>>1849174Lovely but it flexes like it is a straw. I had to rebuild the brakes because it is IMPOSSIBLE to find brakes with the correct clamps length: they where either too short or to long. So, i threw in the bin the old rotted threaded rods and springs, and switched the old clamp arms onto "new" brakes.
That being said. This is my father's bike. It rested in the dust for 30 years. It had probably 4 different cable ends jammed inside every brake lever, as the result of the piss poor job performed by some bike machinist that's probably long gone many decades ago. Also enumerable ball bearings were lost and never replaced during previous maintenance errands.
The rear brake housing is internally routed through the upper tube. But the dynamo cable isn't (and it wasn't in it's original form... dunnowhy.jpg).
It's a 700c wheelbase with 46-18 drivetrain. The stem, like many bicycles of this period (1963), has the tiniest wedge and the smallest nut to tighten it. I have no idea how my father managed to ascend the roads he used to ascend, and neither idea how he survived the descend.
The BB is italian with cotter pins. And removing the old pins has been a nightmare. Also finding new ones in the right size was not so easy.
Being an italian BB and being machined in the 60s, it tends to unscrew itself. So, the chain guard\carter is mounted around and under the driveside cup (is that the correct name? i don't know), and it has flanges that can be folded to keep the cup from unscrewing.
No, question. Let's say it's 2082, and you find your fater's 60 years old bike. And it's a carbon frame from the year 2022.... will you trust his epoxy to be structurally sound?
