Rebuild MIFA

 

Finished the stripping today. Found some pitting which I have to grind away...

Rebuild MIFA

Did some progress today:

 Disassembled the cranks and chainguard. Grinded some of the paint down. I want to strip down the rest with paint stripper... to be continued....

Rebuild of a vintage MIFA women's bicycle from the 1960's

This will be my new project:

To rebuild a 1960's women's bike not in original condition with modern parts, especially security issued parts like brakes and lights.

I just bought the frame and got some wheels that I want to use. Here's what it looks like:

You might ask why this old peace of junk? Well, I personally like the look of these old frames, especially the middle part of the bike: the beautiful swung goose neck with its double tubing. You don't find that anymore.

So in the next months I am planning to find all the parts I need for this build.

After assembling it, I want to strip the paint, put primer on it, and repaint it in the favorite colours of fiancee (rattle cans).

So stay tuned!

Finishing the Paletti SSP

This is the second part of the final assembly of my Paletti SSP

Put the brake levers on the bar

Measured the length of the bowden cables, cut and assembled them.

And this is it! Here's the finished product:

Update:

The bike runs great. Very smooth and reacts very well! In the meantime, I changed the first assembled to a Campagnolo aero seatpost which fits the Paletti perfectly!

I know, it's a little bit short but hey, it looks just great!