The rear spacing is 120mm, not 120cm. That's narrow compared to 130 road spacing, which has been standard for many years, but that was standard road spacing for several decades, including the one from which your bike comes
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Thanks, that's a good point, and one I was leaning toward myself. The bike does fit me, and while it's not the scope of project I was looking for, I might just have to do that. I just hate doing a second-rate paint job (I'm not that good) on a bike that deserves first-rate, you know? :)
yeah, I'm sure you don't actually think that your wheel hubs are 1.2 meters wide.
a lot more information that you didn't ask for and might already have anyway:
you can do a pretty decent paint job with cheap materials. only, you will need lots of patience. two or more layers of primer followed by three or more layers of color, allowing to dry for several hours each time, is the best you can get without powder-coating. if you use a brush rather than spraying the paint on, make sure you get the sandable kind of enamel, and lightly smooth each coat with very fine grit sandpaper before applying the next. I have yet to attempt this the proper way, so I'm only repeating what I've heard and read. but from what experience I do have with paint, it works pretty well. a paint job will always chip more easily than powdercoat, but it looks really beautiful, and you don't have to sandblast your whole frame or find an oven that it fits in.
good luck! I'm jealous, it looks like it could be a really great bike.
Yeah, I've done a rebuild and paint before doing six layers of rattle can- a primer, three color coats and two clear coats. It looked great, but chipped crazy easy. If I do that for this bike I might go for a higher-quality brush-on enamel to see if it'll last longer. Unfortunately, given how busy I am these days doing a proper clean rebuild on this thing will mean it won't be rideable until June or so:P
But it looks like it'll be a real screamer when it's done.
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And thanks on the cm/mm catch- my bad.
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a lot more information that you didn't ask for and might already have anyway:
you can do a pretty decent paint job with cheap materials. only, you will need lots of patience. two or more layers of primer followed by three or more layers of color, allowing to dry for several hours each time, is the best you can get without powder-coating. if you use a brush rather than spraying the paint on, make sure you get the sandable kind of enamel, and lightly smooth each coat with very fine grit sandpaper before applying the next. I have yet to attempt this the proper way, so I'm only repeating what I've heard and read. but from what experience I do have with paint, it works pretty well. a paint job will always chip more easily than powdercoat, but it looks really beautiful, and you don't have to sandblast your whole frame or find an oven that it fits in.
good luck! I'm jealous, it looks like it could be a really great bike.
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But it looks like it'll be a real screamer when it's done.
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