jcza Posted August 27, 2014 Share Can someone please help me with the name or contact details for the guy that restores vintage bikes on Supercycling a week or 2 back. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/46935-retro-bicycle-thread/page/154/#findComment-2404379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
quintonb Posted August 27, 2014 Share Can someone please help me with the name or contact details for the guy that restores vintage bikes on Supercycling a week or 2 back.Think you referring to Glen.He doesn't really restore bikes, he finds really good condition bikes and builds them up.I have PM'd you his Cell no. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/46935-retro-bicycle-thread/page/154/#findComment-2404389 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chro Mo Posted August 27, 2014 Share Glenzito? Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/46935-retro-bicycle-thread/page/154/#findComment-2404394 Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthunders Posted August 27, 2014 Share Glen has some awesome stuff! I can recommand him. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/46935-retro-bicycle-thread/page/154/#findComment-2404439 Share on other sites More sharing options...
quintonb Posted August 27, 2014 Share Agreed, I have bought some stuff from him.A lot of what he has is NOS or VGC. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/46935-retro-bicycle-thread/page/154/#findComment-2404457 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chro Mo Posted August 27, 2014 Share +1 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/46935-retro-bicycle-thread/page/154/#findComment-2404475 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loose cog Posted August 27, 2014 Share Hi Broker, finding a full groupset in SA may be some what of a challenge but you can find parts from time to time. I have a Superleggra which I am yet to restore but will look at later period Campy groupset after selling off a C Record groupo a few months ago. Rear derailleurs are particularly had to find. I will see what parts I can find. Found this mid 80's Triomphe or Victory RD. The main DR looks like a Triomphe but the chain guard looks more like the Victory. It should clean up nicely. Edited August 27, 2014 by Loose cog danthunders and LeTurbo 2 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/46935-retro-bicycle-thread/page/154/#findComment-2404582 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudoJ Posted August 28, 2014 Share These higher end 80s bikes are a rare thing of beauty - lovely lines, elegant and easy on the eye. It seems, ironically, that in that decade of excess, bicycles were such a pretty blend of form and function - as if they were really having their maker's personality somehow added to them. This era will always be the benchmark for me for fine bicycles. I must say ( and this is coming from a mtb'er) each hour spent working on the Alan amazes me more. Falling in love with her big time. Will take her to the scales when all the work is done. Now just for a name.... Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/46935-retro-bicycle-thread/page/154/#findComment-2405688 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudoJ Posted August 28, 2014 Share I am sooooo searching for a seatpost like that........ I think the Alan's got one like that. Will have a look, spent most of my attention to the frame, fork and cranks....but Quintonb did an amazing job indeed I like Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/46935-retro-bicycle-thread/page/154/#findComment-2405691 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest notmyname Posted August 28, 2014 Share Hey retro builders. I got myself a torque wrench today and I'd like to torque my 3ttt quill. Any views on Nm? Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/46935-retro-bicycle-thread/page/154/#findComment-2406096 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudoJ Posted August 28, 2014 Share Frame done at last. Not at 100% though but gonna keep it as is. Only seatpost, bars and wheels left. I'm hooked. Frame must be touched up here and there but this I will do once she's built up. Loose cog, Chro Mo, LeTurbo and 2 others 5 Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/46935-retro-bicycle-thread/page/154/#findComment-2406234 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudoJ Posted August 28, 2014 Share Seatpost..... Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/46935-retro-bicycle-thread/page/154/#findComment-2406235 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudoJ Posted August 28, 2014 Share Damn.....seatpost cracked. Bit disappointed but oh well... Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/46935-retro-bicycle-thread/page/154/#findComment-2406243 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted August 29, 2014 Share Damn.....seatpost cracked. Bit disappointed but oh well... ....and there I was on the brink of making you an offer you couldn't refuse Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/46935-retro-bicycle-thread/page/154/#findComment-2406374 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudoJ Posted August 29, 2014 Share ....and there I was on the brink of making you an offer you couldn't refuse What would it have been....just wanna kick myself even more in the arse But to be honest, during the sanding process I became so attached to Eleanor, that I wouldn't want to let her go.....Now to find a suitable replacement seatpost. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/46935-retro-bicycle-thread/page/154/#findComment-2406428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andymann Posted August 29, 2014 Share Damn.....seatpost cracked. Bit disappointed but oh well...If its a particularly rare post and you are not too much of a weight weenie you could repair that. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/46935-retro-bicycle-thread/page/154/#findComment-2406429 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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