My ultimate project: restoring a 1991 Panasonic PR6000 team bike

Short cage xt instead of the long cage one. Makes it 1 cm closer to catalog-spec. 😁

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Always nice to see updates of this project. :)

Thanks, @vp1337 . I'm moving slowly on this one but that's because I want to keep the joy of having it finished for the best moment possible. 😉

Bad news. Seems the repro decals have become unusable. When pealing off the decal from the backing paper, the adhesive sticks to the backing paper.

That's a shame @WimVDD, Bicals maybe able to help https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/337757/

Thanks, @SideshowBob but I'm first going to talk to the guys that made these. They're here in Ghent so will visit them tomorrow. Hope they're willing to replace them for free (I paid 120 € for design and print...). In the end they didn't tell me the adhesive had an expiry date...

Good news: they want to replace them for free. It seems they just cut the letters too deep.

Nothing more to show at this moment but some of the parts I was still after (and found). Still needed: bar tape. And a resprayed frameset.

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Any update on the build?

don't remind me of it...

The sprayer suddenly decided to retire so had to look for another one. Didn't found one yet that fits the bill. Prices are outrageous: up to 700 € for a respray.

Moved the parts temporarily to another early nineties project:

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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 :)

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O, nice find, @chat_rose ! So there's still early nineties PR6000's out there. Yours has the same pro team specific features as mine (regular shop sold bikes didn't have them): the extended seat tube collar and the "perforated" headset spacer ring.

Can I ask you for a favour? In case you take the forks out of the frame, can you weight them for me? Forks that came with my frame look like Prestige forks but weight a ton. Thanks!

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 :)

I lost mine (the spacer ring)...

I read it somewhere . I believe it was also an"invention" of the frame builder (that Dutch guy, can't remember his name), meant to add stifness without adding extra weight.