tracknut

Now ZAR 388,944.21 due to rand slipping

Hi Has anyone got a LHS Simplex shifter like the RHS one in the pic?

Hi Rozanne I agree with loose cog, also when it comes to wheels old rusty spokes could be not that safe to ride. It's a great chance to learn how to rebuild wheels and save on the R1000 ! Measure the existing spokes so as to order new ones. Check out this video how to do it : Track wheels easier than road as no dishing is required. Get rid of all rust as it will just come back to haunt you! You can also match the paint at a good automotive paint supplier and work on retouching the paint, I've had good results with that. In my opinion don't sandblast and respray if all the decals are there. Get an automotive touchup gun and rent a compressor if you don't have one, remember to use proper breathing masks as the spray is very dangerous to your lungs. Bent seat stays can be straightened easily using timber planks and woodwork clamps. Good luck!

Hi Barry Look at this page : http://www.speedbicycles.ch/velo/477/daccordi_griffe_1991.html

I'd try and keep the original decals and paint and work around them.

R100 ?

I agree, just observing that if you have 150 cool bikes each one can only get ridden twice in the year...a years riding on one really cool bike is is better value?

You might ride each one twice in a year, where is the value in that?

I have a full set of Zeus Decals for a Road Bike, I can scan them for you if you like?

Hey U Thanks! have been trolling the web...did know about the jalabert bit but not the bike of the year... Nutter

Has anyone got a look kg 171 like the one in the pic? I'm restoring one that was painted over and has lost it's decals, I'm trying to get some close up pics of the decals with a ruler to replicate them?

I'm looking for another one of these campagnolo lambda rims to complete a set...

What is the route?

Try touch up first, I got good results on my DHC track bike...Some okder bikes it would be criminal to respray, look at this bianchi from 1953 : http://www.speedbicycles.ch/velo/468/bianchi_tour_de_france_1953.html

When is this?

Did you try the silver foil trick? http://www.robertscycle.com/chrome-clean.html

Where are Hunter Cycling now?

I agree, have a pair on my Zeus!

My 1960's DHC, still working on a period set of wheels...

Hi Greg That's a cool DHC, funny how it has derailleur levers, considering it's a track frame. I have one too, but with much simpler lugs and no chrome on the track ends or forks. Have a look at this thread go to the post by alexl, he had track frame no.3 made by Huth. Cheers Justin

The silver Vitus must be an early one judging by the seat pillar clamp, mine has a concealed grub screw...

Brooks team pro alpe d'Huez on my 70 Zeus...

This nutrition stuff is a big big business! Grahame Obree set a new hour record training on marmalade sandwiches: "Instead, he majored on marmalade sandwiches made in the kitchen of his Scottish home. The sugar gave him a bit of a lift, he reckoned, and the fruit was good for him." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3632942/Against-all-odds.html