quintonb Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 Got my bike from Hunter Cycling, I'm so stoked image1.JPGBest R500 you have ever spent.Looks really good.Now promise you will ride her now and again. Spez247 1
Loose cog Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 ThanksWarren, we look forward to seeing you and the bike at the next retro ride at the Cradle. Send EvanB a PM with your mobile number to make sure you get an invite. Great morning out with lots of time to chat and admire each others bikes after the ride over breakfast.
Warren van Rensburg Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 Warren, we look forward to seeing you and the bike at the next retro ride at the Cradle. Send EvanB a PM with your mobile number to make sure you get an invite. Great morning out with lots of time to chat and admire each others bikes after the ride over breakfast.Sounds like a plan, how many Kms do you do? I might need to get a little more fit
Loose cog Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 Not 100% sure as I have not measured the distance but its +-30km with a stop halfway for photos and for slower riders to catch up. It is a social event and certainly not a training ride with partners and children encouraged to join in the fun. Rozanne 1
Warren van Rensburg Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 Not 100% sure as I have not measured the distance but its +-30km with a stop halfway for photos and for slower riders to catch up. It is a social event and certainly not a training ride with partners and children encouraged to join in the fun.Oh rad, that's more than manageable.
Warren van Rensburg Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 Not 100% sure as I have not measured the distance but its +-30km with a stop halfway for photos and for slower riders to catch up. It is a social event and certainly not a training ride with partners and children encouraged to join in the fun.Oh rad, that's more than manageable
HeartCoppi Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) Warren, your profile does not say where you live but if you are in Jhbg area I would gladly have a look at the bike and give you an opinion. From the photos the frame doesn't look to be in a bad way and after a strip down and thorough clean you would be able to decide. Somec's always had fancy paint jobs and it is very hard to replicate the original work. PLUS, you loose value if the frame is repainted so my advise only respray if the paint work is in very bad condition (or it has been resprayed before). Heyyou has a lovely example and so does Glenzito and Fixer (or at least they did).Fixer's bike tops the S.O.M.E.C list, with full panto.Its probably easier to respray a nag, than it is the art work of a S.O.M.E.CThe decal is very hard to find. If anybody has got a contact please share ! Edited July 30, 2015 by HeartCoppi
HeartCoppi Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 Please let me know if you have the following:Mavic 650 clincher rim 28H in great condition and nice brake surfaces. New is preferred.Fully built wheel will be considered too.I think I'm in my third year of searching.
Rocket ship Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) Hi All Selling some nos Campy pedal spanners. 5 up for sale R200 each. Edited July 30, 2015 by Rocket ship
Fixer Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 Fixer's bike tops the S.O.M.E.C list, with full panto.Its probably easier to respray a nag, than it is the art work of a S.O.M.E.CThe decal is very hard to find. If anybody has got a contact please share !Warren that is a great frame. I agree with HeartCoppi, don't try re-spray. Somec's have some of the coolest paint and decals and I have not seen the older decals like your available in reproduction. A piece of art. Good find.I still have mine. She is safely packed away. HeatCoppi probably has the only NOS, unbuilt frame in SA. Loose cog 1
HeyYou Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 Warren that is a great frame. I agree with HeartCoppi, don't try re-spray. Somec's have some of the coolest paint and decals and I have not seen the older decals like your available in reproduction. A piece of art. Good find.I still have mine. She is safely packed away. HeatCoppi probably has the only NOS, unbuilt frame in SA. AGREE. Always better to leave as original, unless original is too far gone. You've seen the chrome on the one I've just acquired. Would probably cost me R1200 to have the whole frame rechromed, but then what???? I can't replicate the paintwork, so better just to fix the chrome as best I can and then leave it. Bottom line is you have an appreciating asset, don't chuck it by painting it. quintonb and Loose cog 2
nick_the_wheelbuilder Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 Selling this DA seatpost if anyone is interested - see the classifieds. 27.2mm.
Dieter ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 http://i.imgur.com/mCbNU8p.png nathrix 1
HeyYou Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 My previous posts re the crappy chrome on the chain and sear stays of my recently acquired SOMEC refer. I had 2 hours spare, between meetings, this morning (in Maputo) and came upon this http://m.instructables.com/id/High-Quality-and-safe-Nickel-Plating/ Anyone done anything look this?
HeyYou Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 http://i.imgur.com/mCbNU8p.png I've seen one of these. Wonder how many there are in SA?
Warren van Rensburg Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 Sorry to keep posting but I took a better pic of the Somec EvanB, kamaalo, Meerkat82 and 7 others 10
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