Kona come home - 1990 CinderCone Campag Rebuild

Started on the cranks, a set of graphite ones, but with some damage.

So stripped the paint off with some paint stripper and wire wool, thand starter on the 80 grit and a fine file to remove the surface blemishes and scratches.....a bit to go yet 😱

before
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Paint stripping
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First pass with 80/120/240 grit
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Went for it for real yesterday, need some more green but ran out of paint and thinning it down doesn't work
I'm using Tamiya modelling Acrylics
Its come out OK I think, just a bit more green needed

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Also been working on the pedals which I got from 'Once A Hero' a few weeks back.
Strip down, clean up the aluminium cages by filing out the big scratches then emery and wet and dry, same with the bodies.
Not gone too far with them, no need for mirror finish.
End caps are plastic with a chrome plating, it comes off eventually

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Frame now done and clear lacquered. Its come out Ok, some minor blooming between the lacquer and the green splatter - bit too heavy on first lacquer coat
Headset in - some minor fettling to the headset lock nut - had to remove the shoulder of the bottom of it as the steer tube was too short for thh stack height
Cantilevers cleaned up and bolted on
Seat clamp fitted - NOS Campag one - very shiny
Rear mech trail fit
Bars/stem trial fit

To do, broadly
trim front mech band to fit down tube, think the paint has made it too big!
await 8 speed cassette and tyres
have another play with the bullet shifters
cable up brakes
Source a BB !!!!!!
Finish polishing the chainset
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Absolutely love this. I did a fire mountain splatter last year but it’s more dribbled on than flecks. This looks great and campag makes it even more unique
 
Finally finished, took ages to find a Campag BB, the temp Shimano one didn't allow the chainset to fit close enough for the front mech to reach the outer chainring. I also was able to get a Campag Hope free hub and a NOS 8 speed cassette. So all Campag bar the wheels.
When I say finished, the gear shifting isn't great due to the Bullet shifters. One shift is stuck on the bars, the expander bolt inside sheared off so its stuck, hence i cannot swapt the bars back to the original Kona ones either. The answer being find some 8 speed thumb shifters and ditch the bullets....and after a brief test ride up and down the road they dont works that well anyway any small pull on the bars triggers a gear shift !!!
Dread to think on how much all the bits cost (spread over nearly 2 years, so i forget).

Anyway, it's back to its former glory, albeit Campag not Suntour, though not sure quite where and when I'm going to ride it.
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What a great build. Amazing you have owned from new. Love the frame you made to test the spraying!
Thank you, its the owning from new that save me chucking the frame last year. Same can't be said of the test frame, I did simple strength test on it and it reverted to a pile of pipes:)
 
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