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Check the top of the slot(s) in the stem, that's where they crack.
If it hasn't yet, drill a hole (3/16" should do) at the top of the slot(s), then they won't crack.
The 440 pedals have a fragile outer cone - the threads come very close to the bearing race and bits of the cone can break off...
I don't think that dropout hole is original; all the Campagnolo and Zeus dropouts that I've seen which had or were intended to have such a hole (use to fix the spring of an upper pivot) had an extra raised bit of the boss that the main fixing screw goes into. That's not either one, looks more...
I have five Torpados all similar to the o.p. - one a mixte, but all similar fork and dropout and seatstay...all have their serials on the BB shell. (None of them are top-end.)
How do did you decide it's a 62, and a Mezza Corsa?
I have a very similar Legnano, bought as a bare frame with a bad re-paint, all the same frame details, but more plating and a different headbadge.
I decided that's what mine was due to tubing thickness and these dropouts (same as yours, it seems) :
Since this I have been looking for pics of hubs branded Eska as well as ZZR, KB3, KHZ, VKHZ, Takhion, Favorit, Renak, and (of course) Romet.
Nothing matches precisely what I have. The closest is the solid-axle rear hub on Velobase under Favorit; the text accomanying states that the brand is...
I have most of a Romet Sport to re-do. I'm missing the rear mech and the front hub (wheels to be re-built). The hub would be a copy of the early Campagnlo Gran Sport - steel-centred three piece low flange with a qr. The Romet rear mechs look awful, I've decided a Favorit would be better if I...
There's a fellow in the Markham area trying to sell a frame I'd like; he won't pack or ship. It's a nice enough frame (and my size) for me to ask for help from strangers - so if you are local to him and would do what he won't please let me know.
All costs+ covered by me.
I'm trying to buy a frame and two wheels from a seller who is unable/unwilling to pack & ship; he will sell to me if I can arrange that from my end (I'm in Nova Scotia). I pay all costs+.
I've used that stuff, dyed some blue, it worked pretty much as you described. No adhesive is a bit of a bother. I wrap down and then back up, covering the top ends with a bit of innertube (this is not the dyed stuff):
(also posted in the wanted)
I have three posts too big for current projects. I'll trade any of them one-for-one for a French mfr 26.4, of which I need two.
All are used, see pics in the wanted-forum post, I got a close-up of the worst scratches on each.
Cambio Rino 26.8 - measures 26.74
Suntour...
I have three posts too big for current projects. I'll trade any of them one-for-one for a French mfr 26.4, of which I need two.
All are used, see pics, I got a close-up of the worst scratches on each.
Cambio Rino 26.8 - measures 26.74
Suntour Superbe 26.6 - measures 26.54
Cambio Rino 27.2 -...
I'd really like a 16, but I don't know if they were made dished for 1/8" chain. 17T apparently were/are made.
This is for a Nexus, must be dished to clear the selector, must be 1/8" to match the chainring, 18T (which I have) is too big, not enough top gear. Shimano Nexus sprockets are 3/32...
Perhaps not; I recently had a Raleigh Gran Sport with a 24tpi Raleigh-pattern headset. It was even stamped so somewhere, underside of the top nut I think.
I've got one, pretty good condition, plating worn away of parts of the brake track. If I could figure out how to send a private message on this forum I would...
Perhaps more important (using the wrong size should be such an obvious error that if it happens the following won't be much use) is to use a socket ground flat at the entrance; the lead-in chamfers often are as deep as the spanner flats on these thin bolts, a flat ground socket is a little bit...
I just posted an ad in the parts-for-sale forum, I'm set up right now to re-thread 24 TPI headsets to fit 26PI forks, if you are interested in getting one (or more) done see my ad.
I've just made a tap out of an old 26 TPI fork and run it through a few 24 TPI top-end headset parts. The thread form is pretty good, I think it's well good enough to do the job. I've got the tap mounted on a lathe cross-slide with the part in the chuck, and it's fed in at 26 TPI so you get the...
This is a pull from a mid-80s Motobecane tandem. It's in excellent condition, see pics. 135mm locknut spacing, 40 hole, BSC freewheel thread. Cones and cups have no - zero - pits or blemishes (I use a loupe, I hate pits). There are nice shiny smooth ball tracks, even width all around. The cones...
That is not the Favorit seatstay cap they used on every other Favorit I've seen. Yours also has more chrome. I think it might be quite "special"; lucky man.
Here's what I did with one - the decals were really vinyl from ebay - quite nice quality, I thought (can I name the seller here?). The...
Huret Eco, front, rear, and shifters. Removed from a low-use bike. All date codes various weeks of 1982. Dis-assembled, cleaned, lubed, back together, as shown.
$50 and I'll pay postage.
I have a pair of Shimano Positron rear mechs, each complete with black cable, shifter, and the special cable clips. These are take-offs from a pair of mid-80s Peugeot five-speed city bikes that didn't get much use.
They are in excellent condition - almost no wear on the jockey wheels inside &...
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