Mark Grant
Acting Captain of The St Annes Jombulance.
- Location
- Hanworth, Middx.
I picked up a 531 Dawes bike from the early / mid 80's a couple of weeks ago and thought I'd 'fixie' it.
It had been partially stripped but most of the bits were in a bag with the bike. Reynolds 531 frame & forks, large flange hubs, nice drilled Stronglight chainset.
I meant to take some 'before' photos but didn't and just started work. I did take a few pics to record the 531 decals so I can replace them.
I got a mate to sweat out the rear dropouts, gear cable guides and the light mount on the fork,
and braze in some track dropouts.
Then I stripped the frame and sprayed it with etch primer.
Some of the shiny bits are going to the chromer.
The plan at the moment is to retain the center pull brakes and levers, paint the frame dark blue with a cream band using rattle cans then after new decals go over with 2K laquer and fit a nice pair of silver wheels.
It had been partially stripped but most of the bits were in a bag with the bike. Reynolds 531 frame & forks, large flange hubs, nice drilled Stronglight chainset.
I meant to take some 'before' photos but didn't and just started work. I did take a few pics to record the 531 decals so I can replace them.
I got a mate to sweat out the rear dropouts, gear cable guides and the light mount on the fork,
and braze in some track dropouts.
Then I stripped the frame and sprayed it with etch primer.
Some of the shiny bits are going to the chromer.
The plan at the moment is to retain the center pull brakes and levers, paint the frame dark blue with a cream band using rattle cans then after new decals go over with 2K laquer and fit a nice pair of silver wheels.