Dave Russell - Back to Blue

[Nob]

Thanks mate, it is my pride and joy. Just had to start sub-letting a corner of it to my 14yo daughter who has become pretty proficient at silversmithing. Was a bit concerned about losing my safe space, but it is actually nice to have a bit of company out there.

Absolutely love your Dave Russell frame. Paint looks in better nick than mine. Where did you pick it up?

Mine doesn't look like it ever had a Reynolds sticker on it, so I'm in the dark about what the tubes are. Feels fairly lightweight though and assume it is something half-decent to complement the fairly nice components. Is that 631 on yours?

Nice to see everything organized & clean which helps provide a great working environment for builds like the one you have now which looks really nice

It’s a 88 frame & the gentleman I got it off was using it as a commuter in London but had a back wheel stolen so decided to sell as a whole bike but I negotiated just the frame only. I intend to get the frame resprayed in a deep red & have similar decals to your added as this will be used next year when I relocate back to my adopted home in Cebu Philippines.

 

[rmwesley]

Nice to see everything organized & clean which helps provide a great working environment for builds like the one you have now which looks really nice

It’s a 88 frame & the gentleman I got it off was using it as a commuter in London but had a back wheel stolen so decided to sell as a whole bike but I negotiated just the frame only. I intend to get the frame resprayed in a deep red & have similar decals to your added as this will be used next year when I relocate back to my adopted home in Cebu Philippines.

A loooong time ago I did a month backpacking around the Philippines. My vague memories of Cebu were a beach bar out in the sticks whose "thing" was some form of drinking challenge, which if you completed you got your name on a tiny brass plaque on the wall. That many people had done it that every single piece of available wall or ceiling real estate was covered in brass. Made for a bit of a sight, especially if you had just done the drinking challenge. They also used to keep a running tally of how many people of each nation had completed it. The Scandinavians were way out in the lead, followed by the UK, Dutch etc. I can still vividly remember seeing the bottom of the leaderboard though...

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The Isle of Sheppey - 5
Iran - 1
Iraq - 1

 

[Nob]

A loooong time ago I did a month backpacking around the Philippines. My vague memories of Cebu were a beach bar out in the sticks whose "thing" was some form of drinking challenge, which if you completed you got your name on a tiny brass plaque on the wall. That many people had done it that every single piece of available wall or ceiling real estate was covered in brass. Made for a bit of a sight, especially if you had just done the drinking challenge. They also used to keep a running tally of how many people of each nation had completed it. The Scandinavians were way out in the lead, followed by the UK, Dutch etc. I can still vividly remember seeing the bottom of the leaderboard though...

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The Isle of Sheppey - 5
Iran - 1
Iraq - 1

I’ve lived in Cebu for 21yrs did 4yrs in Melbourne whilst my work was in Saudi so now having retired & not liking how the UK has deteriorated in my observations I’m happy to relocate back to Cebu. There’s personal reasons also but really enjoyed my time in Cebu.

 

[rmwesley]

Haven't posted for a while... Been trying to get in some kind of shape for a cycling trip to Malaga this last week. There are stunning views to be had in the mountains behind Malaga, but brutal hills to get up to make you earn it

Anyway, finally managed to get the freewheel sorted out. The dogs on the original body had been mangled sometime previously, so I replaced the inner body to relieve a future owner of the same problems I had getting it off the bike. A bit of googling suggested a Regina Corsa 78 had a total of 80 ball bearings, 32 outer and 48 inner. I could only find a Corsa 80 body and it had 76 bearings, 33 outer and 43 inner.

 

[Nob]

My Russell I’m experimenting with…

 

[rmwesley]

My Russell I’m experimenting with…
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Looking good You have shamed me (in a good way) to get cracking on mine again.

Are my eyes deceiving me, or are you attempting a new land speed record with that outer chainring?

 

[Nob]

Looking good You have shamed me (in a good way) to get cracking on mine again.

Are my eyes deceiving me, or are you attempting a new land speed record with that outer chainring?

Experimenting with a 68 & a 42 inner but only as a back up ring or granny ring… rear is a 10speed cassette but minus 3 cogs as got a 13-36 & shoved out for a more central chain line…

 

[rmwesley]

Experimenting with a 68 & a 42 inner but only as a back up ring or granny ring… rear is a 10speed cassette but minus 3 cogs as got a 13-36 & shoved out for a more central chain line…
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Brilliant

BTW… Geraint Thomas has just gone down the ramp in the Giro TT. He is “only” using a 66T chainring.

 

[rmwesley]

Still very slow progress being made on this, but completed something of significance this week! Aesthetically the Kinlin T10 rims look great and are a fantastic match for the originals, however they are only single wall and can't take a lot of tension or de-stressing with any great force. The rear was a bit of a pain and ended up with about 100kgf on the drive side and approx. 45kgf on the non-drive. Non-drive spokes are thread locked to prevent unwinding.





Should have cleaned the grease smear off the hub, but only spotted it afterwards.





Through the eye of a needle...

 

[rmwesley]

Accompanied by the obligatory Panaracer Pasela. Bought two 27 x 1¼" tires without thinking only to find the front fork will only take a 1". Think I will still keep a 1¼" on the rear though.