Paul Narramore
New Member
- Location
- Aylesford, Kent, UK
Until I discovered this forum and then got chatting to a local lad who has a multi-thousand pound racer, that I hadn't heard about the growing interest in old lightweight bikes.
I've a Condor lightweight which an old friend bought in the early 1960s to go racing. About thirty years ago I went around his house to find the rusty frame and old sprint wheels all lined up for the dustman. Anyway I asked for the remains of the bike, had the frame resprayed in light blue with all of the correct transfers. I then rode the bike for a few years until storing it in the garage.
I'm now thinking about getting it down and restoring it for the second time. I can see one problem might be the frame. The previous painter never filled all the rusty pitting in the frame tubes, slightly spoiling it's appearance.
The Campag rear block is too close ratio and I'd never be able to ride up the steep hill I live on.
The wheels could do with polishing and respoking, and decent new tyres fitted. I'll see about taking a pic of it and placing it on here.
I've a Condor lightweight which an old friend bought in the early 1960s to go racing. About thirty years ago I went around his house to find the rusty frame and old sprint wheels all lined up for the dustman. Anyway I asked for the remains of the bike, had the frame resprayed in light blue with all of the correct transfers. I then rode the bike for a few years until storing it in the garage.
I'm now thinking about getting it down and restoring it for the second time. I can see one problem might be the frame. The previous painter never filled all the rusty pitting in the frame tubes, slightly spoiling it's appearance.
The Campag rear block is too close ratio and I'd never be able to ride up the steep hill I live on.
The wheels could do with polishing and respoking, and decent new tyres fitted. I'll see about taking a pic of it and placing it on here.