Roberts rebuild - show me yours for inspiration

Giel · Sep 23, 2011

that looks like 80s pink and mine is from 94

I guess for this bike it'd have to be black and white if one chooses an original Roberts paint scheme. That however, is a bit too common (to the extent that one could say Roberts' are common).

I like my bikes to look boring and understated, as long as the ride is the opposite

Rod_Saetan · Sep 23, 2011

Good points.

Giel · Nov 29, 2011

Progress!

A small step for man, etc...

Took a while, but another piece of the puzzle is nearly complete. With the disc conversion in the works, the front end needed changing too. I want to maintain the Pace RC30 crown and the framebuilder has fabricated new fork legs that fit the Pace crown. Only thing missing still is nickel-plating them.

DSC_7890 by

obviously the wheel is for testing purposes only

Frame has returned from the powder-coater (no pics yet), so who knows, I may just ride this before Christmas...not sure which year though

Cheers, Giel

sinnerman · Nov 29, 2011

Re: Progress!

Giel":39x3nxjz said:
A small step for man, etc...

Took a while, but another piece of the puzzle is nearly complete. With the disc conversion in the works, the front end needed changing too. I want to maintain the Pace RC30 crown and the framebuilder has fabricated new fork legs that fit the Pace crown. Only thing missing still is nickel-plating them.

obviously the wheel is for testing purposes only

Frame has returned from the powder-coater (no pics yet), so who knows, I may just ride this before Christmas...not sure which year though

Cheers, Giel

looks like a lovely job there bud, big roberts fan here, waiting for more installments with interest....

Woodsman · Nov 30, 2011

The work looks good so far - better than Roberts would do now days I'm sure.

What work has caused the burning marks around the BB-Chainstays?

Cheers

Nice frame and forks!

Silver and blue again would have be cool..

yo-eddy · Nov 30, 2011

Nice! Can't wait to see the finshed project

Giel · Nov 30, 2011

Thanks chaps, just received a better pic:

DSC_7898 by Michiel Kuit, on Flickr

I must say I am getting excited now!

Woodsman":1dwzotgv said:
What work has caused the burning marks around the BB-Chainstays

Originally this bike used a down pull front mech with a pulley. I am running a m900 top pull so the pulley mounting point has been filled.

Woodsman":1dwzotgv said:
The work looks good so far - better than Roberts would do now days I'm sure.

Quite a statement, care to explain? I have on 2 occasions tried (and failed) to buy something from Roberts; communication was a royal pain in the *ss. I wasn't aware that workmanship has gone down too, interested to hear more.

Cheers, Giel

biglev · Nov 30, 2011

very nice. good work fella.

EarlofBarnet · Nov 30, 2011

Looks exceptionally craftsmanship on the frame and forks. Disc tab on forks is a work of art

mrkawasaki · Nov 30, 2011

Does this help...

Roberts rebuild - show me yours for inspiration

Giel

Retro Guru

Rod_Saetan

Old School Grand Master

Giel

Retro Guru

sinnerman

Woodsman

yo-eddy

Giel

Retro Guru

biglev

EarlofBarnet

mrkawasaki

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