Welcome back, me!

Well, it has been a while..

I don't have the Lemond, or the Master X Light anymore. The blue and white Repco has been sold as well.
The Europa is in the wadrobe, unbuilt.

Since then, I've had a few bikes.
In no particular order (and this is probably not all of them):

Repco Superlite with 7400 Dura-Ace.

Vitus Plus Carbone, which I built up with 10s Record. It fell apart on it's maiden voyage.

Repco Olympic 12, rebuilt and sold. Too big.

Early Alan Tourist. built with campag salad and sold. Too small.

Shogun Samurai. Built with 9s Veloce and ridden for about a year. Kinda regret selling that one.

my Raleigh 653 Race. Stolen. Sadface.

Trek 950 Singletrack. Bought cheap, sold cheap. too small to really enjoy riding it.

I also have a few others hanging up in the garage.

wipperman connex

Connex correct mounting position

(This is on the bottom run of chain)

shopping list for lemond

what to do with my lemond?

i now have a veloce 9sp groupset so it'll wear that for now, teamed with the scirocco g3 wheelset and the carbon fork from the colnago as well.

what i have:

wheels- black scirocco g3
crankset- alloy veloce
chain- yep
derailleur (front)- veloce 
derailleur (rear)- veloce
shifters- alloy veloce
brake calipers- veloce
handlebar- black deda nera 42 c-c
stem- 100mm polished bianchi rc 1" threadless blah
saddle- selle italia carbon something something
seatpost- black thomson 27.0mm
pedals- none
headset- black cane creek
cables- none
tyres- random black
tubes- ditto
bidon cages- no thanks
bartape- silver or natural cork or black cotton?

what i need to finish it:

pedals
cables
new tyres
black 100mm 1" threadless stem?
a clue about paint colour? cyan blue is nice:

shopping list for europa

i could go 8sp random shimano on the europa.

i can piece together most of a build kit of sorts:

wheels- silver velocity deep v on exage hubs
crankset- rx100
chain- 600 ultegra
derailleur (front)- 6207
derailleur (rear)- rx100
shifters- sl-r400 downtube shifters
brake levers- 600 ultegra
brake calipers- rsx dual pivot
handlebar- modolo anblah 42cm c-c
saddle- black selle italia (choice of many)
seatpost- fluted laprade or aero 600ax 26.8mm
pedals- none
headset- stronglight alloy
cables- none
tyres- michelin dynamic cheapies
tubes- cst cheapies
bidon cages- none
bartape- black ambrosio leather


and believe it or not, i'm thinking of repainting it 'mint green' with white panels on the down-and seat-tubes with tiny gold edging bands similar to this:

shopping list for colnago

27.2mm seatpost- silver thomson elite
rims - silver mavic open pro 32hole or velocity synergy/synergy o/c (polished finish)
tyres - 25c roubaix style
pedals / cages / clips- t.b.a (prolly mks all round
cable set- white ergopower cable set
cassette and chain- 10sp centaur,chorus
saddle - white turbo (perforated for extra cred)

centaur groupset for the colnago?

is 2004 10sp centaur too low rent for a master x light?

i've got new cranks, derailleurs, shifters, hubs and brakes, all in century grey

i think it'll look nice with the right colour frame.

ok, i've painted the europa in white..

ok, i've painted the europa in white.

the head tube is probably going to be metallic blue staying white and i've added some small bands in cyan metallic.

drubie asked what i was hanging off it, and i considered early dura ace or suntour, but i've changed my mind.
i think i'll use the veloce 9sp groupset off the colnago, or 7400 dura ace.

i also have a plan for this blue and white superlite frameset:

this is my inspiration:

thoughts

so ive been collecting bits and pieces and i'm thinking about painting the europa white, and the lemond blue, to match the ambrosio excellence rims.
blue on blue with silver campy gruppo.
white with century grey. or not.
the master xl is getting record when finances permit, and red paint. i think.
hmm

master x light update

so...
bought my precisa forks this week. $150 plus shipping. wife not happy.
also have record fd and matching 10sp crankset.
also have cinelli 64-42 bars and xa stem
still contemplating seatposts. ti record would be nice, but not at $200+
chorus/centaur/daytona non-aero still most likely.

thoughts

heres my 'weenie' build

frame colnago master x light 56cm trad 1590g

fork colnago precisa 730g 
fork colnago flash carbon 500g save 230g

headset campagnolo record threaded 105g
headset campagnolo record threadless 120g add 15g

stem 3ttt 2002 evol 300g
stem cinelli lux 100mm 160g save 140g

bars cinelli 64-60 325g
bars cinelli neomorphe 40cm 230g save 95g

tape cinelli cork 50g

shifters campagnolo record 10s 330g

cables campagnolo 250g

subtotal: 3680g
subtotal: 3230
save 450g

bb campag record 195g

cranks campag record 2004 645g

pedals mks sylvan track 350g

toeclips and straps mks 90g

chain campag record 10s 255g

subtotal: 5215g

front rim ambrosio excellence 32h 495g

front hub campag centaur 125g

front skewer campag 65g

front spokes and nipples 240g

front tyre vittoria open corsa cx 230g

front tube conti/michelin 100g

front rimtape velox 15g

rear rim ambrosio excellence 32h 495g

rear hub campag centaur 275g

rear skewer campag 75g

rear spokes and nipples 240g

rear tyre vittoria open corsa cx 230g

rear tube conti/michelin 100g

rear rimtape velox 15g

(bare wheelset weighs 1875g)

subtotal: 7915g

front derailleur campag record 70g

rear derailleur campag record 190g

cassette campag chorus 10s 12-25 incl lockring 245g

chain campag record 250g

subtotal: 8670g

saddle selle san marco concor 320g

seatpost thomson elite 27.2/250mm 200g

subtotal : 9190g

frame colnago master x light 56cm trad 1590g
fork colnago precisa 730g

headset campagnolo record threaded 105g
stem 3ttt 2002 evol 300g
bars cinelli 64-60 325g
tape cinelli cork 50g
shifters campagnolo record 10s 330g
cables campagnolo 250g

subtotal: 3680g

bb campag record 195g
cranks campag record 2004 645g
pedals mks sylvan track 350g
toeclips and straps mks 90g
chain campag record 10s 255g

subtotal: 5215g

front rim ambrosio excellence 32h 495g
front hub campag centaur 125g
front skewer campag 65g
front spokes and nipples 240g
front tyre vittoria open corsa cx 230g
front tube conti/michelin 100g
front rimtape velox 15g

rear rim ambrosio excellence 32h 495g
rear hub campag centaur 275g
rear skewer campag 75g
rear spokes and nipples 240g
rear tyre vittoria open corsa cx 230g
rear tube conti/michelin 100g
rear rimtape velox 15g

(bare wheelset weighs 1875g)

subtotal: 7915g

front derailleur campag record 70g
rear derailleur campag record 190g
cassette campag chorus 10s 12-25 incl lockring 245g
chain campag record 250g

subtotal: 8670g

saddle selle san marco concor 320g
seatpost thomson elite 27.2/250mm 200g

subtotal : 9190g



to be continued

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mxl progress

not much.
however, i have century grey centaur crankset , front derailleur and brakes on their way.

for decals (i say decals, but they'll be painted on) i'm almost locked in on the current model's design below, but i'm still undecided on colour.

my heads saying 'oh, just go saronni, coz it'll sell easily if you want to sell it'
my hearts saying 'dude, you really want to paint it for the next owner??'

so far the shortlist is dark metallic purple, dark metallic green, or silver.
maybe century grey..

either way, i'm keen on century grey centaur drivetrain, chrome forks, lugs and stays.
rims will probably be dark grey or maybe silver. hubs are low flange, polished 32h daytonas. 3x lacing.

new bike

no pics yet, as it needs bartape and tyres before i can post images.
another colnago. this one won't be sold.

ok, heres a pic of it in the old owners laundry. swapped for $1050 worth of painting work.

'99 (i think) master extra light with carbon flash fork, running 9sp veloce and scirocco g3s

things it needs:
tyres - mismatched, not holding air, cactus. $100 (michelin speedium2 -basic black tyres - $16 each)
bartape - falling off. $30 (black ambrosio handlebar ribbon -$20)
rh lever hood - looks like a dog ate it. $50 (pair) ($33 on ebay)

things i want for it
chrome fork - $150?
headset - polished - $90
seatpost - campy non-aero (centaur etc) $100
s'post binder bolt - campy $20
32h eyeletted silver box section rims on my daytona hubs $200-$300
new paint - $700?
either bare chrome or colour by joe cosgrove.
i think i want these decals, on saronni red with chrome stays and headtube lugs.

to be continued

1994 giant cfr1

sold! 450 smackers to matt sturley, who also has a blank carbon with fulcrum 5's and 6700 ultegra.

next job is to drop off the europa frame for powdercoating while i ponder my cycling future

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shopping list

so while i wait for my bank balance to recover from the engine fiasco, i'll make a shopping list for my do-it-all bike
i'm actually thinking of building up and selling all my junk and building a touringcross

touring/cross frameset
v-o zeppelin fenders
phil hubs, polished deep-v's
cream fat franks
selle italia turbo
..

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Photos courtesy of  Veeral Patel

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Note: Dave Moulton is back blogging, in case you (like I) didn't know.

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Europa

The Europa. i'm 90% sold on the idea of fitting this out with the 600ex parts i have left. the only thing holding me back is deciding on the colour. im leaning towards baby blue:


rogerrabbits falcon san remo

my $20 tecnotrat oria europa

any other ideas for colour? it will have chrome forks, non-aero levers with tan hoods, gumwalls and hihg flange hubs. oh, and it has to be a solid colour - no metallics.

bad luck

wednesday afternoon, i'm finishing work and putting my sign away:

and i leave my van running and think to myself 'hmm, sounds a bit rattly - must remember to check oil when i get home', and promptly forget about it. van's running fine, not heating up or anything.

this morning i jump in the van, back it out the drive and put it in first. fuh-fuh-fuh-fuh-fuh, and it loses power, no revs. put the clutch in, give it a rev, kinda comes back. let the clutch out and it stalls. back it down and park it on the wrong side of the street and call racq. figure its an electrical problem. mr racq comes and says 'uh, mate- that timing belts rooted. shut her off and i'll call you a towtruck'

what sucks the most at this stage is the fact that i had the timing belt and tensioner (and water pump) done 4 months and 4 thousand km ago. getting pretty wound up about this stage. :(

talk to the mechanic and its not the timing belt. its the crank. arrrrgh! apparently the keyway on the end of the crank (for the crank pulley) is worn, and while the cranks turning, nothing else is. so i've got bent valves and a knackered crank. second hand engine getting reconditioned - looking at about $3500 incl. labour to get my jigger back on the road. at least i'll have a nice new engine.

6400 shifters

found some more 6400 dual control levers for the cfr1 on ebay. woo woo!

SHIMANO 600 LEVERS

SOME MARKS 8 SPEED ONE WORKS 2 SPEED ONE NEEDS FIXING
$30. BUY IT NOW

half a can of degreaser ($2.95 a can) and it's as free as a bird.
so this weekend, new cables and bartape.

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errands bike

so.. not the best frame for the style i have in mind, but it'll do for now.

the first thing to lock in is the bars. to me, bars determine the whole feel of the bike. it is currently fitted with cinelli 66-40 drop bars with campag victory/triomph brake levers. until i lock in bars, i can't lock in controls either (sti, downtube, aero, non-aero, barcons, thumbies) all these choices.. while i think about bars, what can i lock in?

BRAKES: no canti bosses, so centrepull, single- or dual-pivot brakes are required. dual-pivot, thanks. i'll be carrying gear on the bike, so brakes need to be as good as they can be.
i have some silver shimano rsx dual-pivot brakes - a polish and some new pads and they'll be perfect for the job.

GEARING: 7 speed cassette with 13-15-17-19-21-23-26 sprockets, and 39-53 chainrings gives me roughly 40 gear inches to 110 gear inches. surely that's enough. if not, a 36-50 compact crankset will work nicely with that cassette too.

WHEELSET: eventually, i can see myself fitting a dynamo hub, but for now, it will run its current wheelset - silver velocity deep v rims with exage hubs.

Stay tuned for more drivel..

ramblings

so.. i have a few old bikes:

i also have a couple of other framesets not pictured, but those are to be sold/gifted.

i also have a few spare parts such as the previously mentioned 7400 bits, and some new 600ex arabesque components, which i will add to as i find them. i also have boxes of stuff like seatposts, saddles, spare derailleurs etc.

the plan is to consolidate a bit. ideally, i want an errands bike and a latte bike. oh, and maybe a cyclocross/dirt roader.


errands: ride to the shops for bread and milk - something i can ride/park in the rain and not get emotional about.
latte: something for myself, and others, to admire. you know the type. polish, clean, wax, detail? sure! ride? not so much..

i really want to keep the blue and white superlite and build it up as a period (c.1989) road bike. when i was a kid in high school, this was the coolest bike i knew of - i didn't know much about bikes.
if i build this up it will have better than standard components, but i won't be getting weenie about it. i have a spare set of 7400 derailleurs and downtube shifters..
yeah, 7speed dura ace derailleurs and shift levers, a polished 105 crankset, some 600 brake levers and silver velocity aeroheads. coffee time!

the '89 europa is fairly generic, and certainly needs repainting. no eyelets for fenders, so this one will either be singlespeed, or.. or, something else. i really don't know what to do with this one yet.. maybe if i can find some adaptors for the arabesque shifters, i could make a bit of a vintage look? must try 35c tyres for clearance. potential cx machine awaits.

the '92 lemond. this is the nicest frame i currently have. this one should get a nice paintjob and a campy drivetrain. keep saving. i have those blue ambrosio excellence wheels on daytona hubs doing nothing.. latte bike in the making.

the '94 cfr1 has full 600ultegra groupset, excluding seatpost and pedals. i've considered making this single-speed and putting the 600 gear on something else, like the europa. i like the drivetrain, but i think once i've built up the dura-ace drivetrain, it might not be so nice. i should just sell it. $400 ono

the last one is another repco, a '94 olympic 14. tig welded cromo main tubes. pretty average frame, but it fits nicely. also has eyelets. maybe this is my errands bike. currently fitted out with a mish-mash of gear. deep v's, shimano drivetrain, campy brakeset.

now, where to start?

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hipsters..

Bathurst 1000

after 1000km, the top 10 are seperated by less than a minute. why not run it for 2000km?

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broken 7400 shifters

so i got those 7400 shifters for a song, owing to the fact that they didn't change down reliably.
half a can of wd40 and they feel much nicer.
However... one of the white washers on the





cable hook unit (part number Y-6BD98110)
is missing. i have 2 new units on the way.
incidentally they use that part in their 6400/7400/6500/7700/7800 dual control levers as far as i can tell.

7400 shifters

i've just picked up some 7400 shifters :D



these will eventually go on my lemond ventoux.

still looking for some 6400 shifters for the cfr-1