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1985 GJS Freestyler
double chevron:
Only discovering this thread now..
Wow, impressive from start to finish, well done Andy
Glynnyboy:
This is awesome mate. Nothing I don't love about it. :4_17_5:
brimfull:
--- Quote from: dancetothedrummersbeat on July 17, 2016, 11:34 PM ---Ant factory pilot suggested that for brakes I should use something else instead of MX 900/1000's, and he suggested 880's as they would be bang on era correct for a 1985 build. The word must have got round that I was looking for some, and I got an email from Del offering me a set. They were in great condition but white, so I got the oven pride out, stripped them and gave them a polish. They came out looking great in no time
For levers I was going to stick with trusty tech 3's, but again ant said that tech 4's were the lever to have in '85. He was right of course. He kindly gave me a set of mint '85 levers that had been fitted to his Aero Reflex. The levers had been NOS prior to them being fitted. The only issue was that they were white, so it was out with the oven pride and polishing mop again
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I see you used ovenpride to strip the levers, I thought they were painted not anodised so you would use synstrip on them? I only ask as I've got some Tech 4 levers I want to do the same to.
They've come up brilliantly, were they hard to polish?
Love this bike as it shouts mid eighties freestyle to me fistblump
dancetothedrummersbeat:
Thanks. Now you've got me thinking! I honestly can't remember now! It probably was synstrip. They stripped very easily. Dia compe levers and calipers polish up really well, with a deep shine and uniform finish. Other cheaper brakes don't come out as good, probably due to the quality of the alloy. I used a polishing cylinder with a drill bit fitting. I secured wrapped a cloth around the bottom of the lever/caliper, and secured it in a vice. I used peek polish - only a small amount. The brakes polish up within a few seconds, but it takes time because of all the curves and angles. I do the hard to get at areas by hand. A pair of calipers and levers takes about an hour to polish :)
Send them to me if you're struggling, and i'll do them for you :daumenhoch:
brimfull:
--- Quote from: dancetothedrummersbeat on January 06, 2017, 09:54 PM ---Thanks. Now you've got me thinking! I honestly can't remember now! It probably was systrip. They stripped very easily. Dia compe levers and calipers polish up really well, with a deep shine and uniform finish. Other cheaper brakes don't come out as good, probably due to the quality of the alloy. I used a polishing cylinder with a drill bit fitting. I secured wrapped a cloth around the bottom of the lever/caliper, and secured it in a vice. I used peek polish - only a small amount. The brakes polish up within a few seconds, but it takes time because of all the curves and angles. I do the hard to get at areas by hand. A pair of calipers and levers takes about an hour to polish :)
Send them to me if you're struggling, and i'll do them for you :daumenhoch:
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Thanks mate, that's a fantastic offer and that's why this place is so,good fistblump
I'll have a go at that and see how they come out. We make racing and sports wheelchairs at work so worse case I'll stick them in with some bits when we get some titanium frames polished next time ;)
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