I'm going to strip it bare to the metal, prime it, and paint it properly this time. Not sure what the former owner though when spraying orange all over it... I could kick his butt. Made it more quiet today by pulling the right pedal and cleaning and repacking bearings.
I couldn't get the left pedal off, annoying. I'll have to go see my local bike shop for a tool for that. Just going to replace both pedals in the end, but wanted to see if I could do it anyways. Heh, loose bearings on both sides, surprise! Have to pull the chainring guard
off as it's a pain, and I think I may have slightly bent chainrings as well. Fortunately there is a tool for that as well. God, 30 years I haven't touched a bike, and it's like I never left!