jcza Posted August 27, 2014 Posted August 27, 2014 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.
quintonb Posted August 27, 2014 Posted August 27, 2014 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.
danthunders Posted August 27, 2014 Posted August 27, 2014 Glen has some awesome stuff! I can recommand him.
quintonb Posted August 27, 2014 Posted August 27, 2014 Agreed, I have bought some stuff from him.A lot of what he has is NOS or VGC.
Loose cog Posted August 27, 2014 Posted August 27, 2014 (edited) 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
RudoJ Posted August 28, 2014 Posted August 28, 2014 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....
RudoJ Posted August 28, 2014 Posted August 28, 2014 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
Guest notmyname Posted August 28, 2014 Posted August 28, 2014 Hey retro builders. I got myself a torque wrench today and I'd like to torque my 3ttt quill. Any views on Nm?
RudoJ Posted August 28, 2014 Posted August 28, 2014 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. Chro Mo, quintonb, gtr1 and 2 others 5
RudoJ Posted August 28, 2014 Posted August 28, 2014 Damn.....seatpost cracked. Bit disappointed but oh well...
DJR Posted August 29, 2014 Posted August 29, 2014 Damn.....seatpost cracked. Bit disappointed but oh well... ....and there I was on the brink of making you an offer you couldn't refuse
RudoJ Posted August 29, 2014 Posted August 29, 2014 ....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.
Andymann Posted August 29, 2014 Posted August 29, 2014 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.
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