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The bike came with a set of Campagnolo record high flange hubs. Front hub had been replaced, as it mentions 'record' on it. The rear hub is original, without 'record'. The cones date it to 1963. I cleaned and regreased the hubs with new cones some time ago and they run butter smooth again.
Before:
After:
In the mean time, I've got my hands on a matching 'no record' front hub. Not in the picture, but that makes a nice set. I'm looking for a nice old set of tubular 36h rims to build the wheels.
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As the groupset that came on the bike was mostly too messed up, I had to find a donor bike. Got hold of this one, with exactly the same groupset on it. Unfortunately the paint on the frame is beyond salvation, hence I prefer to put the used group on the used Parijs-Brest frame.
It's a campagnolo record that is dated to 63-65 following the cranks BCD, headset and rear derailleur pulleys. Not sure if I'm going to use the brakes as they look a bit to young to me, not sure though. The ambrosio stem and bars will be polished and put on the new bike.
Front derailleur is a Huret but the campagnolo one from the Parijs-Brest bike was still in OK condition. It features the integrated cable stop that was used in the beginning of the 60's.
Rest of the groupset. A lot of work to do... The outer ring on the cranks is a Zeus one. Not going uphill with that gears by the way: 53-45t :)
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I keep thinking that I should take my Grubb apart and do some decent frame prep on it.
I just jumped straight into building it, as I was eager and it was my first time.
It seems to me that stripping it back down to BB and headset wouldn't be tooooo much of a chore.
In short, you are inspiring me.
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Project Patina - 60's Parijs-Brest
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@Flandria
Hi all,
It's been a while since I've documented one of my projects but I'm going to make the effort again if there's any interest. It's going to be a long and slow projects, as there's a lot of work to do and not so many time. So don't expect a quick build :).
Some years ago I've put my hands on a nice Belgian-made bike from the first half of the sixties. Bike is/was in terrible condition, especially the parts that came on in (60's campagnolo record group + universal brakeset). Frame had been resprayed in the '70's (I guess) and has been stickered with decals of a local bike shop near my place, that's still in business today. Frame is structurally good but the paint is in bad condition. However, I don't want to do a respray and make another clean looking bike. Goal is to preserve the battlescars, combine it with another 60's campagnolo record group that also had a hard +50 years and create a period correct bikes that shows his heritage but is technically in great condition.
First: the frame. I took most parts of and this is the base where I'll start. The Brooks saddle dates the bike to 1964, hub cones on the high flange 'no record' hubs says 1963.
Bottle cage holder is an original REG one, will see how it will clean up. Frame is bsa-threaded, has a 27.0/27.2 seatpost and long campagnolo dropouts.
As you can see, paint is bad but I kinda love the patina. Did a quick test yesterday to see how it would clean up. First step: brass wire brush on a dremel to remove most of the rust, followed by WD40 and a light rub with steel wool. Afterwards a good clean with commandant 4 followed by some layers of car wax. I hope the car wax will be enough to 'seal' the metal from oxidating. Otherwise I might give it a light coat in owatrol/lineseed oil.
Piece of toptube without cleaning:
Other side, with cleaning:
I'm pretty ok with the result. Will be a lot of work to do the entire frame, but I don't mind.