1940 Umberto Dei resurrection thread

[petritl]

The Campagnolo NR derailleur didn’t prefer the 1/8 chain, it skipped under load ( I thought the freewheel was failing).

I had this age appropriate 3spd derailleur sitting in a box and decided to figure out out to set it up. It handles the 1/8 chain well.

 

[bulldog1935]

how does it cover the range? Looks great.

Are you bringing it this Sunday?

 

[petritl]

how does it cover the range? Looks great.

Are you bringing it this Sunday?

I need to get a 3 spd freewheel but for now it handles top 3 gears on a 4spd freewheel.

The plan is to bring it on Sunday

 

[bulldog1935]

I need to get a 3 spd freewheel but for now it handles top 3 gears on a 4spd freewheel.

The plan is to bring it on Sunday

another choice for down the road is hunt down a later Magistroni (or even Williams) chainset that will let you use a narrow chain and the Campy x5

 

[GiovanniLiCalsi]

the front fender on my International was the S-shaped fender removed from my wrecked Grand Prix.
Of course, it's aluminum rather than steel. But I was happy to shape it enough to work.

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I've done the same shaping with the plastic fenders on my Lenton, but they're easier in a way - you heat them with a blow drier. The tricky part there is hitting the working temperature but not heating all the way to the liquidus.

I still own my 1971 Raleigh International.
Love the way they ride.
I bought it when it was new.
I installed, when purchased, a Cinelli fork, stem and handlebars.
Also high flange Campy hubs, brakes. I cut the center pull arc off the seat stays.
Put on a top of the line Campy seat post, Campy handlebar shift levers, Campy Strada crankset, Regina road gear cluster rear, Fiammi Red label and Yellow label rims. I used to ride on Campeonato Del Mundo singletube tires. Best tires, so durable.
I want to find someone to repaint the frame and I need the Brooks saddle.

 

[petritl]

This morning was the first ride. I’m pretty happy with the project and how the bike ended up looking, it was nice to save a frameset.

 

[kentercanyon]

I realize this is neither here nor there, but there is a famous Italian Neo-realist movie from 1952 called "Umberto D." made by Vittorio De Sica, the director of BICYCLE THIEVES. Unlike Bicycle Thieves, it's not about bikes at all but the lead character is named Umberto D. Ferrari and he's meant to be a somewhat universal aging Italian post-war worker, who is struggling along poorly on his meager pension and has no real friends but his dog, whom he cannot support. I wonder if the writer and director were making a little reference to the bicycle brand from Milan? I've always loved the movie - it's unforgettable - but didn't realize until today there was a bike called the Umberto Die. (Umberto means Bright Warrior, and is the Italian version of Humbert.) Die is as in diety, a name for a god, so it's ironic that a bright, god-like warrior is reduced to being a pensioner in the film.

Cool build, always great to see an old frame get the appreciation it deserves, carry on!