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which details bicycle features, wheel sizes, etc., as well as showing a price estimate for your vintage bicycle.
| Need to find good Painter in Michigan. Some one who can paint a Schwinn Phantom . Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks, |
| I know a guy in Breckenridge MI. by the name of John Rhodes who can paint your bike he has an antique shop on M46 and Ransom road in Gratiot county. His passion is old whizzers and I have seen an old schwinn that he has restored flawlessly. Whether he will or not I don't know or how much he would charge I have not a clue. He is not a painter by trade but the most beautiful job he does on his bikes. |
| Hi, I have an old Raleigh that I'd like to get running. It needs new brakes in the worst way. I'd like to go to a place nearby that understands and cares for old bikes. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks! |
| Try Cambridge Bicycle on Mass Ave right next to MIT. Ask for Kip. |
| I am interested in finding out if a bycycle motor could be adapted to fit a regular wheel chair ? |
| Anything's possible, and that certainly is; but it's not a simple bolt-on operation. Some shade-tree engineering is needed, and probably some parts fabrication, too. Many people have the skills needed; but first you have to find them, if you aren't that kind of person. |
| I'm looking for some input on cleaning and polishing a Campy 50th Annv grouppo. Although complete the grouppo has seen some use. The cleaned and finished grouppo will be on a working bicycle, not a museum piece or object d'art. I have two questions. First, the original finish appears to be coated and high speed buffing removes this coating and leaves a bright silver surface. Should I be concerned about taking off the original finish (the bright silver looks great) and should I replace or recoat the surface? Second, the components are etched with Campy logos and signatures. Some of the engravings/inlay are painted black. How can I restore these and with what products? Thanks in advance for any advice. If possible I would prefer to do some of this work at home and not send to a specialty shop, but I will seed outside specialty services if needed. Thanks in advance for your input. Bob D. |
| Has anyone ever heard of or used "rust converting paint"? If so, is it what it sounds like, a paint that converts or covers rust? Yhanks, Mark |
| ...I mean Thanks!! |
| check this site out: http://www.lafn.org/'dave/trans/bicycle/paint-bike.html |
| Don't ever believe that any such product would be long term effective,they all claim to be fantastic and will blind you with science about chemically altering rust etc, the only way to cure corrosion is to cut it out or blast it out anything else is a fools paradise and only making sellers of such products richer with no thought for the long term effects. |