Motobecane Fixie Conversion... my first project

Motobecane Fixie Conversion… my first project

Chapter 1:

For a while I was fantasizing on building my own fixie. I had my eye on an old peugeot with Reynolds tubing, which seemed deserted, but couldn’t get my self to touch it.

One evening as I was riding around town, I found in the garbage a cool looking Motobecane Super Deluxe. It seems from the early 80’s: It features 2040 Hi Resiliency tubing, not sure what it means, but it brought up great memories from my childhood neighborhood.

Both rims were broken, gears were gears missing parts and other than the frame which looks in good shape, the crank and the headset and the drop-bar, I removed everything.

I’m currently in the process of cleaning and lubing the parts that are staying on. Since my crank tool doesn’t fit this old crank- I’ll wait with that part, but i’ll do my best to keep the large 52T chain wheel since it’s so beautiful…

As for color- I will see if I manage to keep the decals areas as is, the French sure used a great coloring technique- it’s in great shape, relatively to what it went through… but I’ll paint the rest either white or silver. Probably silver. All components are white and black and the seat and bartape- leather.

Today I started getting the parts I ordered…

Velocity Deep V rims, Velo Orange seat and amazing bar tape, new tires… it’s going to be a long weekend: starting to put the bike together…

See more photos in my flickr stream… in this forum.

Tags: conversion, leather, motobecane, project, vintage