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To remove the paint, I applied several layers of gel paint remover. I scrubbed it with a brush to help loosen the paint as it was coming off. I'd apply the gel, let it sit 15 minutes, scrub it with the brush, let it sit about 10 more, then hose it off. I did this two or three times and it...

Inspired by a few other polished cannondale's on here lately, I decided to start a project of my own. My goal was to build an ultimate urban trail rider to tear up the neighborhood trails with the kids. First, I picked up a V500 on the local craigslist. I've always loved the uncommon...

Well, I started my polish job on the V500. So far so good. I had a hard time getting the paint off and found that a wire brush wheel on my drill worked great for cleaning it up the little spots that the paint stripper wouldn't remove. The down side to the wire brush is it took a lot of...

I have a V500 and am considering a paint strip and polish job on it. Do you have any advice for me on the polishing? What worked well or didn't work? You have any good forum threads to follow that you can share? This looks great and is exactly what I want mine to look like. I'll be putting...

Monthly bump to see if you've finished yet? This bike wants to be ridden in 2010!

Here's another Klein for the fans. This one says late 90's, but I believe it is mid/early. Late 90's would have an octalink BB most likely, unless of course this was hand built with scrap parts. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MEWAX:IT

In the painting pics, it appears you didn't remove the BB. Was it stuck? Wouldn't you usually remove this prior to painting? Are you just going to replace the BB afterward?

Thanks for the tip. The bike is amazing and that taping puts it over the top!

How do you do the basket weave bar taping? Just trial and error? I want to try this on a bike of mine. Any tips?

Another one for you UK guys. This looks to be in pretty good shape. Ends Dec 7th 2010@16:23PST http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MEWAX:IT

Thought some of you UK guys might have be interested in this... It's pretty small, which seems to be rare. Ends Dec 01, 2010 @9:20PST http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MEWAX:IT

Thanks for the feedback, the chainring was definitely reversed. I fixed that and now it works perfectly. Cheers!

I thought about the thinner chain, I doubt it's a modern chain though, this bike hasn't been maintained in 10 years so the chain is probably that old. It's a 6 speed drivetrain, what kind of chain should I replace it with? Thanks for the hint about recessions for the bolts, I'll look into...

I'm repairing a friends road bike and he has an old suntour crankset on it. It must be from the early 80's. He complains that the chain doesn't go down onto the little ring. I confirmed this, the chain seems to fall between the two chainrings. These chainrings are thicker in the body than in...

Stripping the paint. Just something to keep in mind... I've seen a few painted Ti bikes that don't have beautiful welds when stripped. I think some mfg's might sort the frames into piles that get painted and piles that don't get painted. There is a small chance that if you strip the paint...

I live in Texas. I may wait.. just getting itchy to get something you know? CTK, i've seen your barracuda project on here, I spent some time looking for one. Would you recommend the steel versions or the aluminum versions? I hear they run 'long' in the top tube, how's the size of your...

Schwinn Impact

Schwinn High Sierra

The pics are all crap... low res small craigslist pics. Here is the Scott.

Thanks.. I think I'll go for the GT. I have an early 90's GT Timberline that I enjoy so it'd be nice for it to have a friend. I am also considering the Scott though, maybe I'll get both. The Scott is a 1986 actually, i made a typo above, and that was the very first year that Scott made...