Bike Stuff

Backstory:  A fun little project I finally got rolling last night. I picked up a 1986 'Trek 700 Tri Series' from the local bike exchange in an 'as is' condition. (Not the kind of bike to give someone as transportation, not exotic enough to be worth restoring to flip, so sell at a bargain). FWIW, getting to meet the folks over there had me volunteering as a mechanic for a few months before my schedules changed. It was in remarkably good mechanical condition but it was clearly 37 years old and perhaps not serviced in much of that time. So full teardown, clean, lubricate, new consumables etc. It would have been quick and simple except for personal injury, oh, and a hidden broken axle that was hard to source a replacement.  I say 'hidden' because if I hadn't taken it apart, I probably wouldn't have known and had probably been ridden for some time based on the way it was stuck in. The break was so clean, right at the bearing that at first it looked like a re

This one was a really cool find on Craigslist. A beautiful Italian bike in chromed steel with a Campagnolo Chorus groupset. And in my size! I reached out to the seller for more information and learned he was the original owner who had it built up for him back in 1987 where he then used it to race in triathlons among other things. Guerciotti apparently had an interesting business model in those days of shipping the raw frames to the US distributor 10 Speed Drive who then painted them and sent them to shops. Apparently, it was thought that the paint work being done in Italy didn't match up with the quality of the Imron paintwork that could be done in the US. And I've got to say, it looks great and Imron holds up really well (see my Trek 7000 as well) It was well kept, in basically original condition. It had a minor frame repair due to a crack at the dropout that is effectively invisible (steel is nice that way). One notable modification was an upgrade to an 8-speed cassette up