Hinde audax project thread

[pwebb]

rescuing another steel frame - very much work in progress till I work out what exactly this is going to end up as.

...pitted and showing the fact it has been in storage for some time...




...after bit of scrubbing and polishing:

 

[pwebb]

spent a bit of time with the paint restorer, autosol and mothers polish + wet and dry...



looking a bit more respectable now, so can plan what to build it with - this frame dates from mid 90s AFAIK so was thinking something like similar age 10 speed campy groupset - Athena, Chorus, Centaur maybe

 

[velocipede]

Oooh, that's come up lovely! I'm a big fan of Dave's handiwork (I'm local to him) - his earlier frames are all lovely in my opinion (less so the modern factory made stuff)

 

[grantoury]

Very nice frameset. Campagnolo would be nice on a Columbus frame.

 

[pwebb]

assembled some parts for a fitting exercise - Mirage 9 speed mechs and braking with Veloce crankset, all of these are well used and will need some cleaning and polishing



thankfully steerer and seatpost are standard sizes so parts bin comes to the rescue yet again,
not much clearance on frames of this era so will be 700x25C or narrower as I also want to try to get some slender mudguards in there as this is supposed to be an audax style build and the frame + forks have eyelets, so why not?
next tasks involve plenty of mothers polish I reckon.
also need to find period campy square taper BB with english threads, hopefully a lightweight one with any luck
more anon....

 

[Nob]

Nice long stem there…….

 

[pwebb]

Received sealed campagnolo BB today and it's a snug fit so this build can continue