What should I do with this old thing?with pics.

trekex977

Managed to aquire this old thing which I will use for riding to work. Its bit of a project bike really.

I could just give it a good service, replace old parts and get it back on the road. Or I could strip the frame, repaint, singlespeed?

Any sensible suggestions welcome. Mods apologies if this is the wrong section.

If any retro experts have any info on this thing please let me know.

bike-a-swan

if you're leaving it locked up outside, as little as possible. knackered looking bikes put little thieving thieves away

phz

a bit of a tidy up (cheap / ebay / clearance parts) - singlespeed & slicks and youre good to go (as long as you can secure it at work - if you cant then as said leave it looking as rough as you like)

heres what my old (1997 lee cooper) MTB frame has become -



slainte rob

tlw1

SS it........... got a great old kona & it works a treat!

Bloody hard work pulling 2 kids in the trailer though!

hoochylala

pHz

Now that I do like Looking to do something similar with my old GT avalanche for a bit of drive, park and bimble to work in the summer. Its just too far away to commute all the way I wish I could!

phz

hoochylala wrote:

pHz
Now that I do like Looking to do something similar with my old GT avalanche for a bit of drive, park and bimble to work in the summer. Its just too far away to commute all the way I wish I could!

thanks

built mostly with bits i had laying about - since im a tart i had to buy a few things just for colour scheme purposes but all up the rebuild cost me about 100 quid which i dont reckon is too bad for a reasonably smart looking urban MTB / commuter

slainte rob

Northwind

Ooh, it's got SIS thumbies! That's a win in playground top trumps, provided it's about 1987 anyway .

Northwind

Ooh, it's got SIS thumbies! That's a win in playground top trumps, provided it's about 1987 anyway .

Raymondavalon

Turn it into one of these
This cost me under £300 bike included and I now use it as a commuter

trekex977

And so the project begins!

From this




To this

nicklouse

good old brazed rear end there.

RealMan

I'm interested to see what its going to turn out to be like.

trekex977

RealMan wrote:

I'm interested to see what its going to turn out to be like.

Me too. not really sure how it will end up. I need to decide on a colour scheme next.

RealMan

Hot pink, of course.

trekex977

Was thinking more slut red!

pilsburypie

poo brown.

ride_whenever

just clear lacquer, lots and lots of it...

Hercule Q

RUST!

jay12

green, orange or white

scotto

brush paint it gloss black, make it look like a stolen,

Mickey Eye

A milky pale blue.

MacAndCheese

bike-a-swan wrote:

if you're leaving it locked up outside, as little as possible. knackered looking bikes put little thieving thieves away

This is what I do with my commuter hack, only parts are keep in good condition are drive chain and brakes, everything else is never cleaned.

kaytronika

scotto wrote:

brush paint it gloss black, make it look like a stolen,

I once saw a late 90's Yeti DH bike in the middle of Liverpool city centre that had been brush painted with magnolia wall paint :shock:

scotto

kaytronika wrote:

scotto wrote:

brush paint it gloss black, make it look like a stolen,

I once saw a late 90's Yeti DH bike in the middle of Liverpool city centre that had been brush painted with magnolia wall paint :shock:

lmao quality :-)

trekex977

What do you all reckon to just laquering the bike as it is.

Then add some gold lettering saying ' STEEL ME" on the down tube!

.......................................Ill get my coat!

Paul 8v

Can of Black hammerite, done ;-)

Richie63

i can take it off shore and get it sprayed Shell Yellow

Northwind

Barbeque paint, very nice and easy to spray.

I was going to go the laquer over steel approach with mine but just balked at the amount of work that'd be involved in the final finish, would have looked mint though.

Paul 8v

This might be of interest...
http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... t=12690338

paully617

hi ian,
choices, choices, choices.....

Why not do each tube a differnt colour... bit like a beneton advert from the same era as the bike!!

If not, i saw on one of those bike build off programs on sky where they used a type of acid to make the whole thing rust effect on the surface. Only prob is it is gonna ruin the blues!!

DONT DO IT WHITE!!!

Just spent 2 hrs stripping, cleaning and post wash lubing the giant and discovered loads more scuffs to the white paintwork.

Last idea, you remember that paint that schools used to use everywhere, usually in the shitters!! It was like a grotty base colour with various paint splatters in it!!!

OL SKOOL MUVVAA FUUUKKKKKAAAAA!!!!!