Tag: Single Taper Seat Stays
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Handlebar Wrapping – Putting the Finishing Touches to SB5422 with New Cables and Bar Tape
Handlebar wrapping can be one of those bike building tasks you either love or hate. When it is done badly it will make the best build look terrible. When it is done well it will be the crowning glory. So for this post, I did a video to show my method and theory.
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50th Anniversary Super Record Bits and Pieces – SB5422 Gets a Few More Parts
Bolting a couple of derailleurs and other small parts to a frame is the easy stage of any bike build. Normally I build in three stages. In the previous post, I did the first stage, the frame prep and fitting the BB and Headset. That means all I have to do next is use a
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Campagnolo Super Record Titanium Bottom Bracket and Headset – My SB5422 Build Continues
Campagnolo Super Record 50th Anniversary Group – that’s what I’m working with again. But before I get to the shiny gold parts, I need to fit the BB and Headset.
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Frame Prep – Frame Facing and Fork Crown Race Cutting – My SB5422 Build Starts
Frame Prep! Any task requires prep. Great prep should be the foundation of everything you do, it will give you the best chance of achieving the results you are after. So if you are restoring, renovating, or just servicing some parts, don’t skip the fundamentals! SB5422 has been built previously, and everything seemed ok with
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SBDU Frame Number Mystery – Solving a Puzzle
It’s time to figure out the correct SBDU frame number for my frame stamped as SB4522. Is that number correct? Is it SB5422, indicated on the fork column? Once again, being able to read the SBDU frame details should give me the answer to this mystery.
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Campagnolo 50th Anniversary Super Record Raleigh Ilkeston SBDU Reynolds 753 Bike – New Arrival
This is probably the only bike that has had a pre-new arrival post. I wrote about this Campagnolo 50th Anniversary bike a short while ago when I had it ‘on approval’. A kind of try before you buy deal. I had only spoken to the seller online but he trusted me enough to drop the