Loose cog

Looking good, not sure if I would have sanded the forks but interested to see them after they are polished.

Hi Bradley Finding missing parts for the Roma must be hard given the smaller market. Have you restored bikes like this before?

Thanks Cippo, the down tube: Does it get fatter at the bottom near the BB compared to the top near the down tube shifters? If so it may be a SC rather an Mexico. Either way it's a great find and will be a super project restoration. Don't forget to post before and after pics on the Colnago thread on the hub. Trust you have seen it?

Alan continue(d) to build very nice cyclocross bikes. Not big in SA but very popular in Europe.

Bar tape, cable housing, bottle cage style and colours are all personal taste. Go with what you feel works. Hey, we even went luminiferous in the 80's.

Bought some items on sale, was very happy with service. With SA online shopping don't judge delivery times on supplier performance as they can't control SAPO. If you want items quickly get them to courier to you overnight or else wait the 3-5 days

I agree with the above. From my understanding is the SC had a slightly wider diameter at the BB tube than the head diameter. The size increased from the down shifters. What throws me out is the top tube is also crimped leading me to think it is a Master. Cippo can you measure the down tube diameter?

Rudo, here is a picture of an Alan fork. The ALAN is stamped into the crown lug on each side and normally filled in with black paint. By the way, this is my Alan track frame I need to sell as it's too big for me. I bought it thinking that if I washed it in very hot water it would shrink from a 58/60 to 52/54..................!

Aluminium Lugged forks... Scary stuff I feel the same way about that new stuff they make bikes out of these days, you know that black glass fibre stuff! I prefer my crack in another form, thanks

Whilst in Fort Knox have a look for a spare Concorde that you may wish to sell.

Until this post I had never heard of or seen a Kirk. That's what I love about this thread.

Nope, what is it?

Over R2,000! For this I would expect a camera relaying picture of what's going on behind you shown on your gps, smart phone or monitor

Any one keen to go show support from Joeys?

Echo that. Small fry you must have pulled some strings with Annette to get your frame sprayed so quickly!

The best monitors are the type used in the UK. The police strap it around your ankle and you can't leave your village. ASBO's are the way to go. ASBO = anti social behavioural order

Eddy, that's a very valuable summary of the market . Thank you for taking the time and effort to post.

That little red Trek has nice angles and will make a nice restoration project. Interested to see pictures of the Rudge. Welcome to the club Brad.

Colnago still make steel Master frames off the same 30 odd year old setup. Here's my baby.

+1 I recall those before pics. Can't wait to see the completed bike.

Hi Brad I just picked up a Cosmos frame this evening. I bought it for the spares. What I can tell you is it was made in good old SA and I must admit a closer inspection has revealed it was well made, is pretty light and the paint work still looks good. I am now keen to find out a bit more about the origin. May have to create a separate thread for this.

Can't wait to see OP's thread when someone posts some Shitmano for sale!

P.S. I may have period correct rear derailleur for sale.

Late 1970's Super with Campagnolo Gran Sport crank. Can't see the brakes and levers. Nice!

Hi Brad I sent you my email address in a PM. There is an art to cleaning old bicycles and you can get some further info here ...... http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Restoration/Restoration_main.htm or elsewhere on the web. The late Sheldon Brown had some good advise. Care! Often people do more harm to parts/bikes by trying to "fix"them and many of us prefer to get bikes in their scruffy state as we enjoy spending time and effort restoring. Not to mention money spent. The older the bike and its rarity is often an indication of how expensive it will be to restore. I personally don't buy restored bikes but prefer getting an old clonker which I can then do work on.