Frame now has gloss black repaint!
Great time to paint - no bugs!
Great time to paint - no bugs!
ORBO Mount Ross
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Thanks, I'll try the wire wheel method!
Thanks, The fork was the best bit from the ladies Hampton Cruiser I scrapped.Agree on Hampton. You can use a caliper brake on it if you want one. It has the look.
Digging around the stash for a suitable one piece bottom bracket, and found this crank by DiamondBack.
I don't remember buying it, it maybe from my late brother's bike part pile.
CRO-MO
175mm - woo hoo!
I don't remember buying it, it maybe from my late brother's bike part pile.
CRO-MO
175mm - woo hoo!
Sweet crank! 175 mm....hope you've been doing your 'squats' on a regular rotation. 
I think his FSA 36t chainwheel looks cool.
Thanks Captain! Found this at a swap a few years ago - I thought it looks like ninja throwing star....
Got the stickers removed and wet sanded fork. Primer applied.
Unsure if enough gloss black remains to touch up frame. Maybe contrasting color?
Unsure if enough gloss black remains to touch up frame. Maybe contrasting color?
I wonder if you just keep that primer gray on that fork and match it up and keep it matte. You could add some lettering or a logo of some sort if you want. And man, are you ever taken advantage of that extremely unusually warm weather in Wisconsin and Minnesota right now!
Well, ran out of gloss black. So forks got semi-gloss instead.
Pulled an old set of VP-565 pedals out of the stash. Luckily they are 1/2 thread!
They got a dab of oil and cleaned 'em up - then they got the semi-gloss as well.
Also frame is curing by the wood furnace. I have to smooth and touch up the stickers on the head tube and seat tube.
Pulled an old set of VP-565 pedals out of the stash. Luckily they are 1/2 thread!
They got a dab of oil and cleaned 'em up - then they got the semi-gloss as well.
Also frame is curing by the wood furnace. I have to smooth and touch up the stickers on the head tube and seat tube.
Tried a preliminary clean up and original rims may clean up OK.
Also dug a couple of wheels/tires out of the stash for mock up purposes...
Also dug a couple of wheels/tires out of the stash for mock up purposes...
Some notes. Frame weighs 7.6 lbs - seems light to me. Preliminary gearing with stock Shimano CB-E110 coaster brake (20t) and FSA chainring (36t). = 42 gear inches.
I was told bike was used in a local papermill for years.
I was told bike was used in a local papermill for years.
