HeyYou Posted April 30, 2015 Share Try building the wheels yourself.I've recently built my first pair, took me two days, about 8 hours in total!Made a few fundamental mistakes, but learned a lot and had to pay only R60 to have the wheels checked and spokes torsioned. DJR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyYou Posted April 30, 2015 Share Edit: very satisfying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted April 30, 2015 Share Try building the wheels yourself. I've recently built my first pair, took me two days, about 8 hours in total! Made a few fundamental mistakes, but learned a lot and had to pay only R60 to have the wheels checked and spokes torsioned.One day when I grow up (some more)I want to build me a wheelset too! Badsam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eppie Posted April 30, 2015 Share This should bring back some memories. It is a three speed Phillips, English make in the sixties from similar bikes on the net. This one however has a Raleigh South Africa sticker on so may have been assembled locally.Phillips3sp.jpgDid some further research on this bike and made an interesting discovery. The bikes fitted with Sturmey Archer English hubs can be dated by the hub. The year and month is stamped on the hub. So this is in fact a November 1983 model and not a 1960's one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loose cog Posted May 1, 2015 Share Hi Guys, We are going to have a classic bicycle ride in The Cradle on Friday, starting at Something Country at 7.30. We will decide on the route on the day. Bring friends/family/other riders bikes, parts, etc and after the ride we can have breakfast. See you there A big thank you to Evan and Jono for arranging the ride this morning. Great to see so many cool bikes, especially a red Basso with C Record groupo. So many Colnago's! Also so nice to see a lot of young guys riding older bikes! Thank you also to the guys that came from a far. Look forward to many more rides, a chat and breakfast. Keep safe on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvanB Posted May 1, 2015 Share  Hi Guys, We are going to have a classic bicycle ride in The Cradle on Friday, starting at Something Country at 7.30. We will decide on the route on the day. Bring friends/family/other riders bikes, parts, etc and after the ride we can have breakfast. See you there A big thank you to Evan and Jono for arranging the ride this morning. Great to see so many cool bikes, especially a red Basso with C Record groupo. So many Colnago's! Also so nice to see a lot of young guys riding older bikes! Thank you also to the guys that came from a far. Look forward to many more rides, a chat and breakfast. Keep safe on the road. A big thanks to everyone who turned up, looking forward to the next one and hopefully many more classics there, felt like the old days in the bunch JMK1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badsam Posted May 3, 2015 Share My KG 196 before getting stripped to fit a period correct NOS DA 7400 grouppo javadude, Wazza_pe, HeyYou and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket ship Posted May 3, 2015 Share My latest project....finally completedColnago super with mostly nuovo gran sport groupset Edited May 7, 2015 by Rocket ship EvanB, DJR, Loose cog and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loose cog Posted May 3, 2015 Share Can't wait to see it on the road! Rocket ship 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvanB Posted May 5, 2015 Share Some photos from the JHB classic ride, please excuse the quality and light Loose cog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest notmyname Posted May 5, 2015 Share  Some photos from the JHB classic ride, please excuse the quality and lightAwesome!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eppie Posted May 5, 2015 Share  Some photos from the JHB classic ride, please excuse the quality and light Very nice, good to see so many classic bikes in use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eppie Posted May 5, 2015 Share This is my recently acquired Eddy Merckx. Putting on a Campagnolo headset and a vintage handlebar. Will put some more photos once done, with a full description. DJR, EvanB, Badsam and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loose cog Posted May 5, 2015 Share  Some photos from the JHB classic ride, please excuse the quality and light What a great morning outing! We must make it a regular feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loose cog Posted May 5, 2015 Share This morning a parcel arrived at the door!  EvanB, Nico RoadKill, HeyYou and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket ship Posted May 5, 2015 Share Exquisite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now