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Painting the Luxus folding bike
Bad conditions and worse paint make painting the Luxus challenging.
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The "new" and improved Nyala for 2021
The Nyala gets some updates for spring
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Sanding down the Luxus folding bike
The Luxus folding bike frame was in rough shape. Cleaning and sanding it is a job.
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Measure carefully
My failure to measure carefully leads to a lengthy Nyala delay.
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The Bianchi Torino Dama
It took eight months to get here, but a Bianchi Torino Dama finally joined the stable.
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And now for something completely different
For some inexplicable reason, I wanted a folding bike.
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Introducing the Bianchi Nyala
My ever-faithful Bianchi Nyala gets ready for some updates
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Peugeot PH19 build sheet
Detailing the build
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Revisiting the Nishiki
The Nishiki never really settled into being an upright vintage-style tourer, so let's try something different.
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Making your own wine cork handlebar plugs
Want something different for your handlebar plugs? How about a wine cork? They're easy to make and look great with shellacked or cork grips.
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Rebuilding the Peugeot
In which massive amounts of polishing compound and elbow grease save a pile of old French parts from the landfill.
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Tools
Pondering the tools one really needs to work on a bike.
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Refinishing the Peugeot
What do the French call a "rabbit hole"?
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Collections
Pondering my rapidly growing collection of probably useless parts.
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Introducing the Peugeot
Parlez-vous français?
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Nishiki Sport final touches
Building a better baguetter
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Nishiki Sport rebuild
Building the Nishiki back up as a comfortable tourer.
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Nishiki Sport teardown
Taking the Nishiki down to the frame.
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The Nishiki Sport
A slightly more modern take on the classic upright tourer.
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Principessa Build Sheet
Starting a new thing, creating a build spec sheet for each bike.
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Building a better Bianchi
The Quattro was so close, but so far from being the bike I wanted it to be. How about the other one?
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Goodbye Raleigh
A fond goodbye to the resurrected Raleigh.
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Making the Bianchi Quattro road-worthy
The Quattro was in great shape when I got it, but it had been sitting awhile and needed some attention before it was rideable.
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Revisiting the Principessa
The Principessa remains in the stable and gets a few upgrades.
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Polishing the Bianchi Sport
Some polish and elbow grease transform the Bianchi Sport
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Yet another Bianchi
Another Bianchi turns up in the workshop, pushing the others aside (again)
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Raleigh reassembly
Cleaning, polishing, retrue-ing and rebuilding the Raleigh Sports
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Sturmey-Archer three-speed rebuild
Tearing down and rebuilding a long-neglected Sturmey-Archer three-speed hub.
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Disassembling the Raleigh Sports
Bringing the Raleigh Sports into the shop and figuring out how bad it really is.
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The bedraggled Raleigh
A bound-for-the-dumpster Raleigh Sports gets a new lease on life.
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Silver
Who doesn't like shiny things?
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The other Bianchi
When it rains, it pours.
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The Bianchi
I've always wanted a Bianchi road bike.
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The start of it all.
The obsession had to start somewhere. In my case, it started with eternal COVID-related backorders and a cheap Craigslist find.
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This is my first post.
This is the first post on Re-Cycled, a website & blog about restoring old bicycles.