New Project
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A Bit of progress. Chainstays tacked in, bottom bracket height checked, wheel width set at 130 and stays levelled an aligned with front tubes. Next job to tack seat stays to lock it in place, recheck and fully silver solder the chainstays and bridge piece.
531 stays with Suntour dropouts vintage 1984 seemed right for the job.
531 stays with Suntour dropouts vintage 1984 seemed right for the job.
Frames all brazed up. Just put the wheels on for a confidence booster, all looks nice and straight;
The old chainstays were horrible and fell apart on removal (a good choice to scrap;
I have got the bits to build new front forks but I've replaced enough already so i'm not sure I should use them (I bought them because i'd never done forks before and wanted a go);
Heres the scrap pile;
Lots of cleaning up to do now.
The old chainstays were horrible and fell apart on removal (a good choice to scrap;
I have got the bits to build new front forks but I've replaced enough already so i'm not sure I should use them (I bought them because i'd never done forks before and wanted a go);
Heres the scrap pile;
Lots of cleaning up to do now.
A bit of progress, chainstay and brake bridges now fitted. I'm just doing a pre paint assemble to fine tune my choice of components. This also give me a chance to dither over the paint. I'm trying to slow down a bit as theres no rush to finish. It's currently a 9 speed 11-32 xt cassette, ultegra rear mech, 105 octalink 53/39. sunrace front mech and suntour powershift levers on the stem. Weinmann centrepulls and levers go back on to stop things but I may move the brake bridge and fit a 610 in place of the 750.
I bought some Suntour powershift levers for another bike secondhand and really liked them and then I found an e-bay seller selling new old stock and I couldn't stop myself. 3 clicks on the ratchet is one step on a 9 speed cassette;
I decided to build the forks mainly because shortening the puch fork means burning off the only paint reference I have. I'm quite happy with the fork so I may use it;
Paintwise i'm thinking laquer over primer and sorting the colour next year.
Edit for Sunday, I cabled the brakes, put some pedals on and went for a short run. It feels good, a nice easy comfortable ride. Turns out the 750 has plenty of stop but i'm not happy with the cable routing. The saddle will go in favour of a Brooks Colt.
I bought some Suntour powershift levers for another bike secondhand and really liked them and then I found an e-bay seller selling new old stock and I couldn't stop myself. 3 clicks on the ratchet is one step on a 9 speed cassette;
I decided to build the forks mainly because shortening the puch fork means burning off the only paint reference I have. I'm quite happy with the fork so I may use it;
Paintwise i'm thinking laquer over primer and sorting the colour next year.
Edit for Sunday, I cabled the brakes, put some pedals on and went for a short run. It feels good, a nice easy comfortable ride. Turns out the 750 has plenty of stop but i'm not happy with the cable routing. The saddle will go in favour of a Brooks Colt.
Re: New Project Paint test
Much as I fancy the idea of Maximum Application painting my bike I can't help but want to do everything myself so heres my test with posh rattle cans (2k matt base and laquer). I think the Puch was more Cadbury purple but this dark purple look nice so I'm likely to stick with it.
Much as I fancy the idea of Maximum Application painting my bike I can't help but want to do everything myself so heres my test with posh rattle cans (2k matt base and laquer). I think the Puch was more Cadbury purple but this dark purple look nice so I'm likely to stick with it.
