WandsworthRouleur
Pace Fan
So, I had a few glasses of wine last Sunday and accidentally bought a partially built up Pace RC200 F6.
Picked the bike up today, and glad to say it's in fairly good nick. I'll get some photos up shortly...
Anyway, as a newbie to this retro-bike lark (except, of course, when they weren't retro!), is there any general advice? Particularly on how to get the small scratches etc. out of the frame? I'm going to go for period correct, and I guess follow the bits that are on there already. Which means I'm on the lookout for:
Er, that's about it. Could probably do with some new grips, and I might swap the Yeti bar for a Pace Rental one. I have some old silver X-Lite ski bend bar ends to fit, a silver Ringle H2O cage and some basically as new XT M730 bits off an old Marin Pine Mountain that I broke the frame on after I only owned it a few months! The old White Industries chainset from the Marin will probably make it on to the bike while I keep a lookout for something more in keeping.
Oh, and I still have a couple of sheets of Mint Sauce stickers somewhere to finish off the look perfectly!
Picked the bike up today, and glad to say it's in fairly good nick. I'll get some photos up shortly...
Anyway, as a newbie to this retro-bike lark (except, of course, when they weren't retro!), is there any general advice? Particularly on how to get the small scratches etc. out of the frame? I'm going to go for period correct, and I guess follow the bits that are on there already. Which means I'm on the lookout for:
- A Hope Ti Glide rear hub in silver
- Hope or Ringlé skewers in silver
- Ringle Moby post (in silver) in the slightly unusual 29.4mm -- shimmed posts are a no-no on RC200s, apparently. Or a Syncros at a stretch.
- A Flite saddle, natch
- Some period correct tyres -- though I can't quite remember what viewed as the best UK mud tyre in 97, WTB Velociraptors seem to be stuck in the back of my head. Smoke/Darts were a little earlier IIRC
- Chainset -- ideally Middleburn RS3, but I was always keen on the Race Face Turbine cranks at the time. Maybe a little 'non-UK' for a Pace build though. I also quite like the 4 arm Shimano FC-M739. Decisions, decisions...
- New decals -- I've found somewhere that does the frame stickers, but could do with a set for the RC36 forks too.
Er, that's about it. Could probably do with some new grips, and I might swap the Yeti bar for a Pace Rental one. I have some old silver X-Lite ski bend bar ends to fit, a silver Ringle H2O cage and some basically as new XT M730 bits off an old Marin Pine Mountain that I broke the frame on after I only owned it a few months! The old White Industries chainset from the Marin will probably make it on to the bike while I keep a lookout for something more in keeping.
Oh, and I still have a couple of sheets of Mint Sauce stickers somewhere to finish off the look perfectly!