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01-01-2005, 01:18 PM

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> My 30 year old Campania Professional (DB Chromoly?) frame
has finally
> succumbed to thousands of miles commuting, fitness riding
& loaded
> touring. It started as a $250 bike

There have to be hundreds of thousands of mid-1970's bikes
out there, many with decent frames and crap for
components -- this was the end of the steel rim era, after
all.

You have a bunch of upgraded components and a messed up
frame.

It's winter, when time might be available for rebuilding, if
you are up for it.

You can make one of these old frames very happy by returning
it to the type of useful service it was built for but may
not have seen since, oh, 1980 or so.

--
Mike Kruger
"So class, who can tell me how much of our genetic code we
share with
chimpanzees?" "Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh! I know, sir!"

01-01-2005, 01:18 PM

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> My 30 year old Campania Professional (DB Chromoly?) frame
has finally
> succumbed to thousands of miles commuting, fitness riding
& loaded
> touring. It started as a $250 bike

There have to be hundreds of thousands of mid-1970's bikes
out there, many with decent frames and crap for
components -- this was the end of the steel rim era, after
all.

You have a bunch of upgraded components and a messed up
frame.

It's winter, when time might be available for rebuilding, if
you are up for it.

You can make one of these old frames very happy by returning
it to the type of useful service it was built for but may
not have seen since, oh, 1980 or so.

--
Mike Kruger
"So class, who can tell me how much of our genetic code we
share with
chimpanzees?" "Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh! I know, sir!"

01-01-2005, 01:18 PM

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> My 30 year old Campania Professional (DB Chromoly?) frame
has finally
> succumbed to thousands of miles commuting, fitness riding
& loaded
> touring. It started as a $250 bike

There have to be hundreds of thousands of mid-1970's bikes
out there, many with decent frames and crap for
components -- this was the end of the steel rim era, after
all.

You have a bunch of upgraded components and a messed up
frame.

It's winter, when time might be available for rebuilding, if
you are up for it.

You can make one of these old frames very happy by returning
it to the type of useful service it was built for but may
not have seen since, oh, 1980 or so.

--
Mike Kruger
"So class, who can tell me how much of our genetic code we
share with
chimpanzees?" "Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh! I know, sir!"

01-01-2005, 06:59 PM

You may have a lot of rust inside that frame in places you can't see.
It's probably not worth fixing. However, I agree with Kruger- move the
parts to another frame. if you really want to spend some $$ you can
get a LEADER or Nashbar frame for less than $150. If you're really
attached to it and you get near Portland Oregon- David Feldmen is great
at fixing that sort of stuff.

You should be able to find something with the same top tube length and
pull parts over if you want to. Watch the threading on the bottom
bracket- especially if you end-up with a French bike.

01-01-2005, 06:59 PM

You may have a lot of rust inside that frame in places you can't see.
It's probably not worth fixing. However, I agree with Kruger- move the
parts to another frame. if you really want to spend some $$ you can
get a LEADER or Nashbar frame for less than $150. If you're really
attached to it and you get near Portland Oregon- David Feldmen is great
at fixing that sort of stuff.

You should be able to find something with the same top tube length and
pull parts over if you want to. Watch the threading on the bottom
bracket- especially if you end-up with a French bike.

01-01-2005, 06:59 PM

You may have a lot of rust inside that frame in places you can't see.
It's probably not worth fixing. However, I agree with Kruger- move the
parts to another frame. if you really want to spend some $$ you can
get a LEADER or Nashbar frame for less than $150. If you're really
attached to it and you get near Portland Oregon- David Feldmen is great
at fixing that sort of stuff.

You should be able to find something with the same top tube length and
pull parts over if you want to. Watch the threading on the bottom
bracket- especially if you end-up with a French bike.

01-01-2005, 06:59 PM

You may have a lot of rust inside that frame in places you can't see.
It's probably not worth fixing. However, I agree with Kruger- move the
parts to another frame. if you really want to spend some $$ you can
get a LEADER or Nashbar frame for less than $150. If you're really
attached to it and you get near Portland Oregon- David Feldmen is great
at fixing that sort of stuff.

You should be able to find something with the same top tube length and
pull parts over if you want to. Watch the threading on the bottom
bracket- especially if you end-up with a French bike.

01-02-2005, 07:48 PM

Gofastdaddy wrote:
> You may have a lot of rust inside that frame in places you can't see.
> It's probably not worth fixing. However, I agree with Kruger- move
the
> parts to another frame. if you really want to spend some $$ you can
> get a LEADER or Nashbar frame for less than $150. If you're really
> attached to it and you get near Portland Oregon- David Feldmen is
great
> at fixing that sort of stuff.
>
> You should be able to find something with the same top tube length
and
> pull parts over if you want to. Watch the threading on the bottom
> bracket- especially if you end-up with a French bike.

Thanks, GFD and everyone else. I do live near Portland, but you're
right--I've gotten my money's worth out of the bike, especially after
getting it to do things racing bikes weren't supposed to do. I hope I
can eventually convert it to an objet d' art as is, but with a new
d.i.y. paint job--the current motley group of components didn't seem to
work together well before and probably will continue that iffy
performance on a different frame.
I am,
Moving on

Optimism is true moral courage--Ernest Shackleton.

01-02-2005, 07:48 PM

Gofastdaddy wrote:
> You may have a lot of rust inside that frame in places you can't see.
> It's probably not worth fixing. However, I agree with Kruger- move
the
> parts to another frame. if you really want to spend some $$ you can
> get a LEADER or Nashbar frame for less than $150. If you're really
> attached to it and you get near Portland Oregon- David Feldmen is
great
> at fixing that sort of stuff.
>
> You should be able to find something with the same top tube length
and
> pull parts over if you want to. Watch the threading on the bottom
> bracket- especially if you end-up with a French bike.

Thanks, GFD and everyone else. I do live near Portland, but you're
right--I've gotten my money's worth out of the bike, especially after
getting it to do things racing bikes weren't supposed to do. I hope I
can eventually convert it to an objet d' art as is, but with a new
d.i.y. paint job--the current motley group of components didn't seem to
work together well before and probably will continue that iffy
performance on a different frame.
I am,
Moving on

Optimism is true moral courage--Ernest Shackleton.

01-02-2005, 07:48 PM

Gofastdaddy wrote:
> You may have a lot of rust inside that frame in places you can't see.
> It's probably not worth fixing. However, I agree with Kruger- move
the
> parts to another frame. if you really want to spend some $$ you can
> get a LEADER or Nashbar frame for less than $150. If you're really
> attached to it and you get near Portland Oregon- David Feldmen is
great
> at fixing that sort of stuff.
>
> You should be able to find something with the same top tube length
and
> pull parts over if you want to. Watch the threading on the bottom
> bracket- especially if you end-up with a French bike.

Thanks, GFD and everyone else. I do live near Portland, but you're
right--I've gotten my money's worth out of the bike, especially after
getting it to do things racing bikes weren't supposed to do. I hope I
can eventually convert it to an objet d' art as is, but with a new
d.i.y. paint job--the current motley group of components didn't seem to
work together well before and probably will continue that iffy
performance on a different frame.
I am,
Moving on

Optimism is true moral courage--Ernest Shackleton.