A bit of restoration ...........................................

[Mattdub]

Restoration is pretty cool when done well & much more satisfying than buying NOS ..............................................

BEFORE: ( Reasonable amount of years of built up grime & overspray ! lol ) ...............................


The Suntour Superbe's ( on left ) were the worst , the Campy Records on the right show no sign of ever being laced . The Suntours are rarer than the Campy's , I've seen a few sets of low flange Superbe's but not any high flange on the message boards but they must be out there .

A loyal supporter of the Suntour Superbe range was ABA Hall of famer Mr Greg Grubbs , seen here on the cover of BMX Action Dec 82 .


Not quite finished but close , the two sets above joined by some Tipo's I've had a while now ......................................



L to R : Campagnolo Tipo - Suntour Superbe - Campagnolo Record .

[kuwahero]

Very nice dude. I know what you mean about the Superbe's I have been looking for some for ages.

Can you give us a run through of your polishing process. Been trying to polish some of my stuff.
Dont know if i'm doing things wrong or just lacking patience.

Marc

[Mattdub]

Very nice dude. I know what you mean about the Superbe's I have been looking for some for ages.

Can you give us a run through of your polishing process. Been trying to polish some of my stuff.
Dont know if i'm doing things wrong or just lacking patience.

Marc

pm'ed you dude , plenty of patience required  .

[RATTY]

Matt, they look great. I have polished a couple of pairs of hubs now and they looked fantastic, but they soon tarnish. What do you do to stop em tarnishing?

[Mattdub]

Matt, they look great. I have polished a couple of pairs of hubs now and they looked fantastic, but they soon tarnish. What do you do to stop em tarnishing?

Hi Tony ,

Only had them done a few weeks & yet to be built so not at that stage yet .

I know some have lacquered them but if that starts coming off then they look dreadful , all kinda patchy  .

[RATTY]

I did try and lacquer 1 pair, they looked crap tbh and I re-polished them, any ideas

[raidergtt]

lightly coat in a quality car wax & polish off, should protect well.

[zed4130]

wax on wax off   

[dj_benice]

very nice so has anyone seen/how rare are the suntour superbe headsets??? 

[Frosty]

shweet looking hubs. I have some of the Tipo's that need a polish, they are one of my favourite looking hubs along with the C ecord Pista's of course

[Mattdub]

shweet looking hubs. I have some of the Tipo's that need a polish, they are one of my favourite looking hubs along with the C ecord Pista's of course

Nice hub Frosty , nicknamed Sheriff Stars  ( they'd be awesome in a mid build , I'm thinking Kastan , TNT , etc etc ) .

[Frosty]

I have a pair built with chrome araya 7x's, the hubs are in very good shape and the rims too, decals faded etc, but there is 1 spoke missing so I need to get that sorted and then decide on what they will appear!!

[Mattdub]

I have a pair built with chrome araya 7x's, the hubs are in very good shape and the rims too, decals faded etc, but there is 1 spoke missing so I need to get that sorted and then decide on what they will appear!!

They sound sweet , thread over here pretty useful  ( if you had'nt already seen it  ) ........................................

http://www.os-bmx.com/forums/index.php'showtopic=31150