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Thanks for the tips! There are a few paintchips, all of them smaller than about half a square cm so a spray can is probably not ideal. A small paint brush seems more adequate for thid application . I definitely don’t want to clearcoat the whole frame. I‘m a little worried about damaging the exposed fibres when sanding the edges of the chipped clearcoat. Maybe I should put a small piece of tape over the exposed fibres when working on the edges. If you don‘t mind, I‘ll tag you in my CP thread for some advice once I start/prepare the restoration at some point in the future :)
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Of course, no problem. Disclaimer: I'm not a professional nor do I intend to. Just someone with a bit too much time on his hands :).
Yesterday I've received the last parts for the master piu, so now it's only waiting for the final part of the puzzle to arrive - the frame. Brakes, shifters and derailleurs are Record. Crankset is Athena carbon. I was after a 5 bolt Record chainset because it blends better with the slim frame tubes than the 4 bolt ones. Than I managed to source this new one for a bargain. Saddle is a San Marco aspide with carbon rails. Campagnolo cables set and Swiss stop black prince pads.
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Wheels for the Gitane are also ready. The Normandy hubs have been polished and repacked with new bearings. I've re-used the original chrome Berg spokes for the rear wheel. Spokes of the front wheel were oxidized, so I replaced them with new DT swiss spokes. Mavic rims and Pelissier skewers have been cleaned up.
Does anyone has tips on removing the Continental Giro branding on the new tubulars? Will try gently with some acetone, but if anyone has experience with this let me know.
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Ain‘t nothing wrong about learning from a talented enthusiast :)
Great work on the Gitane, too!
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No, unfortunately not. Still at the painter, it's taking ages. But he's the kind of guy where you know in advance that it's going to take a long time. Pushing only puts you longer in the queu. Good jobs take time, that's what I tell myself every day :).
The Gitane is nearly finished though. Better pictures when it ready. Still need to take the pedals apart, polish and regrease them. Those Mafacs are fidly to set up...
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The Master should be ready somewhere next week, fingers crossed. In the mean time, I've finished the Gitane. Satisfied with the result, it shouldn't always be the expensive bikes that get all the attention. Lovely French time capsule in my opinion. Mafac brakes, Stronglight cranks, Huret derailleurs and brake cable clamps, Normandy hubs, Mavic rims. I tried to salvage as much original parts as possible. Except for the consumables (bartape, hoods, tubulars, cables), only seatpost, two bolts for the bottle cage clips, and spokes + nipples from front wheel are new. For the rear wheel, I recuperated the original chrome spokes & nipples.
Before picture (from sales ad) + after:
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That's extremely well done. The most satisfying before and after pic I've seen this year.
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Guess who's back
Back again
Nago's back
Tell a friend1,5 years later and I finally managed to pickup the Master. What a wait. Freshly painted in champagne gold color, lugs and front fork rechromed. Also had the standard downtube shift cable stops changed to braze on type, with brass barrel adjusters.
All parts are collected, I'll get this one on the road soon.
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Yesterday I've waxed the frame with Turtle wax and prepped it for building up. All threads have been chased and cleaned so frame was ready to build today. Pressed in the deanodized and polished Tange Seiki headset, installed the adapter & painted stem and bars. Installed some more parts for a quick snap in the sun. The seatpost with setback will be replaced with an inline to get position right. Later on, I've put in place the Athena 5 arm crankset + 12 sp Record front derailleur.
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I've posted this in some other thread with ahead stem adapters, don't remember which one exactly but made this picture back then to clarify.
It's a chopped adapter, with a slotted sleeve around it. Stem clamps on the sleeve. By chopping the adapter you loose the ability to preload the headset bearings, but this can be done with a vice grip when you remove the front wheel. Bit of a hassle but it works and gives a clean look.
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Some work on the cockpit: routed the cable outers through the handlebars. Still a bit of fiddling to do to find the cleanest way to guide the shift cables to the cable stops, but will be ok. Also put in place the custom carbon topcap that I made to cover the steerer. Carbon plate, painted with Colnago logo + 2K gloss varnish.
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Unsure about saddle too. I was planning to use a San Marco Aspide with carbon rails and bought it 1,5 year ago. But in the meantime I've used a Selle Italia Model X on another bike and its insanely comfortable with the wide shape and short nose . But, weight is more than double (314gr) than the Aspide (143gr). Both Italian though. In looks, I'm tending slightly to the Model X. What are the internet thoughts?
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I've put them in a plastic ziplock bag with some HG oven cleaner. Just a few minutes, not too long. This will take off the anodizing.
Correct on the stem, the short one is not mine but just a reference to the stock finish.