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11th November 2010, 09:37 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Bike Restoration
Here are some pictures of my bike which I bought 2nd hand in 1975. My nephew rode it Sydney to Canberra twice with his school. In its state (before taking it apart) I nearly killed myself a couple of times. Braking was awfull and was as heavy as lead.
Apart from giving it a sandblast and powdercoat, I haven't decided on the rest. Maybe a single speed?
Graham
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11th November 2010, 10:02 PM #2
A single speed would certainly be different from your Bianchi. I think a 'fixxie' would be a good training bike too (actually a cycling instructor guy I know says they are good for training).
Nathan.
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12th November 2010, 08:43 PM #3GOLD MEMBER
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Fixies may be a bit adventurous at my stage of development (age).
I love following the Fixie thread on the Aust Cycling Forums though. There is an interesting one about 'Hipsters'. Love it.
Graham
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22nd November 2010, 04:46 AM #4Foo
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So you're lurking around over there are we Graham!
I would be restoring it back to a roadie with some newer gear on it or if you can get hold of the older running gear, back to original. (with 700cc wheels)
Is there a pic of your bike over there in the gallery?
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25th November 2010, 02:17 PM #5GOLD MEMBER
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[QUOTE=Foo;1238554]So you're lurking around over there are we Graham!
I would be restoring it back to a roadie with some newer gear on it or if you can get hold of the older running gear, back to original. (with 700cc wheels)
Is there a pic of your bike over there in the gallery?[/QUOTE]
That's exactly what my friends say.
What about if you let me do the single speed thing first to get it out of my system and then I can do it up as a geared roadie in my retirement (next year!)
(Photo was copied from here and put in the single speed section.)
Graham
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25th November 2010, 07:48 PM #6Foo
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Ok, I'm going to check it out!
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26th November 2010, 08:19 PM #7GOLD MEMBER
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Don't get lost in the Hipster threads. And the Hitler/hipster stuff!
Graham
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27th November 2010, 05:10 AM #8Foo
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Yeah some of them are a bit like that, but in general, it is a pretty good place.
Had a look for your new road bike, but could not find it.
Going to set myself the 6k target again for next year, how about you, you going to have a crack? I couldn't do much worse than this year!!
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