That's right, I have finished the build and it turned out pretty nice. So me things are left to be done, like new brake levers (or at least hood co vers for them) and eventually a whole new crank and bottom bracket, and n ew front and rear derailleurs. This bike looks sharp compared to what it us ed to, and it assembled pretty easily, with few issues.
Even some of the quirks that plagued that bike for the 500+ miles I have pu t on it are gone, the original Shimano 600 brake calipers used to have an engagement issue, one side would engage well before the other, and wit h some modification of the tension spring, engages evenly now on both sid es. The fork, dear god....I wished I could have gotten some before pictur es of this thing, I might be able to dig one up from when I first got it , but one of the guys who works at the bikeshop opened a can of Mother's on it where rust was building up on the factory CIOCC emblems pressed into the fork, it looks spanking new. All surface rust was removed, and the fork is true once again, so no carbon fork.....for now. The kid who did i t could put a mirror finish on a turd.
The only mechanical issue the bike has now, is the 9th gear engagement is a little notchy, and the chain vibrates pretty bad at anything above 30m ph, which is Ludicrous Speed (5 mph more than Ridiculous Speed) anyway. A nd there's a small scratch on the BB from the Campy tool. And the rear skew er, R.I.P., came loose and caused the rear wheel to rub against the pow dercoat now there is a nice scratch in the frame where the tire hit it. Now the skewer somehow got left on the car when I left, and made it two mile s down the road before falling off and getting owned by other vehicles beca use it is completely destroyed now.
Pics tomorrow, and yes I did film the entire build so I'll have a video u p soon. The bike, in true Italian fashion, has a name now, her name i s Giuseppina, which is Italian for "God will increase" which I think the bike is quite efficient at increasing speed in a straight line as we discov ered tonight.
Jesse
West Melbourne, Florida USA
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