Pace project

[mk one]

Project for someone

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/26585154...nic&brand=Pace&_trksid=p2563228.c101113.m2109

 

[gtturbo]

Project is one way to describe it. Looks like they have somehow fitted a square taper bb ?.

 

[Gtpulse]

Ouch! I think the rusty household bolt instead of the cable anchor on the front mech says it all. Is that the normal fitment for a front mech on a Pace, not a bike I know much about but band on around a square tube doesn’t seem right?

I’m struggling to find anything that won’t still look mullered after a clean and oil on that!

 

[boxxer]

Mech hanger is destroyed, BB is trashed, looks like equal parts corrosion and weld holding it together 1/10 avoid!

 

[gtturbo]

Ouch! I think the rusty household bolt instead of the cable anchor on the front mech says it all. Is that the normal fitment for a front mech on a Pace, not a bike I know much about but band on around a square tube doesn’t seem right?

I’m struggling to find anything that won’t still look mullered after a clean and oil on that!

Endless band front mech is quite possibly correct. Mine has that. The clamp band should be squared and there is a Pace supplied ali shim/adapter, no idea if that's present in this case, that goes from flat to curved and fits between the mech and the frame.

 

[Gtpulse]

Endless band front mech is quite possibly correct. Mine has that. The clamp band should be squared and there is a Pace supplied ali shim/adapter, no idea if that's present in this case, that goes from flat to curved and fits between the mech and the frame.

There’s a few brands I wouldn’t feel confident in my knowledge/appraisal of when buying, Pace are one of them. It’s the brands you see on here and the first reply to the post is “cracking frame”!

 

[grey-beard]

That makes me want to cry...

 

[Betsy]

I dunno.. i'm always a little bit sad when i see a Star Wars figure still in the packaging or a pristine Hot Wheels car

From one perspective it's a 30yr old bike, it's obviously lived a hard but good life.. a life closer to intended than being perma-polished, the owner has cared enough about it to keep it alive all these years, albeit for minimum outlay, there is something to be celebrated in that.. would i buy it? of course not!

 

[grey-beard]

I dunno.. i'm always a little bit sad when i see a Star Wars figure still in the packaging or a pristine Hot Wheels car

From one perspective it's a 30yr old bike, it's obviously lived a hard but good life.. a life closer to intended than being perma-polished, the owner has cared enough about it to keep it alive all these years, albeit for minimum outlay, there is something to be celebrated in that.. would i buy it? of course not!

You're right.

 

[goshow]

That’s a project and a half, that’s for sure.

I’d suggest the best buyer would be a welding and fabrication student. Definitely some practice to be had there.

Not impossible though.