After its Suntour Superbe Pro components were transplanted to Bridgestone Radac, my TOEI Strada bike
had been left stripped for a while. I decided to equip used Campagnolo Nuevo Record components with
it, but I was not satisfied with mere assembling of these. So, my choice to add some characteristics
to a Campy-equipped old road bike was to remove anodized surface from most of Nuevo Records and
polish for mirror like finishing.

Surely, it was very time-consuming effort. And I live in an apartment and I cannot use powertools for
their noise reasons. My conclusion was to apply sodium hydroxide to their duralumin surface. In
Japan, light (1%) solution of sodium hydroxide, is widely retailed as a cleaner of drain plpe. I
disassembled the components asmuch as possible and dipped tbe duralumin parts into the sodium
hydroxide solution. About 15 minutes later, the silver anodizing was changed to a black one, and it
was relatively easy to remove the black compounds by rubbing with steelwool. After I removed the
black compounds, I use #1000-#1600 finishing papers to resurface the metal, and apply rubbing compounds
to polish.

Applying sodium hydroxide made a little difference, but it was still time-consuming effort. I
removed the anodizing from the crankset and the brake calipers of Compagnolo, and the Cinelli Giro de
Italy handlebar and 1/R stem. The toughest anodized surface to remove was found on the Cinelli stem;
the silver anodizing did not change after the application of solution and the most of removal work was
done using the finishing papers.

I didn’t carry a complete set of used Nuevo Records, so I picked up a new Super Record front derailleur
from my inventory box. I also picked up some non-Compagnolo parts that match an old-fashioned TOEI
frame and Campy components; these were Sansbin Professional hubs, Suntour Superbe-Pro headset and
Winner freewheel and DID Chain. White Rolls saddle and CATEYE cyclecomputer were also assembled to
match with white Campagnolo breaklever rubber hood and outer cables. The traditional spoked wheels
were fixed with Wolber rims and Clement clinchers. Only the Dura-Ace PD7701 clipless pedal was
employed from Shimano components.

The result of rebuilding was a satisfactory one. My TOEI was reborn as a classic Italian strada.
I like the line oriented design structure of old bikes better than plane surface design structure on
modern bikes constructed with pipes of large diameter or parts made of carbonfiber reinforced plastics.
Furthermore, this bike gives me the best excuse for my delay to my teammates, as I say "this is not a bike to race but to appreciate."

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