Sunday, February 8, 2009

Project: Peugeot Revival - Part 2

We've spent many hours thus far on the Peugeot, and things are starting to look good.
The frame was stripped and inspected. Very little oxidation in the frame, so we proceeded to clean the frame and parts.

There was a lot of surface contamination of the paint, but we were able to buff out 90% of the flaws and brighten the yellowed paint.



In the interest of keeping the bike in retro form, many of the parts were cleaned and polished, some to a sheen brighter than new!





The front Campagnolo hub was cut from the old tubular rim and was dismantled and rebuilt with fresh grease. The rear wheel won't be suitable since we're creating a fixed gear out of this old bike.


The hub cleaned, greased, reassembled, and polished. Note the torch in the background -- lots of seized parts. The heat, when used properly, coaxes them free.



Much more to come, see you soon.

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