Recent content by dino927

It has been slow going, not helped by the last couple of weeks worth of weather! Frame is about 50% there, but I suspect the Nitromors has been less of a benefit than the hours of scraping and sanding! I never said it was going to be a quick job, but ....... :oops: At least it's giving me the...

The touch up and polish up option hasn't been too successful, so it's now off to Plan B (A complete paint job which I've never done before) 1. Remove Paint from frame and forks using wet n dry. Partial success, really hard work and RSI of the elbow! 2. Use Nitromors to get the paint off (See...

I dragged out the original wheels (and a couple of spares) to make sure I have the right hubs and to check over, clean & polish them up. I have the right hubs it turns out, which will save a few quid, but I remember trashing a rim on a pothole a few years back and getting it replaced at short...

That's great, thanks for the pointer. I'm on it....

Sounds like a good plan and I certainly wouldn't want to be doing 20c, despite the original spec! I'll have a look at tan wall tyres though. It hadn't really been a thing until you mentioned it, but I can see it being one of those finishing touches that'll set it all off nicely; cheers.

@FiveAlpha That's been a real help, thank you. I have some Shimano 600 stuff already, but finding replacement parts of a high standard is proving tricky. Most of the stuff I've seen is worse quality than the parts I am looking to replace. But there is no rush to complete this and I hope that in...

Hi, I'm in the process of trying to bring my Dyna-Tech 755Ti back to a great working condition. I see you had some 600 shifters for sale and they do look in reasonable condition from the photos. Are they still available as I'm interested? Many thanks Dino

Well, the Decals are off (and the decal glue is finally off the frame too now!). Replacements Decals are being made to order by [email protected] as they weren't out there to buy off the shelf. @mtbkez thanks for the pointers regarding colour matching the blue paint and if anyone out there...

A bit of a minefield isn't it? Thanks for your thoughts Kerry. I'll might just get a small sample of it to use it as a benchmark and work up and down the spectrum from there as it isn't a million miles off. Loving your Dyna-Tech btw

That Blue is pretty similar to my Dyna-Tech 755Ti (1995) Road bike, but maybe it's the light! I've got a plan to clean up and touch up my frame and forks. Do you still think the RAL 5005 has done the job well enough and looking at my photos, do you think they're close enough? Cheers

Steve at H Lloyd has come good. He needs to make spec ones for me, but I'm feeling confident that they will be just great.

I'll get a list together over the next few weeks and will do just that. Thanks for the steer. I might steal your strap line there "#AnotherOneSaved"; I like it ;)

Thanks for all the good gen. @Markybeau has clarified the age and has offered a recommendation for a respray. That said, it's all looking promising and I may just do a really thorough clean up/touch up job as suggested by @Guinessisgoodforyou but first I'll look into the full respray options...

The story is coming together nicely. Many thanks for that and the link. I'll look him up

I need to think over this one. You're quite right, it's not that bad that maybe I couldn't bring it back to reasonable condition. I have thought about going off piste and going in a totally new direction with the colour scheme, but that's quite a leap. But watch this space! The decals are...