Most recent activity
-
- 11 comments
- 1,163 views
-
Indeed that’s quite surprising, maybe the last remaining ! I believed 3 is enough to create an PR6000 owner club, right?
Well, thank you all for your insights. I’ve given some thoughts about it and I’ve decided to order 24k gold leaf to at least give it a try. I’ll see from there if I like it and if I should fix it for good. Will give you updates along the way 😎
-
I believe he did a 5 day bicycle building workshop at LaFraise Cycle. My gf booked me in for April next year. Can’t wait ! @SasenFrAsen btw was it really to short to add internal cabling for the frame?
-
Big shout out to my man @Elpolo for providing the frame. I know how hard it is to let go such a beauty but I promise to give the care it deserves ;)
@Simba you might be right as I recall reading somewhere varnish is somehow porous. Anyway the bike will not sleep outside so I think it’s going to be ok. Indeed, chromes are in great condition but scratched a lot for the paint to stick.
@rawspuds yeah love that seat bolt arrangement! Cool to see some people are enthusiastic about gold leafing. I’ve seen frames (mostly carbon) with gold leaf inside the paintjob but it is too much bling bling in my opinion. In my case I hope the rats look of paint chips will balance the bling.
Ok so I had some time today to do a thorough cleaning of the frame: 1. Clear water + soap 2. Magic eraser to clean inside the scratches 3. Autoglym super polish. Already looking better.
-
Right ! And it’s precisely my size so it was a no brainer. Indeed, I knew about the extended seat tube that was a pro feature but not about the spacer ring. Are you sure? ‘cause it seems quite dull.
Sure no problem I’ll update you on the fork weight when possible :)
-
Recently put my hands on this marvellous Panasonic PR6000 frameset made from Tange Prestige OS Japan. It was the ex team bike of Menno Vink during the 1991 season at Panasonic-Sportlife NL team. Paintjob is rats, lacking huge patches around the fork crown, legs and top tube and the more expected smaller chips all around. I’d like to keep it original for obvious reasons, still I need to find a way to stop the massacrer if I want to be able to use it.
That’s when my last remaining neurons connected to remind me of the traditional Japanese art of kintsugi. It’s an art form in which you repair broken ceramics with gold to expose and embellish life scars, in contrast of hiding them (as we usually do).
I guess this pure Japanese horse has enough scars to qualify for a kintsugi style restoration. My plan is to buy real 24k gold leaf and fix all the missing chips and patches. By the way, does anyone has experienced playing with 24k gold leaf? I’ll need to find the correct mixture to fix it on the chrome plating. Then, I’ll apply some high gloss 2K varnish to seal it from the elements. Finally I’ll be building it around a Dura Ace period correct groupset.
So what do you think about it? Any input will be appreciated 🙂
Let’s see some before pictures:
-
Oh too bad ! Yeah the respray is crazy expensive, don't do that... Maybe you should find a guy who is willing to do it off the book for a good price. Don't loose hope, you've got a truly a marvellous bike that's highly collectible too (last frame sold for close to 3k$ on eBay).
By the way I just put my hands on a ex-team bike Panasonic Sportlife 1991 from rider Menno Vink. Sadly the paintjob suffered some loss mainly on the fork crown where the under layer of chrome is now exposed. I will seize this opportunity to restore it in a Kintsugi style with patch of gold leaves and varnish the whole frame again.
Can't wait to see yours back on the road again :)
-
Any update on the build?
well 2 out / 1 in means you're still on the good slope to cure bike addiction ! thanks again for the pana :)