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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Saratoga calif.
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Bikes: Miyata 610(66cm), GT Vantara Hybrid (64cm), Nishiki International (64cm), Peugeot rat rod (62 cm), Trek 800 Burning Man helicopter bike, Bob Jackson frame (to be restored?) plus a never ending stream of neglected waifs from the Bike exchange.
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It is amazing what a good cleaning will do if the bike has good bones to start with . Add some polishing of the brightwork, new tires and grips and it looks like a new bike.
I do this stuff all the time at the Bike Exchange. I go in every week and check out what is in the to be worked on pile and am frequently rewarded with a bike that has spent the last 20 or 40 years hanging in someones garage, is dusty , with flat tires, and oxidized aluminum bits . A few hours , a few parts , and it is like new.
congradulations on a fine job.
Don't knock the 20/ 40 Hi ten steel. It is definately not gas pipe. Raleigh used it extensively on their "hundred year bicycle" and it is a good choice for a utility bicycle. For one thing you won't get many dents iin that tubing.