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• Fixed workshop

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 13 years, 12 months

  

  huahuahua yeah I know, I never got used to toeclips and straps...
  I'll probabily give those re-strap things a try, though.

• Fixed workshop

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 13 years, 12 months

  

  Ok just for completeness' sake, I am updating the thread after progressing

  I decided to go for the Threadless option, it seemed to be the easiest and cheapest solution to my problem (in retrospect, I was probably wrong about the latter).
  After purchasing it from Velo Orange (and paying the item + shipping + bloody duty charges) I proceeded to have the framed re-sprayed. I loved the decals, but the paint job was in pretty bad shape.

  I went to Vaz and I was not completely satisfied: the paint job was very good, but he messed up with the decals (he was supposed to get the same old ones and call me to confirm before applying: he did not). he applied this one which is still ok, but it was definitely better before. Besides, there is a bloody hair below the lacquer -_-

  Anyway the result is more than satisfying for £70, so here it is all mounted.

  

  Thank you so much everyone for your help and support. It was really appreciated.

• Fixed workshop

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 14 years, 3 months

  

  up, does anyone have any idea on the reliability of the threadless BB, or where to do the retaping job evenually?

• Fixed workshop

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 14 years, 3 months

  

  I see...
  which one do you reckon would give me the best price/quality ratio?
  Considering that the threadless bb seems to give some troubles by time to time, and after re-taping I'd still need to get the english-threaded BB (so it might be a bit expensive)?

• Fixed workshop

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 14 years, 3 months

  

  Unfortunately I couldn't take the crank off, so I have no idea about markings etc.
  Where should I look?

  I said it was a swiss bb because, according to a Sheldon's article (which of course now I cant' find anymore) most of french peugeot bikes from the early 80's mounted a swiss BB, and the main characteristic was the presence of an engraved ring in the fixed cup side, like the one I have on mine

  my model from the label (barely legible) is a PFN-13 in a sort of weird colour, which makes me think that is a model made only for the british market - the one on the bottom actually (It's the only catalogue where I could find model and colour matching)

• Fixed workshop

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 14 years, 3 months

  

  it is swiss, I have a picture of it
  http://mattiabonanomi.com/bike/1/3.jpg
  it shows the ring on the fixed cup that according to sheldon brown is typical of Swiss BBs

  I've been reading dreadful things on threadless bottom brackets. The one posted by inkymitts seems to be better though, claiming to have a new system etc. I'm no expert in this, honestly...do you guys reckon that's a reliable solution?

  otherwise how much would it be to re-tap the bb shell?

  thanks again!

• Fixed workshop

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 14 years, 3 months

  

  Hi everyone

  I'm having some problems trying to find a workshop that would do the job...
  I'm changing the crank set on my peugeot fixed conversion
  I recently got a track SR Royale crank that fits my actual bb, but it obviously affects the chainline as well

  now here's the tricky part:
  I have a SWISS BB, which means that the only possible way to affect the chainline is to substitute the BB AXLE with a shorter, compatible one.
  I need a workshop that could do the job: everywhere I've been, I've been told that it was too complicated or stuff like that. Where can I look?

  Besides, as I don't have the tools to take off-mount the new crank myself, I'd need to:

  • take it to the workshop, have the crank mounted, measure the difference in the BB Axle lenght (to go after the new one)
    
  • remount the old crank
    
  • re-do the operation once I've got the new BB Axle
    resulting in paying twice for something that could be done in one "sit". Is there any way to avoid that?
    
    

  thanks everyone for your time, it's really appreciated

• For Sale: Kalloy 27.2 seatpost

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• For Sale: Kalloy 27.2 seatpost

  in Components and clothing • 14 years, 4 months

  

  it's still available