Progress on the Fixie – Dissassembly

I have finished pulling apart the old road bike, and now its in a dozen pieces ready to be cleaned. Probably should have only taken me an hour to pull it apart, but I did it over a few nights to make sure I did it right and I inspected each piece to make sure it was in working order, or whether I needed to replace it.

 

Here is a photo of all the pieces that I pulled off there. Obviously, some of them won't be needed like the rear brake and the derailleurs, but I'll probably just clean them for good measure. I bought a new fizik seat from eBay which should be getting here in the next few days, and I also found a cheap set of bullhorn handelbars on eBay. I like the idea of bullhorms so we'll see how we go with that. But I will need to reuse the Cinelli stem off the old one. The chain is a toss out, and I need to do some work on the drive side of the crankshaft and get rid of the smaller cog. 

 

 
I even managed to remove the forks, and they look like they probably have not been removed since they were first put on!!! Grease was black as! They'll come up nice after a wash.
 
 
Here is the bare frame! It was surprisingly light for a bike frame that was built probably 30 years ago….
 
 
The one thing that did concern me, was when I pulled the bottom bracket off, is the amount of rust particles that fell out! Probably enough to fill the bottom of a cup. Here is a photo of what I am talking about…. 
 
 
Anyway, last night I bathed everything in a detergent bath, and this morning I'll pull everything out and dry it to give it a good clean with a citrus cleaner and degreaser tonight. Get everything ready for my wheels that should be coming today (eBay is your friend)!!! And then the assembly begins!!!

One Response to “Progress on the Fixie – Dissassembly”

  1. Tony Cosentino says:
    May 12, 2010 at 1:33 pm

    You are very methodical Rob, and sounds like your way around the working of a bike.
    If I pulled on apart I would have left over parts and it wouldn't quite be the same afterwards.
    Maybe a fixie is a better option for me though as there are less moving parts and tricky adjustments to make!
    Look forward to seeing these bullhorns!

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