Repair and repaint Reynolds 753 frame

[Smokin Joe]

I am a contrary so and so...as a result I'm going with Dura Ace black (7100). I know someone who will be happy @midlife

Satan

 

[Specialeyes]

Just realised, you'll have the exact reverse of a problem I'm currently having resolved at a framebuilder right now. By going from Dura Ace to C Record I've got a steerer tube that's 8mm too short for the headset and therefore needs extending (can't have a remnant Shimano headset on an otherwise completely C-Record bike!)... in a chromed, cast fork crown that wouldn't appreciate heat and grinding. Can I have the cut bit of your steerer when you've finished with it please?

 

[midlife]

I am a contrary so and so...as a result I'm going with Dura Ace black (7100). I know someone who will be happy @midlife

Gets my vote, love Dura Ace . Black hubs can he hard to find though....

 

[IanSmithCSE]

Good afternoon,

That’s crying out for some Super Record!

Surely this is ideal for a replica of the Raleigh Europa, 5 speed cottered steel chainset, racing half guards and a pressed steel rear mech.

You could then post picture on a cycle forum saying "I just bought this any thoughts?" and see how many people tell you that the frame is non-alloy steel with a 753 sticker stuck on!

Bye

Ian

 

[BalkanExpress]

Just realised, you'll have the exact reverse of a problem I'm currently having resolved at a framebuilder right now. By going from Dura Ace to C Record I've got a steerer tube that's 8mm too short for the headset and therefore needs extending (can't have a remnant Shimano headset on an otherwise completely C-Record bike!)... in a chromed, cast fork crown that wouldn't appreciate heat and grinding. Can I have the cut bit of your steerer when you've finished with it please?

The steerer is only about 2mm too long for the headset s a spacer will sort it, otherwise I'd have happily popped it in the post for you

 

[BalkanExpress]

Gets my vote, love Dura Ace . Black hubs can he hard to find though....

Further confession, I have a pair of GP40s with Mavic hubs and will probably use those, if only because the front has radial spoke and looks fab The wheels are part of a full, early, Mavic groupset and I'd been tempted to fit that but felt it would have been a step too far

 

[BalkanExpress]

Good afternoon,



Surely this is ideal for a replica of the Raleigh Europa, 5 speed cottered steel chainset, racing half guards and a pressed steel rear mech.

You could then post picture on a cycle forum saying "I just bought this any thoughts?" and see how many people tell you that the frame is non-alloy steel with a 753 sticker stuck on!

Bye

Ian

Genius, I never had a Raleigh as a kid and it would be fun to see a certain forum explode

Better check if I have any suicide levers in the bits box....

 

[midlife]

Further confession, I have a pair of GP40s with Mavic hubs and will probably use those, if only because the front has radial spoke and looks fab The wheels are part of a full, early, Mavic groupset and I'd been tempted to fit that but felt it would have been a step too far

Does the rear have radial spokes on the non drive side?

 

[BalkanExpress]

Does the rear have radial spokes on the non drive side?

Have you been rummaging around my garage?

Yes it does

Not having ridden wheels with radial spokes before I assume I will need to be a bit more circumspect on the cobbles?

 

[midlife]

I have ridden radial wheels with medale d’or rims .... need to be circumspect on smooth tarmac lol.

 

[BalkanExpress]

I have ridden radial wheels with medale d’or rims .... need to be circumspect on smooth tarmac lol.

Humm, GP 4s are a bit beefier than medale d'or and while on the subject of beefy it's probably time to cut back on the chips

 

[raleighnut]

I have ridden radial wheels with medale d’or rims .... need to be circumspect on smooth tarmac lol.

The Roval wheels on my bike are laced that way, immensely strong

 

[midlife]

These are radial spokes. Triumph of style over engineering principles I have been told lol

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

These are radial spokes. Triumph of style over engineering principles I have been told lol

I would agree. The practice of cross-lacing spokes didn't come about for cosmetic reasons. It was found they produced stronger more durable wheels, and they have been built that way for many decades.
Whenever I see radial spoked wheels, especially with a low number of spokes, I just associate them with posing hipsters.

 

[BalkanExpress]

I would agree. The practice of cross-lacing spokes didn't come about for cosmetic reasons. It was found they produced stronger more durable wheels, and they have been built that way for many decades.
Whenever I see radial spoked wheels, especially with a low number of spokes, I just associate them with posing hipsters.

What, like this?