Hi Everyone!
Glad to have found this site. Nice to know that there are (some) folks out there with a fondness for old Dyna-Techs.
Mine has been sat in my parents garage for the last x years, and yesterday I finally got 'round to taking it away and bringing it to my work.
Managed to break their garage door in the process, but that's another matter....
Anyway, my bike, bought and paid for by me when I was 13 or 14 is an Encounter, I believe a 22" (I'm lanky, and was as a teenager...), 2060 tubing with the curved top tube.
I'm wondering where I can go with the bike - it's now almost completely stripped, just need to get myself tools to remove the crank/BB and rear cassette and I'm there.
I've ultrasonically cleaned the front and rear mech (Deore LX) and they don't look to be in too bad condition - however, I'm thinking of replacing certain other bits like the brakes, shifters and possibly the chainset (BB is a definite). Would I be able to get hold of any shifters compatible with the 7-speed mech, or should I just replace that too?
The frame itself just has a few scuffs and scrapes, nothing major (probably as a result of it being dropped or carelessly leant against walls when I went to our village shop for my next sugar hit), so it's not really in need of a respray and I can't see any cracks(!) Incidentally is there potential for any problems with the bonding when the frame goes into an oven?
Any thoughts that you may have on how I should go about re-building this bike would be much appreciated. I only intend to use it on the road TBH, as a less intensive ride than my Orbea road bike.
Will try and post a couple of pics of the frame up asap.
If you made it this far into the post, thanks a lot!!
K
Glad to have found this site. Nice to know that there are (some) folks out there with a fondness for old Dyna-Techs.
Mine has been sat in my parents garage for the last x years, and yesterday I finally got 'round to taking it away and bringing it to my work.
Managed to break their garage door in the process, but that's another matter....
Anyway, my bike, bought and paid for by me when I was 13 or 14 is an Encounter, I believe a 22" (I'm lanky, and was as a teenager...), 2060 tubing with the curved top tube.
I'm wondering where I can go with the bike - it's now almost completely stripped, just need to get myself tools to remove the crank/BB and rear cassette and I'm there.
I've ultrasonically cleaned the front and rear mech (Deore LX) and they don't look to be in too bad condition - however, I'm thinking of replacing certain other bits like the brakes, shifters and possibly the chainset (BB is a definite). Would I be able to get hold of any shifters compatible with the 7-speed mech, or should I just replace that too?
The frame itself just has a few scuffs and scrapes, nothing major (probably as a result of it being dropped or carelessly leant against walls when I went to our village shop for my next sugar hit), so it's not really in need of a respray and I can't see any cracks(!) Incidentally is there potential for any problems with the bonding when the frame goes into an oven?
Any thoughts that you may have on how I should go about re-building this bike would be much appreciated. I only intend to use it on the road TBH, as a less intensive ride than my Orbea road bike.
Will try and post a couple of pics of the frame up asap.
If you made it this far into the post, thanks a lot!!
K
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