What would you do?

[jim haseltine]

There is a pair of sprint carriers on the desk beside me as I write this. Metallic blue anodised alloy too.

 

[ChromeChainstay]

Not just about the money. He'll be riding home at 5mph with the wheel bumping every revolution and unable to corner. That maybe bearable if home is 2 miles away, but if it's 20, then that's proper pain

he's a psychopath

 

[jim haseltine]

See?

 

[bikeworkshop]

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I love that.
A Lefty
And
A Righty!

A breeding pair!

 

[Wingsonmyheels]

Could always carry a spare set of wheels!
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These are off eBay but found several sets in my grandads spares. He used to ride to a race on his road wheels then put his race wheels on when he got there.

So did I. Lived in West Cumbria with plenty of narrow hedged lanes

 

[satkin55]

I’d agree with Argos for a respray. They did a great job, Straightened a slight kink in the top and down tubes as well.

I had new wheels built for my Falcon when I restored it, by Ryan Builds Wheels in South Wales.
See https://falconrestorebike.wordpress.com, my resto website, for more details.

 

[Canuk]

My current favourite is Shimano Sante. It's a poshed version of 6400, but I think it would look great on this colour frame. Not STIs though, but good indexed.

 

[Rapparee87]

Hi Everyone,

I have a Joe Waugh frame (531c) that came off EBay a couple of years ago and I’m finally getting round to doing something with it.

My plan is to get a professional respray, new decals etc and build it into a very nice example of a steel race bike. I don’t know the year but the guy I bought it from thought it was from about 86/87. Frame no is 2565 if that means anything to anyone.

My questions are to the great retro bike hive mind…

1 - who would you use for a respray and to check the frame and forks are true and safe etc before painting?

2 - I’ve never been a fan of cables routed over the top tube, is removing the three cable guides and replacing with 2 split cable guides under the top tube a terrible thing to do? Like putting pvc windows in a listed building. If you were getting this sort of thing done who would you recommend? I think it probably is a bad idea but I’m just airing my thought process.

3 - what groupset would you choose? I’m a big of a fan of Shimano and I’ve been thinking of Dura Ace 7200. Would this be considered too high end for a 531 frame? if you’re a Campag fan, what would you recommend? I want to go for 1980s downtube shifters and preferably indexed.

4 - what’s a good rim/wheelset to look out for? Clinchers or tubs? (I’ve never used or even ridden on them)

5 - all the other bits, recommendations for bars, stem, brake pads etc


I’m not building a daily ride, more something to get out on dry days, club rides and Erotica type events.

Any help much appreciated

Jim

Erotica type events??!!