Recent content by danishbacon

Interestingly I've now been told by Condor that this is likely an Italia frame (but I am inclined to disagree because of the rack mounts). I've decided to fully strip the frame of parts, clean and repack everything. Proved to be a sound idea as the components were quite gummed up and stiff...

Re: Plus gas worked a charm, thank you. The teardown and full repack is progressing!

I've got a Campy triomphe Downtube shifter (rear) which doesn't want to come off. The d ring bolt feels seized and when putting some pressure on with an adjustable spanner wrench its pushing the d ring to a point I fear it might break. Anybody have experience with getting this off? Thanks.

Thanks Hamster. Have ordered some bits I need before getting started with this. Hopefully can get to it by the weekend and will update with photos when it's on the stand :)

I've been toying with the ideal of riding an 80s bike for a while now and had the following criteria: cheap, high quality, at least 80% original, my size, and well preserved. You might say that some of these are mutually exclusive but I managed to find something very interesting that seems to...