Recent content by J8B

Re: Sweet bike, in good nick too. Those gum wall tyres look good on it. Much nicer than the red ones.

Re: Some more before photos:

Hi All, Another retro restoration project that was completed a while back. Found this one whilst out house hunting. We were inspecting a house that was for sale and I noticed an old road bike covered in dust and cobwebs in one of the sheds. The property was being sold through an agent, so there...

Yeah a bit of photoshoppin got rid of the prop :) I should say that the saddle has been leveled too :)

Finally got around to posting some finished bike photos :) Its been on the road for a few months now and hasn't skipped a beat. A very light bike that performs exceptionally well - uphill, downhill and on the flat.

Been super busy since my last post, but the bike has been finished. I'll get some photos up shortly, but it turned out surprisingly light (haven't weighed it, but it feels light). Had to fashion a cable holder for the rear stay cable guide out of a rear derailleur adjuster. Not sure how the rear...

Put the bottom bracket in on the weekend and also polished the handlebars. They were basic Deda bars in a dull anodised silver, so didn't look too crash hot. Got stuck into them with some wet and dry and they came up quite nicely. Still got to polish them a little more though. Next up is to...

Headed down to a local bike coop here in Adelaide last weekend and put the crown race onto the fork. Surprisingly easy when you have the right tools :) Then started to put some of the parts onto the frame. The components are nearly all Shimano 105 5700 in silver (which is actually more of a...

That's awesome. Always liked the Benotto frames. Excellent job.

Thanks, I'll see if I can track some down. The Campag seat post bolt was the correct one. Wasn't able to find one locally though so have to go for a no-name CrMo one. There were none available without the key at one end, so have to do a bit of Dremel'ing to remove the key. Also...

Any advice on whether I should be spraying some form of frame protector inside the tubes before installing the bottom bracket?

Yeah I'd be interested to see another Squadra in similar colours. Haven't seen any actual bikes with the same paint job.

Thanks for the frame information fiks and Elev12k. Tried to find a catalog on the net with the frame in it but couldn't find anything. Thanks for the links.

It was $350 for the frame and fork. A few small chips in the paint here and there but otherwise is in really good condition.

Put the headset (Tange Levin NJS) in last night using an improvised headset press. The cups look to be in ok, so hopefully all good :)