Pulled up, stop parked, rims still spinning
Wheels came in not too long ago.
Salsa Delgado rims with Surly hubs. Flip flop with a freewheel cog for coastin’ down them hills.
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I did the Chubby Checker on this with a little bit of pb blaster and got it off! A week ahead of schedule!
Look at dat gunk
In the process of cleaning it up. Hopefully getting a sandblast soon!
Fork removal
So after getting some great quotes on powder coating I think I’m going to go for a silver/grey.
So now I’m left with the challenge of removing the handlebars. Usually a simple task with newer bikes, but not so much with 30 year old bikes. The aluminum stem has welded it’s self to the fork. After seeking a ton of advice it’s either saw off the stem, and install a new one, or spray that ish with PB Blaster and tap on it for a week with a mallet.
Going the PB Blaster route first. Cross your fingers for me.
Bottom bracket racket
Ended up buying a crank puller to get those wheels off. I swear they were welded on.
Spent the day taking off the grease, and prepped them to be put back in. Good advice says they’re totally re usable which saves me some skrilla. Just gotta lube them back up and stick them in. New Orleans.
A few companies got back to me about powder coating and it’s much cheaper than I thought so I’m going to wait to put everything back together.
What colour should I get?
Sorry about the crummy pics.
I’m more of a NYC fan
…But there is just something about West-Coast hip-hop
Summer project
Just picked up a vintage 80′s Peugeot frame that’s just itching for a fix-up. It’s a 58cm (wish it was a bit bigger) Peugeot Sprint from around 80-83. I can’t really seem to put an exact date on it because the Sprint is a model native to Canada which means there is almost no info on the internet. Crazy. It took me hours upon hours of trollin’ forums and blogs and geocities websites to figure that one out.
This is going to be a summer project of mine and of course I’ll detail it all here. Plans include new wheels/tires, single speed hub, new bottom bracket, handlebars? paint job?
So here it is. Step one the skeleton.
Muster Berlin
I liked this picture so I made the pattern…
The colours are a bit different, but hey why not. It’s hard to find inspiration on a Monday.
