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Interesting local find, a Vicious made for 2007 Interbike. Supposedly a real early 27.5" I always liked the beefy eccentric BBs. I'll see about finding a Thompson and some bars closer to the originals.

My buddy has a newer Raleigh with an eccentric BB. The bike has not lived a nice life and has all kinds of little issues. While trying to make some other repairs, one of the bolts froze and broke in the eccentric BB. Fortunately I was able to extract the broken portion. A new eccentric BB was $60 and it was difficult to source a replacement bolt. So I found another m4 bolt, found some little nuts that I filed down to fit inside the shell, and plan to red loc-tite the little assembly together when it's together.

I have really liked this thread lately. Brakes, and possibly a front/rear brake combo sounds appealing to my aching knees. Here's a shelf in my house (I need to get off internet classifieds), what would lend itself best to a road fixed build? HVZ Sport Git, forkless GTB from hell, Pake Rumrunner, or "Villin" with oddball curved seat stays made by a local guy?

Love it! Interesting frame, I don't often see track dropouts with rack mounts and front & rear brake mounting options.

Custom Guru

I live in the states and rarely see Claud Butlers. I love crusty bikes, but damn this one's looking especially rough. Still tempting at $50...

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Hopefully this is the start of good things, I want to love Miche! Especially considering the discontinuation of Omniums, Campy Pistas, and old age of Dura Ace 7700s.

Bought a purple Paul seatpost for my ol beloved Muss. She performed beautifully during two days on the trails and a critical mass ride.

I found a complete Celeste Cuss for sale in my size, considering a 10 hr round-trip drive to go get it.

Sorry for all the pics, but I'm pretty pleased that it's ridable again. The paint is surprisingly beautiful and the red/white pinstriping is lovely.

She was beat on for a while, but she's been living a good retirement. Took me about a year to find all the parts and put this together. 1964 Kharkov Velocipyed Zavod Record.

Cranks, BB, headset are all Magistroni. I'm still looking through some of the parts that came along with it, but I quite like these super high flange airlight hubs. I was unfamiliar with them before today. Here's a comparison of the rear hub with a Campy & a HVZ rear hub.

I have had and gently refurbished a number of vintage track bikes, but nothing quite this old. I'm a bit nervous about doing too much to it, I would hate to use a paint cleaning/wax product and flake off the logos. I guess I'll try to clean everything very gently, oil/ carefully remove rust where possible on the chromed parts, assess the strength of the rusty spokes on the front wheel and give her a go. My 1964 HVZ got new tires because I had to build wheels for it, and the look of new tires kind of bothers me. There's an American forum called the Cabe, and I feel like some of those guys are rolling around (carefully) on 100 year old tires. I'll see if there's anything I can do to keep these tires rollin.

Got this Fiorelli and a bunch of parts from a lovely couple this morning.

Hey guys, love this place. Definitely my favorite bike forum. I have some other old European track bikes I wouldn't mind posting, is there an old thread for those?

Maybe you guys can offer me some input on wrapping up my project HVZ. It's a 1964 HVZ V64 Record that I bought to ride around town. I love crusty bikes and internet scavenger hunts, so I managed to track down correct parts with the assistance of some very kind and helpful individuals. It has been a joy to work on, nothing was seized or stuck, everything went together beautifully. The paint looks much better than I expected and it has some pinstriping that wasn't visible until I cleaned it up. A friend helped me finish final tensioning on the wheels, and I put on some 25c gumwalls without glue to see how it looks. I love tubs and I love gumwalls. However, I feel like something's a bit off, do you guys think black would look nicer?

Not sure if this is the appropriate thread, but I did ride this today on a dirt road. I'm thinking I'll use it as the world's silliest bike packing rig, fortunately it's quite flat where I live.

I visited the Worksman factory around Christmas and they very kindly showed me around and sold me this Chrome frame. They told me this is the last one and they aren't making any more.

I also just realized I put the seat assembly on backwards, lol.

I looked at one of your old posts, wow that's a cool Soma. I like their nod to Worksman with the name. I always liked the idea of the Soma frame; being able to put modern components on a frame of that style.

I just weighed my Schwinn for the first time, 65 lbs. Mine is a post-war model, I wouldn't be surprised if the earlier ones are heavier.

I have owned it for several years and have done very little. I'm trying to decide what I should do to preserve it. On other bikes I have done evaporust dip tanks, WD-40 & scotchbrite, and wax & elbow grease. I am debating between boiled linseed oil or wax for this one. It's probably my all-time favorite bike, I don't want to screw it up.

My Schwinn Cycle Truck, it was used to deliver mail in my area.

Thanks, I'll give that a go! Also gonna look for a 10mm Allen on a socket.

Gaston, great pics! I'm impressed you found that pic, it's cool to see the same BB on another manufacturer's frame.

Got this Guru a while back, finally fixing it up. It was made for a member of the Canadian national team, I haven't been able to find pics of another frame like this. I had never heard of Guru until I bought this frame, but the sticker says they won a gold medal in Sydney. There's a bit of corrosion in the BB, seems like it's from sweaty life well lived. Cool details like the BB shell shape, painted logos not decals, bladed Al fork.

Will probably run this aero Quattro front. Came with FSA carbon cranks, may not use them. Should I go with Miche Pistard Airs or Campy Record to keep the mid 2000s sled vibe?

Sure, it's a technique I stole from the antique Schwinn community. I have done a couple frames this way. I like it because it de-rusts the inside of frames. Evaporust typically doesn't hurt newer paint or decals, although I have had it do weird things on very old finishes (nothing too bad).

I nailed together 4 planks of wood to make a square that would fit most frames and forks. I then laid a sheet of plastic in the square and filled it with water. Then I put a sheet of plastic on top of the water, like a waterbed. Then I press the frame into the top sheet of plastic and fill in the surrounding cavity with evaporust. It allows me to submerge most parts without buying huge volumes of chemicals.

Now that I see these pics, it reminds me I had to flip it around the other way to submerge the other chainstay. Then you flush it out with water, dry it out with heat and compressed air, and put fresh frame saver in the tubes.

I have certain patina'ed vintage track bikes I would never do this with, but with certain bikes that have lived hard outdoor lives it seems appropriate.

I did an old Jamis for a friend, it was extremely rusty but had sentimental value. You can see how the evaporust dissolves all the rust, leaves nice bare steel and doesn't hurt the paint.

Got this Bianchi about a year ago, it was in pretty sad shape. I built a little tank to entirely submerge the frame in evaporust, touched up the many chips with some thin coats of clear coat, and rebuilt it with a bunch of new parts, mostly in goofy colors. She's been great on local trails and around town. Unfortunately the crank bolt has backed itself out twice, including this afternoon quite far out on a trail. I have tightened the absolute **** out of it, but I'll give it another go. Maybe I'll replace the cranks soon. Don't know how ballin to go. I love the bike, so I wouldn't mind getting something like White Industries.
If I embraced my inner Campy snob/ Italian retrogrouchery, would Campy Ekar work?