Advice for a new vintage bike owner?
05-06-24, 07:42 AM
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Advice for a new vintage bike owner?
Hello, all! I recently bought a complete 1982 concord mixtee road bike for $90, and I really want to make it last. what advice do you guys have that would help me keep it in top shape??
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05-06-24, 08:10 AM
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Congratulations on your purchase. Are you mechanically inclined? If you can maintain and service, most of which is clean and lube. I would find a bike kitchen or a coop. Another possibility would be to find a friend or a local used/new brick and mortar shop that can do and/or advise.
05-06-24, 08:12 AM
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Keep it clean and dry. Keep it inside the house if you can. Make sure everything that moves is properly lubricated. If something is loose, tighten it. If something it too tight, loosen it. Learn to maintain the bike yourself to the greatest extent you are able.
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05-06-24, 08:15 AM
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RJ the bike guy on YouTube has lots of great maintenance vids.
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05-06-24, 08:49 AM
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Take it apart as completely as you can. Wash the frame. Use something like Meguiar's Scratch-X to polish the frame. If there are paint chips with rust, use a rust converter like Kurust to stop it and then touch up all the paint chips with Testors enamel or nail polish. If the frame has chromed bits, you can polish them with a wad of aluminum foil. Once the frame is all cleaned, polished, and touched up, wax it with a quality car wax.
Check the bearing races and cups in the hubs, BB, and headset. Clean out all the old grease. Maybe replace the bearings, and regrease. True the wheels. Pull the seatpost and stem, clean them and the seat tube and steerer, regrease them and reinstall. Take apart things like the brakes, shift levers, rear derailleur, clean them, grease them where they should be greased. Replace the cables and housing. Replace the brake pads with some that were made this century. Replac the tires. Rewrap the bars.
Now ride the hell out of it.
Check the bearing races and cups in the hubs, BB, and headset. Clean out all the old grease. Maybe replace the bearings, and regrease. True the wheels. Pull the seatpost and stem, clean them and the seat tube and steerer, regrease them and reinstall. Take apart things like the brakes, shift levers, rear derailleur, clean them, grease them where they should be greased. Replace the cables and housing. Replace the brake pads with some that were made this century. Replac the tires. Rewrap the bars.
Now ride the hell out of it.
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05-07-24, 07:23 PM
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Run away while you still can !
Run fast !
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Run fast !
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05-08-24, 05:43 AM
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Try to remember that the bike is on your roof rack when you start pulling into the garage.
05-08-24, 11:10 AM
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