This bike came with toe clip pedals, and this type I do not like. Everyone is entitled to opinions and mine is that properly adjusted, falling off with these means twisted or broken ankles, so they are coming off. They will get cleaned up as part of the restoration, but I don't think i'll use them at this stage. Pedal wrench was thankfully all I needed, someone remembered to grease the pedal shaft threads before they were installed.… Continue

This post is about threads.

When I first got the bike, I was going to fit a bottle cage to it, a) because I had a spare one after picking up an end of line carbon one for $29.95 and b) to stop creatures entering the downtube and eating the bottom bracket bearings. The top screw went in fine, a little firm in places. The bottom one however would not go past half way, forcing it further (gently) started to flatten the threads.

Enter my tap and die kit. After measuring the thread with the… Continue

Since the rest of the bike doesn't look too bad, the things I wanted to do first were replace the chain and inspect/replace/repair/rebuild the bottom bracket. So with chain breaker in hand, I set off to sever the link and proceed to the next part.

This pic just shows the chain…

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The pump

As the pump was one of the easiest things to remove from the bike, I thought I would check this out first. The first thing I noticed after taking it off was that it had water in it, a pump or two of the handle removed that, and extending the handle all the way revealed a…

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Original Pics

Well this is the bike as purchased. Biopace chainrings, alloy pedals with toeclips, downtube shifters (with SIS on the rear), Exage derailleurs, 700C aluminium wheels, Exage brake calipers and levers, and a white and magenta colour scheme. It was also fitted with a Tefal frame pump, without locking lever.…

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Intro

This blog is going to detail the current shape and the piece by piece restoration of the 51cm white (with magenta accents) Apollo Concorde I picked up from the 'Bikes for Refugees' garage sale.

Background

I've always wanted a steel frame bike, something to run up to the shops on, something for a little resistance training on my normal routes, something that is a little different.

Next task is to resize and put up the pictures I have of the…

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