Bicycles

[Thumper]

Originally Posted by cheesy

Ron had some nice frames for sale. If I'd had some more change on hand, I would have bought one of the tandem frames he had and moved the parts over from mine. I really liked his Gitane tandem frame, even if it was French.
On the Guerciotti frame, I don't know what tubing it's made from, no transfer. If the seat tube diameter is 27.2mm, that would lean towards 531. I'm not sure what the ID of Columbus would be.

Weight could be a clue. Also sound. If you build on it, stiffness would also provide a clue. 531 is super light, and it has a rigidity to it.

[Darkrider]

Ended up selling the Rush after all to cover some last min debts. It was just sitting collecting dust in the shed and getting bumped around when i went in there for other stuff. There are a few different bikes i am looking at at Ctire i may pull the trigger on later. Like i said before the ownership of that particular bike may have been tainted by the chapter of my life i was in with it at the time.

[cheesy]

So, the next project.




I'm guessing 68 to 71. This would have had the plastic Simplex derailleurs that rotted and broke with exposure to UV rays. Thankfully, those had been replaced years ago with Shitmano. I got the bike in kit form and it looks like it's all there save for cables and housing. The bars with the white tape seem to be the correct ones. The rims are mismatched but the steel hoops will probably be aimed towards the recycle pile and I'll spring for a pair of 700c aluminum Sun CR 18 rims. If I wasn't doing wheels, this would be a one day kit.

Oh, yeah, the last Mercier I had, I was riding it when I got hit from behind.