After so much elbow oil grease (thank you @Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ), this is the result I’m proud of: A working Graziella, ready to take me around Salento (area in Pulia, south of Italy)(maybe that’s too much… maybe I’ll move just in the town 😅)
There is still quite some rust, but the pedals flow and the brakes work well (enough).
Do you know this old folding-bike style? The original one was called Graziella, in the '60s, and then all the Italian manufacturers produced their version. But I think it’s not known outside of Italy. Cheap, sturdy, practical… The old ones sell for a good price, if in good state (not this one 🙃 )
Also a picture while I was restoring it:
crosspostated from: https://social.tchncs.de/users/lgsp/statuses/117150575857916610
Great work!
If you care about the idiom, in English we say “elbow grease” rather than “elbow oil” but your version is perfectly understandable and I think it’s charming.
thanks!
funny how some expression are so similar in different languages… In Italian it’s “olio di gomito” which I translated literally, as I forgot it was grease, in English. Thank you for pointing that out!
In French we also use oil: “huile de coude”
There’s very little difference between grease and oil in English (grease just implies thicker for lubricant so that’s the phrase). I think I prefer the Italian version though tbh!
Fantastic bicycle and great restoration! Bella!!!