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Sick to the power of rad

Ordered a Suntour freewheel removal tool. It might just have the right diameter and correctly sized prongs but I'm a bit sceptical to be honest. It was dirt cheap though (equivalent of about 2 pounds) so not a big deal (financially) if it doesn't work. But it seems to be the only chance of removing this freewheel in a civilized manner - which I would like to be true as I really would like to keep it. Otherwise it'll probably take ages to find a bike shop with a correct tool :/

Incredibly cool bike.

Me too. Will never know until I ride the finished bike. Luckily re-wrapping won't be much of a problem.

This thread doesn't seem to draw much attention :P

But here's another update - mounted the levers and wrapper the bars. Some people don't like the Benotto tape (or top-down wrapping) but for me it's ace. And I prefer the plugs outside the tape to electrical (or any other) finishing near the stem.

I ran into a problem. Need to remove the freewheel to relace the hubs to new rims but have a hard time finding a LBS with the right tool. It's a 6 speed Sachs Maillard which requires 2 prong key but the grooves are too wide for the common tools.

Here is a picture:

It looks like a Suntour tool could fit but it's more of a guesswork and I would like not tu buy a tool I won't be able to use.

Any suggestions?

I need to get a Gios one day...

One part I wanted to finish with a high amount of "bling bling" was the stem. And here it is, after polishing. Say hello to the photographer :p

Need to get new mounting screw, the chrome finishing of the current one is chipped at the allen key socket and it rusts easily.

Little update:

Cleaned and very lightly polished chainset (micromesh 2400 -> 6000 -> 12000). Really not much of a difference but slightly cleaner look.

Must admint that Italians really know how to make nice things.

Little update.

Today I've disassembled the rear and front mechs, also I've polished the frond derailleur a little bit. Unfortunately one of the limit screws of the rear mech was broken in half (the screw head was missing completely) so I had to drill it out. Hopefully I'll find a matching screw - otherwise I'll retap the holes to match a litle bigger screw diameter and fit new screws. Front mech fortunately is complete and in good shape - just needed cleaning and little polishing.

I'm not going for a full mirror look so the polishing job is not perfect but it's a final effect I'm aiming for.

Here are couple photographs (front mech screws and springs are still bathing in rust remover so they're missing).

I also disassembled, cleaned and lightly polished the shifters.

Oh this is just too cool

Rear mech looks familiar to Campag 980 (I think) - http://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=F0085424-AC35-4990-A868-3D4FFAEBED88&Enum=108&AbsPos=3

Front seems to be Gran Sport or something similar - http://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=B980DF3E-369C-4270-9046-E2952791C43A&Enum=113&AbsPos=18

I have the same setup on my Gazelle so maybe I;m just seeing it everywhere now ;)

The tape looks pristine in the photographs, not so good in flesh. But will try to clean it and keep it. Gumwall tires are great, I agree, but I'm going to lace tubar wheelset nonetheless. Been riding tubular front in my fixed bike with zero problems and personally I think tubulars are more "classy". Continental Giro and Vittoria Rally seem to be the only cheap equivalent of gumwall tires but are also considered to be POS. Veloflex sounds nice but a bit too $$$ sadly.

So nice

Hi there.

I've recently purchased a Gazelle Champion Mondial bike from rih and just received. I'm planning to restore it a bit, polish up some parts, lace new wheels to refresh it a bit - nothing too radical I think.

I planned to swap the cable outer to a new black one and also the bar tape to a black cloth tape but I read somewhere that originally when it comes to Gazelle it was always decals colour = cable outer = bar tape?

I also plan to switch to tubulars - got nice old Ambrosio rims laying around, gotta polish them a bit.

I must say I'm impressed by the chainset and it's present state - looks almost like new, the BB is also buttery smooth - much more than new cartridge BB I have laying around.

Oh - and the brake lever hoods are in very good condition, too. Or at least were as one of them developed a tear as soon as I pulled the lever to check how it functions :/ The paintjob is in general good condition, but there are quite a lot of dings and scratches around the seat tube / top tube lug.

Here are couple pictures of the disassembled bike waiting till I have more time to clean and polish everything.

Ivosmo, that is perfect as is :0)

Peter v, is that the new L'eroica bike for 2013? I'll see that one dancing up the hill away from me this year!

Well it looks very nice, but definately is not "perfect" ;) And it could be, just like peter's orange CM :P

YEah, I probably shouldn't :p

Soon to be mine. Thinking about restoring the blue paintjob and then having all the logos professionally airbrushed onto it - instead of new stickers. What do ya think?

gasp

Not enough money, though :(

PMed

Amazing!

Looks very nice. Any chances of getting photographs with a wheelset?

Holy fuck...dat vicini

That's weird or I'm very lucky - I don't remember exactly but I received my Mack hub after like 3 weeks, even though it was during the christmas season.