1960 Diamant Touren-Sport - "Silent Bob"

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This is one of my bikes, a 1960 Diamant "Touren-Sport". I bought for 38€ in this condition:
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The crankset was worn out, the fenders resolved, the brakes didn't work and the handlebar/ stem-combination was broken and rustet within the steering tube. BUT it had a nice worn paint and a cool old "Möwe" saddle in quiet good condition.

1. Step:
Disassembly of everything that is not needed...
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As the wheelset was wrecked too, step 2 followed:
Disassembly of the whole bike, cleaning, gathering new and new old parts...
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The "Renak" front hub:
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The new old NSU crankset:
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Painting the new 26" alloy rims:
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Step 3:
Reassembly of everything and first testride with the old "Renak" singlespeed hub
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At this state the bike ran quiet good and was incredibly fast but i wanted to spice it a bit up...

Step 4:
Replacing the "Renak" hub with a old "Sachs Torpedo" 3-speed hub and adding the old renewed "Rasant" brake...
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And finally with installed and repainted "Union" headlight:
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Oh, and the Fat Franks worked fine without cutting and welding the frame. In the back 2-3mm are left and in the front 4-5mm...
 
Build turned out good. Your area has some really awesome views too. Its funny how fast cream tires get dirty :lol:
 
That first picture under "Step 4" with the lighting the way it was looks almost like flat orange and is totally giving me inspiration for a fat tire track bike I'm building to start training on cause I need to shed some winter weight this coming Spring. :mrgreen:

Great work, Later Travis
 
Thank you all for the positiv feedback! This bike was my first build up and it seems to be a strike. :mrgreen: It is even considered to be one of the most beautiful ballon bikes in whole Germany :oops: ...
 

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