Got this delivered yesterday, and won it for peanuts, it is in an ok state, a couple of dents, but nothing to major
Very interestingly put together, it has alu (i believe them to be) main lugs ,and then bonded tubes, has a 1 inch head tube, and the bottom bracket thread, isnt too deeply threaded (which is a blessing)
Having first taken off the pedal easily, the left hand crank, wasnt bolted to the bb, but looked like it might have been stuck, but a hacksaw and a few hits with a rubber mallet, and it popped off.
Now the bottom bracket, the left hand side cup, and sheel had taken a few hits by the state fo it, and was worried, that it wouldnt unscrew, easily, but before i tried that, i tried the rh side, as it looked in better shape, using a vice and the frame as leverage to unscrew it, another quite easy accomplishment, and surprisingly, even though the lh cup was a but bent etc, with a hammer and screw drive it popped out
I went ott with trying ot remove the stem, cutting off the cross bar until it would slip through the headset,
If i took notice of one of the laws of physics, i would have discovered ealrier that when i cut through the stem, and bolt, it would have released the tension and thus, came out sooner, and so not killed the headset.
also the skewers in the forks where bent, and the owner had used the bolt that helped secure the steerer tube to the crown, as a lock out for the fork???
Old school pete is hopefully posting me a test of this bike, and got to source some brake bolts
also has pain spalleted on it, but looks like emulsion, so nothing to serious
Very interestingly put together, it has alu (i believe them to be) main lugs ,and then bonded tubes, has a 1 inch head tube, and the bottom bracket thread, isnt too deeply threaded (which is a blessing)
Having first taken off the pedal easily, the left hand crank, wasnt bolted to the bb, but looked like it might have been stuck, but a hacksaw and a few hits with a rubber mallet, and it popped off.
Now the bottom bracket, the left hand side cup, and sheel had taken a few hits by the state fo it, and was worried, that it wouldnt unscrew, easily, but before i tried that, i tried the rh side, as it looked in better shape, using a vice and the frame as leverage to unscrew it, another quite easy accomplishment, and surprisingly, even though the lh cup was a but bent etc, with a hammer and screw drive it popped out
I went ott with trying ot remove the stem, cutting off the cross bar until it would slip through the headset,
If i took notice of one of the laws of physics, i would have discovered ealrier that when i cut through the stem, and bolt, it would have released the tension and thus, came out sooner, and so not killed the headset.
also the skewers in the forks where bent, and the owner had used the bolt that helped secure the steerer tube to the crown, as a lock out for the fork???
Old school pete is hopefully posting me a test of this bike, and got to source some brake bolts
also has pain spalleted on it, but looks like emulsion, so nothing to serious