Truly awesome job, Mate! Thanks for taking the time to show everything in real time (no sped-up nonsense and irritating, distracting music) so we can follow how and what is involved at every step of the process. Great video!
Watched Conrad in his last pro race, at the Xterra European Champs in UK a few years ago, he came a close second. He puts down a LOT of power, so not surprised he cracked the frame My daughter won the woman’s race, sprint distance, aged 15, first ever Xterra
Hi Brian…lovely job on a beautiful bike. Like Conrad I had a Colnago I raced in my youth but alas crashed it and bent the dt/tt…still miss that super to this day! Should have kept it and repaired it but with youth one doesn’t realize these things. So in my more advanced age I have taken to collecting bikes (Daccordi freccia W/1st gen chorus, chesini x-uno W/NOS super rec , Vitus 979 W/600…sadly still looking for an affordable Colnago or Pinarello😮). In doing these up I have learned a couple of things that might be off assistance. Firstly, get an ultrasonic cleaner…just wow on how they clean things! Plus an added benefit is they work wonders on records/vinyl 😁. Secondly, when touching up rust/paint use a matching primer first (thin coat obviously) then your mixed top coat to fill the scratches/chips. This will help eliminate the metal shadow under the paint and make it less noticeable. Cheers. PS love all the videos and have learned a lot as well. Trevor from Canada.
Thanks Trevor, some great tips which are much appreciated. An ultrasonic cleaner has been on my wish list for some time now, I’m just waiting for an affordable secondhand one to pop up for sale as they’re rather pricey in SA.
@@BuffsVintageBikes Brett…I completely understand. Living in Canada has some advantages for these things…I got mine 6L off of eBay…chinese but it works fantastically. I was binge watching your Colnago series and have an additional tip I learned from another builder…put some white cloth athletic tape (the kind you use for your fingers in rugby…old hooker here😁) on your headset wrenches and this will keep them from scoring/marring the flats on the headset…particularly the aluminium ones. Keep up the videos and I can’t wait to see the Gios videos! Happy New Year to you and your family!
If I ever get back to ZA .. I will find your feitz shop. I used to walk by a feitz shop every day when I would to town/dorp. Back in 1985 I bought a red Colnago when I kept at my music store. When I got divorced I liquidated including my red baby. A year later I went into a bike shop and the guy told me about this Centurion "Ironman" SOLD! Red/roi as well. I saw beautiful parts all around Cape Town coast. Do they connect to Paarl and Stellenbosch? Will there be an old vintage Reynolds 531 or Columbus bike for me? Can't wait to see your shop! Ja lekker!.
Hi Terrance, you’re more than welcome to come and visit and I’ll make a plan to prep a 531 frame for you to enjoy some routes around the Cape. We’re spoilt for choice with some amazing roads to ride in the Cape which is why many Pro teams use SA as a training base in summer 👍🏼
Another gem revealed! Love the attention to detail as well as the focused yet calm pace of work. Will be in SA/Paarl in December and definitely check out Conrad's site and maybe his trails.
Brett! Thank you so much for an amazing restoration job. I really appreciate your love and passion that went into this build. The bike proudly hangs in my living room - ready to ride. For now my official excuse is "not enough free time" I'm super excited to travel to Italy in September for a comeback to XTERRA Worlds. Will certainly look out for Campy parts!
Just for the record - I bought the bike in 1989 when I was 16 for R750. The reason it was so "cheap" was the cracked chainstay. But it was the closest I could get to owning an Italian bike with a few Campy parts 😂 I had just had a custom triathlon bike built by Bill Lange and he assured me he could replace the Columbus chainstay with a Reynolds one. So grateful now
Thanks for the message Conrad, hope to see you on it at one of the vintage rides later in the year. Truly awesome to hear that you’re making an Xterra comeback, I sure you’re going to smash it 🙌🏼👍🏼
Just a little tip: For rusted chrome such as the fork crown, fine steel wool works alot better and does not scratch the chrome as tin foil sometimes may. Otherwise great restoration! Excellent work.
Unless you’re riding in wet weather often, the aluminum won’t simply oxidize. You can keep it looking good by giving it a good hand polish every 6 months to a year, depending how much you ride your classic bike.
absolutely stunning be great to see it again once the campag parts have been fitted (personally I think it would look better with some period correct Vittoria Open Corsa CX tyres - but that's just me)
@@BuffsVintageBikes 👍sure. Thanks again. May I also suggest you check out Mother's polish. I feel its shine is better compared to autosol and leaves less residue as well.
Congratulations! Amazing job. Do you know actually how you can paint over chrome the clovers? I have an old Colnago Tecnos frame and the paint guy does not want to do the job, as he says it would not stick to chrome....
I’m pretty sure that if you clean up the clover with rubbing alcohol and paint it using a fine brush and enamel paint then there shouldn’t be a problem with adhesion to the chrome.
