Swiss build - FINISHED PHOTO OF THE 'TWINS'

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  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    OK so way more exciting than yesterday's arrival, today it was a double gear cable clamp, really nice condition, no need to polish it either, but of course I did :D

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    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Impressed, as I know you all were with yesterday's clamp, I thought I would show you my brakes, these are not the same brakes from earlier pictures, those were newer, these are the same era ones as my other Imholz and match perfectly.

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    I bought these brakes here in Portugal and they came with these blocks...

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    They are stamped 'Racodi' a Spanish company that made track bikes.
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,346
    Track bikes don't have brakes...
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  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    The brake blocks are stamped 'Racodi' a Spanish company known for their track bikes

    pedantic b'stard :D

    An example of a Racodi, they also made other parts for different style bikes, track bike...

    http://rodafixa.blogspot.pt/search/labe ... %28SALE%29

    (My Wheels are now in Lisboa )
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,346
    ^ Some lug lining there.

    I hope they don't test out your wheels in Lisboa across all those tramlines.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    More worried about them being where they are now - Albufeira :D
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Those brakes and those pads as you come down an Alpine descent?
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    As an aside, how reliable is that site? I fancy a couple of bits off there ......
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    No idea, never used them, I just put the link in to show a Racodi, no brakes involved, track bike :D
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    So you've bought some brake blocks from someone who doesn't make brakes?
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Yes...and no :D

    Yes the man I bought the brakes from that had the Racodi blocks attached that I changed to weinmann ones from my other set, doesn't make brakes.

    No, Racodi make track bikes that don't have brakes as pointed out by Pinno but also Made brake blocks :D

    Glad I cleared that one up :D
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Well, that's cleared that up then :)
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Wheels arrived today, Wahey, now that is exciting :D

    I will post pics so you can criticise them, but please feel free to pre judge them :wink:

    Shimano 600 large flange hubs, 36 hole, Mavic rims 19mm width, stainless steel spokes, 700c etc
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,346
    19mm, tut tut. I've seen your roads. You'll need 28mm tyres minimum for that old bone shaker and they won't fit. Large flange, 36 spokes per wheel?! Cor blimey gov'nor, as stiff as a stiff in an Igloo who died snorting liquid Nitrogen.
    If you wanted stiff, why didn't you get a few scaffolding poles and strap two dustbin lids to them?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    team47b wrote:
    Wheels arrived today, Wahey, now that is exciting :D

    I will post pics so you can criticise them, but please feel free to pre judge them :wink:

    Shimano 600 large flange hubs, 36 hole, Mavic rims 19mm width, stainless steel spokes, 700c etc


    Err - hate to pour water on troubled oil and all that, but you do know that set up is incompatible and won't work don't you?

    Sorry.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    :D

    :D

    Thanks guys, glad we got that outta the way :D

    I think Matthew won that one, more believable, more worrying, more sinister/menacing...well done, have a biscuit.
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Back OT...

    Rear wheel, cleaned, greased and new tube and tyre

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    Test fit wheel to set up brake blocks (made by weinmann) yes I know there's no freewheel screwed on yet :D
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,346
    Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.................................................
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Your impression of the sound of those tyres on smooth Tarmac or the jaded cynical view of your world, a little bored with our life are we? :wink:

    Mrs T is very pleased with her new wheels and 'open tubular' tyres and that is all I need to say :D



    They were a bugger to fit those tyres, I even had a warm up exercise by fitting a pair of Schwalbe Marathomn Plus to a friend's bike before fitting these, they were simple by comparison! :shock:
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Job done. Beer consumed.

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    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,346
    team47b wrote:
    Your impression of the sound of those tyres on smooth Tarmac or the jaded cynical view of your world, a little bored with our life are we? :wink:

    :shock: That poke was in the MF gone fishing/communtergate league. You win the Joan Collins award today.

    What episode are we on?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    What's a joan Collins award, no wait, don't answer that, biatch :D

    Nice wheels though :wink:
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,346
    Nice wheels...

    I think you need something a bit bigger to keep you occupied. You can polish it lots and lots...

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    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Pinno wrote:
    Nice wheels...

    I think you need something a bit bigger to keep you occupied. You can polish it lots and lots...

    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQHPu4LmsytI0CtaEaPNPls-RdU-h-zR_bzZsyM8-dJQxKRnE6c

    Something bigger, I'm working on the Isetta tomorrow, does that count? :D
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,346
    What does Mrs T47 think about this Swiss miss Mk2? I bet she's feeding you platitudes and quietly hoping that one essential part can't be found.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Why?
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    It's looking sweet, I mus admit that.

    Get a trailer no tow both of them being the Isetta while quaffing champagne and laughing at passing plebs.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,346
    team47b wrote:
    Why?

    So she won't have to ride it. I've seen your collection and she has much more practical options. This one is for hanging up on the wall.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    What do we know of this practicality of which you speak, I drive an isetta!
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    It's looking sweet, I mus admit that.

    Get a trailer no tow both of them being the Isetta while quaffing champagne and laughing at passing plebs.

    Nice idea :D

    It's not just plebs that pass us in the isetta it's everyone but then again that's what you said :D

    Time for a photo of the two impractical machines...

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    my isetta is a 300cc bike

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