Here’s one we re-did to sell in the shop. She’s got new tubes/tires, new Brooks saddle, new VO bars, new Wald basket, vintage rear rack, new Dia Compe inverse brake levers with VO basket weave grips, all new cable/housing, new freewheel/chain. $450 and its yours.
This is an old Everton from Denmark, that we were commissioned to revamp. This belongs to Rob, who’s wife is the owner of the Schwinn in the previous post. Now they have a pair of classy around towners.
Here is a before shot of the condition of the bike when it was brought in-
After decisions were made, and the work was completed, here is the finished product-
Here’s a breakdown of the parts list-
• VO porteur front rack
• VO hammered fenders
• VO elk hide hand sewn grips
• Soma Lauterwasser bars
• Shimano 600 Arabesque shifters/derailleurs
• Schwalbe Durano tires
• MKS copper sylvan pedals
• Crane copper bell
• Brooks Flyer special saddle
So here is an old Schwinn that we re-did. This bike was Ashley’s ride from high school, check the before pic below.
Her husband wanted to give her a surprise valentines day gift. So he asked us if we could class it up a bit, and give it a fresh start.
So here’s the finished product.
-quick overview
• new paint job • new wheelset/panaracer tires • new sparrow bars • dia compe bar end shifting • brooks saddle • VO sew on elk hide bar wrap • VO fenders • VO pedals
This was a fun project.
Here’s another old Trek we re-did for Steven, that was giving this bike as a Christmas gift, to his wife Allison. His inspiration was Andi’s Trek that we built a few months back. Below us a pic of how it looked when it came to us originally.
It was already pretty cool looking in my opinion.
Nevertheless, it got a new paint job, and a mix of new and original parts.
First off was a new Ladies team pro Brooks saddle. We opted for the gran compe ratcheting bar end shifters, with the Velo Orange sew on elk-hide grips.
Also, Velo-Orange city levers.
We added a classic Wald rear rack, VO fenders, and put the Nantucket wicker panniers on for the photos. The VO city pedals finished off the new stuff on the build. All the other original parts received an overhaul and a bit of polishing.
I think it turned out really nice, it rode really well.
Finally getting around to posting Sarah’s Concorde step-thru. I got this frame quite a while ago and just never built it up until a few weeks ago.
We transferred over all the stuff from her Moser pretty much. She went with the VO Montmartre bars and a NOS Pletscher front rack that clamps to the fork crown. She also added a VO bottle cage adapter mount to the bars, so she can ride with her coffee in an accessible place.
This turned out to be a super cute little bike.
Oh yea, her old Moser frame/fork is for sale if anyone’s interested.
So I switched to bar end shifting on the Atala. I went with the Rivendell bar end shift pods. These worked out great for my old campy shifters. They’re made to work with a good bit of the old standard down tube shifters. I love the look of shifters on the downtube, but the convenience of bar end shifting is pretty nice.
