Getting bands round a frame - how?
- Thread starter glpinxit
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Bands should be o.k. simply opened and re closed.They are made to do this as there is no other way.Tightening the bolts will pull any deflection out of them when fixed. If you are worried about the paint then wrap a couple of turns of insulation tape around the frame just above or below the final fixing point. Spring the bands on over this and then slide them gently up the frame to where you want them. Remove the tape and there you are.
Regards
Peter
Regards
Peter
I only have two frames that need various kinds of"clip"; what I tend to do (as I'm fussy) is stick the tape to the clip (preferably a clear tape) that way it will permanently protect the paint. The clips will also attract dust over time (and although you may not notice), it will rub the paint, so remove, clean and replace occasionally.
Sounds a little OCD.
If you're having the frame refinished you can add braze ons. Many were available, for example: top tube cable braze ones from the early 50s, bottle braze-ons from at least the mid 1960s...
Jon.
Sounds a little OCD.
If you're having the frame refinished you can add braze ons. Many were available, for example: top tube cable braze ones from the early 50s, bottle braze-ons from at least the mid 1960s...
Jon.
glpinxit
Retro Guru
Thanks for the reassurance that they'll survive the bending experience. I'll probably go with taping the insides too.
Not planning on a re-finish. And in any event I don't think having braze-ons added is an option. It is a 753 frame and brazing would mess with the heat tempering which is probably why it doesn't have any. (It is a 1977 frame so 753 was pretty new at the time and the SBDU chaps were probably still finding their way, a bit.)
Not planning on a re-finish. And in any event I don't think having braze-ons added is an option. It is a 753 frame and brazing would mess with the heat tempering which is probably why it doesn't have any. (It is a 1977 frame so 753 was pretty new at the time and the SBDU chaps were probably still finding their way, a bit.)
Midlife
Retro Wizard
Best tape to use is the 3m clear tape used to protect helicopter rotor blades.....
Not sure there was a problem with brazing, after all they did the lugs. some frames came with no Brazing so as to use the full range of Campag acessories, including the clips.......Full Campag as they say LOL
Shaun
Not sure there was a problem with brazing, after all they did the lugs. some frames came with no Brazing so as to use the full range of Campag acessories, including the clips.......Full Campag as they say LOL
Shaun
torqueless
Senior Retro Guru
Just a little word of warning- Probably not an issue, but if any of the bands have an appreciably thinner cross-section anywhere, it's likely to bend more than the wider bit. For example, many years ago I did some pointless drillium on the steel band of my Simplex retrofriction levers.. I drilled out the logo on top of the band, and after many years, the once-round hole is now oval. If I'm putting on or taking off those levers I'm very careful to bend that part of the band as little as possible. If I hadn't done that, I reckon the band would have snapped long ago.
