Another New Build Done (well 99%)

scottreynolds

So I finally finished refurbing my new frame and bike. Its been definately a learning experience in terms of what not to do sometimes but I've also gained so much bike mechaic knowledge which is invaluable, imho.

I've also learnt a great deal about the dublin bike shops and especially there workshops. I started out building a bike for the turbo and ended up another nice road bike. My theme became anti-black (or anti-carbon) and i've pretty much completed that apart from a few things.

Its only 99% completed as I have yet to order a white, hudz, and bar tape to complete it.

Anyway here's the pics. Next frame will be single speed / fixie.

Start - Pulled from a skip


End - Full Campag Centaur Groupset, Chris King Headset, Custom Centaur Open Pro Wheels, NO CARBON

DirkVoodoo

Wow Scott, that really does look amazing!

Can't wait to try it myself, it's that kind of satisfaction (like watching "a car is born") that I really like, knowing that you made something yourself.

It's a shame that people don't realise what can be done with old bikes, instead of tossing them into a skip *cough* check sig *cough*.

Hopes it goes as well as it looks anyway!

scottreynolds

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

it's that kind of satisfaction (like watching "a car is born")

Absolutely I'm torn at to what my favorite bike is now..

Lumen

Lovely. Any chance of a closeup of the crankset? I have a bit of a "problem" with shiny cranks.

I thought carbon was unavoidable at Centaur level, glad to be mistaken (perhaps it's Chorus).

Bunnyhopper

That looks really nice. It's amazing what people throw away. Best of luck with it.

(There seem to be two versions of Centaur, alloy or carbon:

http://www.parker-international.co.uk/c/46/Groupsets.html

)

scottreynolds

Lumen wrote: »

Lovely. Any chance of a closeup of the crankset? I have a bit of a "problem" with shiny cranks.

I thought carbon was unavoidable at Centaur level, glad to be mistaken (perhaps it's Chorus).

Hope this image is suffice... 2009 Campag does a full alloy group set at centaur level which is all silver. I originally wanted to get 105 but this is much nicer. The hubs are actually 2008 as centaur hubs are now discontinued.



P.S. thats rain on the crank set -- it was raining for the test ride.

fish-head

That is SERIOUS.

flickerx

Looks tasty! Did you strip the original paint off, or just spray over on top of it?

Cant believe you found that in a skip. Its insane what people throw out.

scottreynolds

flickerx wrote: »

Looks tasty! Did you strip the original paint off, or just spray over on top of it?

Cant believe you found that in a skip. Its insane what people throw out.

Nitromors stripped the paint off then I painted it. Its took ages and as I didn't really have a good place to paint it I had to touch it after painting each coat. I ended up deciding, after about 4 coats, to just take the bike it to get painted as it was only 120 euros, and more importantly got rid of the pain for me.

peterk19

Looks very nice good work im still shocked that it was in a skip :eek:

frapp

:eek: thats awesome dude you done a serious nice job on it