back on the rack |
Soma Grand Randonneur |
Some modern shops don't want to be bothered with working on a bike if its over about 5 years old, but I am fortunate to have a number of shops locally that deal with both Steel bikes and the old stuff, so I was fairly certain one of them would have the correct puller. My faith paid off and Alki bike and board, only 2 miles away, took care of me for $15. That was about a quarter of what buying the tool would cost and I don't expect to run into another Stronglight anytime soon. With the crank job done I could take of the rest myself, although I did pause to look around the shop while I was there as the pictures above-Soma -and below- Motobecane- attest. I have had my eye on the Soma for a while, they are now on to a version 2 of this frame- a nice white with red accents, I have even gone so far as to mock up a build spreadsheet but to be honest I couldn't ride 5 miles of a Rando event without needing a break right now so I think its more about dreaming and hunting parts and doing the build than the actually riding. As for the MB I didn't see a model name but going by the Campy hubs and derailleurs, Stronglight cranks etc. I would say it was a Grand Jubilee or above.
Motobecane Grand Jubilee(?) |
table full of parts |
Mafac "competition" brakes and levers.
Huret Jubilee rear derailleur and shifters.
I still need to remove the front brake cable guide to include with the sale of the Mafac brakes and then it will be time to get to cleaning and listing. If I got ambitious I might even remove the whole headset so I can see what date is on the fork steer tube and have a positive ID on the year of manufacture.
Until next time. Ride.Smile.Repeat.
I was away from any computer for a week and BOOM! A bunch of posts from you. I am like tj and am now caught up. I do not have a great Nishiki story like tj or even a Gitane tale, but I sure enjoyed the posts. Way to go on 100 posts. I will not live long enough for 100. Plus, not that many cool things are going on with me like cool old bikes.
ReplyDeleteThat Soma will be a nice ride for somebody and with the "not for sale" sign on the motobecane the owner knows the value of that.
Keep cranking out the posts Ryan....one of your purposes in life now is to entertain us old goofy bike geeks
Jim
Hey "Old Goofy bike geek" kind of sums me up Jim!
DeleteI'm the guy who bought this frameset. You mismeasured the frame. It's a 62cm CTT. On top of that it's got a crack at the top of the driveside seatstay.
ReplyDeleteMichael I am sorry about how this has turned out I am working with Ryan N on a refund and asked for a photo of the chain-stay crack.
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