Help wanted getting a bike from Austria

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I believe you are correct, @PanoIgano .
I'm just saying that I wouldn't blame anyone for going after that bike if the advertisement became common knowledge. Once it's out, it's fair game really, hence my desire for confidentiality.

 

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OK, I don't have it yet, but perhaps it's time for the big reveal.

First, the good news: RBer @KayOs happened to be traveling right by the seller's location and was kind enough to get this for me. It was listed for sale on Kleinenziegen, so the seller wanted to deal locally. Many thanks to KayOs!



And then, of course, the not-so-good news:



This is not surprising to me. Anyone who has read my rant about Aluminum Nishiki e-stays cracking is probably not surprised either. This seems to "come with the territory", as a high percentage of these old aluminum Nishiki e-stays seem to crack if you even simply THINK about them.

In any case, it fills a whole in my collection. I know @danson67 had one of these, so I'm curious if he repaired it and how well the repair went.

BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!

Apparently the seller, in KayOs words, "used a threaded headset and slammed in a threadless fork steerer." so it's proving to be an ordeal trying to remove the fork.

So, the saga continues. I will suggestd to KayOs to post pics of the situation here to see if some of the wise and wizardly of the RB community could offer their sage advice.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can remove this fork, which I shall henceforth refer to as "Excalibur".

 

[KayOs]

OK, I don't have it yet, but perhaps it's time for the big reveal.

First, the good news: RBer @KayOs happened to be traveling right by the seller's location and was kind enough to get this for me. It was listed for sale on Kleinenziegen, so the seller wanted to deal locally. Many thanks to KayOs!

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And then, of course, the not-so-good news:

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This is not surprising to me. Anyone who has read my rant about Aluminum Nishiki e-stays cracking is probably not surprised either. This seems to "come with the territory", as a high percentage of these old aluminum Nishiki e-stays seem to crack if you even simply THINK about them.

In any case, it fills a whole in my collection. I know @danson67 had one of these, so I'm curious if he repaired it and how well the repair went.

BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!

Apparently the seller, in KayOs words, "used a threaded headset and slammed in a threadless fork steerer." so it's proving to be an ordeal trying to remove the fork.

So, the saga continues. I will suggestd to KayOs to post pics of the situation here to see if some of the wise and wizardly of the RB community could offer their sage advice.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can remove this fork, which I shall henceforth refer to as "Excalibur".

There is news from the KayOs shed....

I had time last night to take care of the divorce of fork and frame.
As nothing had moved when I first tried some days ago I soaked everything with penetrating oil. That's why it became quite a mess yesterday, which is why there are no photos.
After a few attempts, a lot of sweat and some swearing, I had the fork out.

As it turned out, there was some kind of Quill stem adapter installed. However, I had never seen one of these before, it looked homemade, like an Ahead steerer complete with a knocked in star nut. I had therefore assumed that the fork had an Ahead steerer. The headset however was a threaded one.
Of course I couldn't knock the starnut out downwards because that's where the adapter was clamped. It didn't come out upwards with my possibilities either.
But thanks to the excessive use of Ballistol, I slowly managed to unscrew the top nut of the headset, which also pushed up the adapter. When I finally got the oily monster out after almost 2 hours, I threw it straight outside through the door.....where it still lies.... somewhere under the blackberries.....rot in pieces you b***h!!

The rear end than come off with no issues.
So now the next step is wrapping everything up and get it shipped.