Recent content by ManekiNico

Re: The file names might provide a clue. The scans are all labeled "3T 90er_0#.jpg". Those graphics definitely scream 90s.

If you had asked me this question in 1993, the answer clearly would have been “Not one whit”. I bought this bike as a frameset in 1986 and built it up with whatever was available and affordable (often 2nd hand) from the local bike shops: Nuovo Record derailleur group (w/ aftermarket Bullseye...

I took apart my NR rear derailleur for cleaning and naturally didn't take note of how the tension spring was inserted in the spring cage cover. :oops: Anybody know which is the default/stock position? Left hole (seen on the inner plate in the photo) seems to result in lower tension for the...

Re: Late to the party, but @Southcoast has it right. The VAR 188 (RL-18800) tool is the way to go. If you can find one, the VAR 368 freewheel vise is handy for removing all the cogs from the body. How did you get on with removing your freewheel?

^ Well, you had three letters right… :wink: Next step is to pack up the frame and ship it from Canada to Italy for repairs and (re)plating. Then I have to decide whether to have the restorer do the paint too or work with a well-reputed, but twice as expensive, painter closer to home. The...

@PeachyPM, a restorer I’ve been talking to suggests you’re correct, only it’s nickel plating not zinc. His explanation (with apologies for imperfect English): And indeed, the Treviso has chromed dropouts, drive side chain stay, seat stay caps, and fork crown.

Re: @Midlife, I wish! But no, I’m the original owner and the frame was painted in a colour listed as “Red” on the sales bill and “Bordeaux” in the 1985 Pinarello catalogue. In a 1989 Pina colour chart, a similar colour is listed as “Trasp. Metallizzati Rosso” (transparent metallic red). A good...

Re: @Midlife, pretty certain it’s plated, but I’m willing to be proved wrong. There’s obvious signs of brazing around the cable guides on the top tube due to an earlier repair (don’t ask!), but none around the top tube lugs — or at least not as much as I’d expect. Maybe I don’t understand...

I’ve started restoring my beloved Pinarello Treviso (my first “real” bicycle) and the first order of business is replacing the dented and bowed top tube. Wish I could say it came by its scars honestly in a hard fought crit, but the sad thruth is it fell off a storage stand. My goal is to...