Next I thought the frame was headed for paint, but after removing the remaining paint a few pinholes were discovered in the tubing, proving my attempts to revive this frame were well in need! Back the frame went for another round of repairs….
Here are a few photos of the bike as found… then cleaned up a bit (excuse the initial saddle angle, probably a few beers deep and too eager as an excuse…) along with the 1986 Catalogue specs…
Not exactly sure if there’s a proper formula/format so I’m just going to kind of wing it as I go (the build to a lesser degree…).
Currently I don’t actually have the frameset in hand as I await it’s final return to me from paint & repairs. I still figure I have plenty I can keep myself occupied with in preparing for its return!
I got the bike early in 2020, fully stripped it down, cleaned off all sorts of different paints and stickers. A decent amount of paint was missing revealing that at some point the rear canti bosses had been removed in favour of a chainstay u-brake. The housing guides on the top tube for the rear canti were left in place, though a new housing stop had been brazed onto the downtube for the u-brake… in the process bubbling the decals in that area.
I built the bike up fairly quick & dirty after cleaning it up and rode it regularly as it was definitely no show bike. I knew it needed some attention, in regards to corrosion (or preventing it) and I got to the point where I realized saving the frame was a better initiative then saving what remained of the surviving paint.
The frame went in for a round of repairs, the u-brake posts and housing stop removed, and the rear canti mounts put back in place. A small dent in the top tube was rounded out & filled.
Next I thought the frame was headed for paint, but after removing the remaining paint a few pinholes were discovered in the tubing, proving my attempts to revive this frame were well in need! Back the frame went for another round of repairs….
Here are a few photos of the bike as found… then cleaned up a bit (excuse the initial saddle angle, probably a few beers deep and too eager as an excuse…) along with the 1986 Catalogue specs…
