Vintage bicycle frame with modern parts?

3 months ago
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What to pay attention to if you're using a vintage frame to build a bicycle.

- Contents -
00:00 Introduction - why use a vintage frame?
03:05 Inspecting the frame
03:38 Bottom bracket standards
06:54 How to tell which BB standard it is?
08:42 Old press-fit BB standard
09:57 Threaded fork
11:43 Quill stems
13:11 Ahead (threadless) stem mounting
16:07 Down-tube friction shifters
17:45 Rear dropout spacing
20:19 Centering the rear dropouts
23:28 Widening the rear dropouts
25:10 Straightening the dropouts
27:28 Other possible problems

- Useful links -

Indexed list of all my videos (sorted by categories, with tags, searcheable):
https://www.bikegremlin.com/youtube/

If you have any questions, please use the BikeGremlin forum - I try to respond to every comment, but YouTube sucks at notifications, especially when it comes to any follow-up questions.
https://www.bikegremlin.net/

Article on this topic (vintage frame)- with a few more details:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/12333/vintage-frame-modern-parts/

Threaded bottom bracket standards:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/1634/bicycle-bottom-bracket-standards-explained/

Bicycle frame materials (carbon, steel, aluminium, titanium) pros and cons:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/11144/bicycle-frame-materials-explained/

Stem types and dimension standards:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/3729/bicycle-stem-size-standards/

Down-tube housing stops (Amazon affiliate link):
https://amzn.to/3dpomPi

SKS mudguards for road bikes:
https://amzn.to/3cLDffO

Vintage fork dropout width (90 mm vs 100 mm):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N05aZu6HND0

List of all the BikeGremlin videos, sorted by categories:
https://www.bikegremlin.com/youtube/

Camera: Srdjoni from 2bike.rs forum - million thanks! :)

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