1990 Ritchey P23 rebuild
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sruss67
Dirt Disciple
So I have been making some progress with the frame cleaned up and some what shinier now thanks for the suggestions with that. I ended up using a light cutting compound followed by a liquid polish and then some Meguiars Ultimate spray wax
Got the wheels all cleaned up, fitted new spoke nipples, tensioned and trued both and regreased both hubs, couldn't believe how perfect the bearings, cones and hubs were for a 20 year old bike
Sorry to the purists for my choice of tyres, had the Geax Sedona 2.25's lying around so put them on for a bit of "suspension" for now. I am going to see if I can find some old tyres from the period of the bike.
Cleaned up the shift lever's, derailleur's, brake lever's and have started touching up the chunks of paint missing on the frame.
Here is a link to the pics
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sruss67/se ... 155933896/
Will post more as progress continues
Got the wheels all cleaned up, fitted new spoke nipples, tensioned and trued both and regreased both hubs, couldn't believe how perfect the bearings, cones and hubs were for a 20 year old bike
Sorry to the purists for my choice of tyres, had the Geax Sedona 2.25's lying around so put them on for a bit of "suspension" for now. I am going to see if I can find some old tyres from the period of the bike.
Cleaned up the shift lever's, derailleur's, brake lever's and have started touching up the chunks of paint missing on the frame.
Here is a link to the pics
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sruss67/se ... 155933896/
Will post more as progress continues
sruss67
Dirt Disciple
Today was another day of progress, with cranks, rear derailleur and "BLACK TYRES" fittedjavascript:emoticon('')
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sruss67/78 ... otostream/
I also managed to pick up an XT front derailleur in the correct clamp size from ebay locally eBay Australia: Buy new & used fashion, electronics & home d
Stole it I did javascript:emoticon('')
Pulled the headset apart and will use it until I can get a period correct item fitted. Looking at a nos XT unit at the moment.
I did find the left shifter mounting bolt is stripped where the unit mounts to the bars so I may need to locate one of those as well.
Have some PD-M737 pedals coming from the USA and just need to locate a stem now and I will have the bike ready to roll
I have some nicer XT canti's coming from the USA also
Unsure whether to use white or black outer casings for the cables. Will probably go white if I pick up a white seat and black if I get a black seat.
Anyone know where there are some old school Ritchey grips sitting unused?
')http://www.flickr.com/photos/sruss67/78 ... otostream/
I also managed to pick up an XT front derailleur in the correct clamp size from ebay locally eBay Australia: Buy new & used fashion, electronics & home d
Stole it I did javascript:emoticon('
')Pulled the headset apart and will use it until I can get a period correct item fitted. Looking at a nos XT unit at the moment.
I did find the left shifter mounting bolt is stripped where the unit mounts to the bars so I may need to locate one of those as well.
Have some PD-M737 pedals coming from the USA and just need to locate a stem now and I will have the bike ready to roll
I have some nicer XT canti's coming from the USA also
Unsure whether to use white or black outer casings for the cables. Will probably go white if I pick up a white seat and black if I get a black seat.
Anyone know where there are some old school Ritchey grips sitting unused?
ashmore gold coast? wow close to home. cool. try giving Ridgway's Cycles in Stafford a call. He might just have some...you never know. It is a treaure trove of old bike parts sitting in boxes on shelves getting dusty. Stock is gradually thinning, but there are still gems to be found there...
