DesmoDog
Look Ma, No Hands!
I did some more cleaning today. The paint is so far gone it doesn't really clean up. A lot of rust and scratches and old touch up paint. I've decided not to substitute better looking parts from other bikes. I'll clean stuff up and remove rust, but if the part is still functional it's going back on, scars and all. The rear rim is a mess cosmetically but I'll de-rust it, replace the two missing spokes and re-use the others. The rim seems to be straight so it should work. Aside from rust on the front rim (though not as bad as the rear) the front wheel is in surprisingly good condition, it's straight and the hub spins smoothly.
The crank went back together fine, everything was in pretty good shape once it was clean. The crank has the AS & Co mark but no date code. The headset was a different story. The adjusting cone was damaged (hence the indexing I noted before) so I switched out some of those parts with a Typhoon headset I had around. And I can't find the dang washer that goes between the cone and lock nut! It's always something.
I put the seatpost and clamp in place mostly so I wouldn't lose track of those too!
The crank went back together fine, everything was in pretty good shape once it was clean. The crank has the AS & Co mark but no date code. The headset was a different story. The adjusting cone was damaged (hence the indexing I noted before) so I switched out some of those parts with a Typhoon headset I had around. And I can't find the dang washer that goes between the cone and lock nut! It's always something.
I put the seatpost and clamp in place mostly so I wouldn't lose track of those too!