Anyone restore bicycles?

[rawfish]

Here are acouple of mine:

My wifes Columbia

 

[rawfish]

 

[rawfish]

 

[rawfish]

This ones on hold until I finish my motorcycle!

 

[rawfish]

Details are everything.

 

[Scarcat]

Who does your pin striping?

 

[HerrDeacon]

Nice work rawfish. Is that something like a springer front end on the first one? On the first two, is that a light on the front fender? Battery powered? Beautiful wheels, that's a lot of spokes! Must be a nightmare respoking them.

 

[locOleoN]

WOW!!...
Very nice!!... Those vintage "styled", (new bikes made to look vintage), are really becoming popular with the hip and cool "Queen St East" chicks...those vintage bikes sell for big bucks!!..$800+

 

[Ease]

Hey great job!

I second the comment on the wheels, too cool.

I bet those are great projects to work on! No worries about if it'll start when you're done, no electrical hack jobs from PO's.

 

[rawfish]

Who does your pin striping?

The seat has pin striping tape. When I went to clear the frame and fenders the tape pealed off. So, I broke out the brush and striped it myself.

 

[rawfish]

I also restored a fixee, but stop riding it when I ate s**t when I couldn't stop.

 

[rudy]

I also restored a fixee, but stop riding it when I ate s**t when I couldn't stop.

YIKES!! That's kinda sketchy, no brakes!

 

[woody1981]

I don't know if restore is the right word for me... but I have built a couple of cool ones... I worked at a bike shop for almost 8years. These are the five I still own. You can see some more detail shots of some of the cool parts... drum brakes, phil hubs etc... on my flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/ictwoody/sets/72157603564780013/.

- Woody

 

[rawfish]

Nice fixies! 8)

 

[woody1981]

Actually the gold Raleigh is the only one that is fixed... the "wheat" colored bike with the dual drum hubs is freewheel single speed as well as the on-one... and to be completely honest the Raleigh is a SS right now too... but it does have the flip/flop rear hub with a fixed cog on the other side. I LOVE me some single-speeds... DEATH BEFORE DERAILLEURS!!!

The Lemond is my cross/commuter for when I need to go a little faster... my only multi-geared bike now. THEY ARE ALL STEEL frames/forks!!! Steel is real.

- Woody

Nice fixies! 8)

 

[tummyson]

Hey Woody, Did you shave your Brooks saddle yourself or did you have someone do it for you. I have a B17 kicking around and I want to do it just like the way you have yours. Was it hard? What did you use to cut it?

Thanks.

 

[woody1981]

Its not actually a brooks... its an old ideal i got for free from our old seat box when I worked at the shop. To answer your question I just cut it with a set of sheet metal sheers... mostly cause they were the biggest scissors around at the time, and then I just cleaned up the cuts with a big rasp file... it was pretty spur of the moment, but like I said, if I had jacked it up I wasn't out any money. It was pretty easy. I wouldn't hesitate to do a brooks, but I would be a little more careful about it.

I think I would make an initial groove with an exacto knife and then just keep "scoring" it until I was through the leather... then I would clean up the edges with some 200ish grit sandpaper.

Hope this helps.

- Woody

 

[DrJ]

I have an interest for Reynolds-framed British road racers from the 70s and 80s. I currently own a Mercian, Raleigh Carlton and a Falcon in Eddy Merckx orange. Also have a Legnano. Bicycles are easy to restore compared to motorcycles.

 

[woody1981]

True... but its kinda scary how similar it is.

- Woody

Bicycles are easy to restore compared to motorcycles.

 

[rawfish]

Bicycles are easy to restore compared to motorcycles.

This is my first motorcycle and so far I have to agree....