xsspeed Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Shimano tourney or 600 Series cranks are pretty sweet, if thats what you've sourced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=385707645 $20 cant go too far wrong, pretty sure they are not the top end ones but meh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Should be sweet, hopefully can reuse the current bottom bracket assembly or do have new gear? As an aside, when you were looking into hub gears, did you find if there are any 3 speed sturmey archers being made new? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock-Lee Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 ^They do. But are quite $$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 Should be sweet, hopefully can reuse the current bottom bracket assembly or do have new gear?As an aside, when you were looking into hub gears, did you find if there are any 3 speed sturmey archers being made new? It's got a brand new bottom bracket already, hopefully the spacings will work ok. You can get brand new Sturmey Archer stuff from Velo Ideale; http://www.velo-ideale.com/ He is a good dude to deal with, he is fizzing over longbike as well which is gratifying. I have a 3 speed SA dynohub in my garage if you are interested, it needs new bearing cones probably, but the AW type ones go for ever so would be good for another hundred years probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 So longbike has a friend now, I built this up out of a massive shitty old roadbike I got off TM for a fiddy. 700c rims, postie 5 speed. goes much faster than longbike for some unfathomable reason. I even built my own wheel for it, which turned out to be piss easy actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted September 2, 2011 Author Share Posted September 2, 2011 BigBike has had all the loving in the world now, just got the frame zinc plated, 8 speed Shimano Alfine hub, mudguards, Brooks saddle, pedals etc. The zinc is pretty subtle, but looks aws the closer you get when you realise it is not some shit paint. This will never rust now. Rolling it daily to work now, am feeling the love. Also am building up a single speed out of an old Tarini Tange 2 roadie frame, have gun metalled the bare metal, looks the biz; Probly need to clear coat it tho to make it last longer than 5 mins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted September 30, 2011 Author Share Posted September 30, 2011 Here is the mostly finished product of the gun metalled Tarini, shit pics but hey. This is my current fav bike in the world. I ended up putting beeswax over the gun metal finish - works amazingly well IMO The bars are Velo Orange Porteurs from Velo Ideale The seat is a very old and fucked Lycette, super comfy tho Boot leather grips, laced with copper wire It is a bit hard too see but the finish shows the brazing up sweet as The current range of functional ladaspeed bikes, longbike is mostly in bits awaiting significant downgrades... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 Here is the latest addition to ladaspeed bicycle mayhem, a 1930something Hercules 28"... I just chucked the bits I got together for the purposes of awesomeness evaluation, it is scoring a high decile. The paint has been mostly stripped, and everything will need dismantling and greasing etc. Plans are to make it look pretty much like this, but fully functional. Not sure what to do about the frame, the options are; - leave it as it is - leave it as it is and clear coat - bare metal and clear coat - red primer - actual black enamel It got stripped because there were apparently about 14 coats of paint on it. Probably going to be my main tweed run bike.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.QCR Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 DUDE!!!!! Loving it!!! Im gonna ride over this week on my 1930s Reknown board track racer. Pm your addy and address! Mine is also gonna be the main tweed whip! So keen to talk bikes with ya and pyne over your old ones! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 Yea I am pretty fizzy over the possibilities that this thing affords... Just spent the evening stripping it down to it's bare components + stripping and regreasing the rear hub - hours pass like minutes doing that shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Nice big wheel dude, shit thats mean. How exactly did you 'gunmetal' the tarini frame? I have a shogun frame sitting here waiting for similar SS treatment, keen for a similar finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 Simply go to gun city and buy a bottle of gun blue. Apply it to the bare metal while adhering strictly to the instructions... and you probably want to clear coat it afterwards cos it is pretty shit at actual protection, but it does look purty. And right there in a nutshell sits about 4 hours of in-depth internet research. The bill is in the mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 So I have stripped the frame right down to bare metal now, just going to run with the beeswax over this for now... While I was at it I noticed that frame was bent like a fucking banana, the steering tube was at 5 degree angle to the seat tube and sitting about 20mm off to one side. So I judiciously smacked it with a hammer and pulled things about with my rather substantial heft - now the wheels should at least travel in the same direction.... Also I removed a couple of pounds of grease from the frame using a blowtorch to melt it out - 70 years of regreasing the bottom bracket by jamming it full of poo will do that. Basically all I have to do now is regrease the front axle and bolt it all back together for max win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 Looks sweet, is almost unrideable. Need to find some front axle bearing cones, they are in average condition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted October 28, 2011 Author Share Posted October 28, 2011 I have tweaked shit about until is in a reasonably sensible riding position, ie relatively low chance of permanent damage to oneself etc. Some more betterer pics; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maru-So Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 That came up real nice, Hows the seat? Do those old leather seats go hard overtime? Any plans for leather wrap on the bars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.QCR Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Ahhh! That looks epic dude! I just cant wait the week to ride alongside your hercules! Shit is gonna be epic ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted October 28, 2011 Author Share Posted October 28, 2011 Yea I'm gagging fucking better be fine is all I can say... That came up real nice? Hows the seat? Do those old leather seats go hard overtime?Any plans for leather wrap on the bars? Might do something with the bars, not sure what yet tho. The seat is comfy as, as long as you put a few coats of beeswax on them they come up nice. That one is pretty poked though, the leather started tearing when I started to tension it up, but as long as it doesn't rip and plunge the seat stem up my arse I will be happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyGal Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 That is such a sweet bike ladaspeed you will be pining hard! I cant wait for the tweed run Iv been recruiting hard! One of my freinds is doing a full resto on an old bike for the event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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