[CR]Re: Top tube cable guides for 1980 Motobecane Grand Touring (II LONG

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From: "II LONG" <r4959l@msn.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 18:29:41 +0000
Subject: [CR]Re: Top tube cable guides for 1980 Motobecane Grand Touring (II LONG

Well, the painter was waiting with breath held while I searched every site for vintage parts I could find, plus going through a friends warehouse of almost 800 old bikes and came up with nada, zip, zulch. So I made it myself and it turned out nicely thankyou very much. The painter was incredulus, "You make this!" I would never have attempted such a thing if I hadn't spent the last six months studying the Paterek Framebuilders Manual. The guides appear to be stamped from flat stock and rolled into shape. However, I chose to use stainless tubeing and shape it using a pattern made with tape applied to one of the originals and transferred to the new tubing. I'm not a silver brazer by any means, or for that matter a metal worker at all up to now, but managed to get this piece attached successfully. Sense I intend to use the bike myself and not sell it as vintage, I'm not concerned with this method. So please ignore my request for this guide.

Richard Long
Temecula, CA
USA