Gary Fisher Big Sur
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Gary Fisher Big Sur
Last week I picked up a 1986 Raleigh USA Grand Prix. I graduated high school back in '87 so an 80s Raleigh has always been a desire. Before I bought it, I had been scouring the ads and I guess that's a hard habit to break. Last night, I found an ad for a well used Gary Fisher Big Sur for $50. I own a 2003 Wahoo so I figured this was a good deal. I met the owner. He's a really nice guy that owned it for quite a few years. It rode really nice so it was an easy decision to pick it up for $50. My son sometimes uses the Wahoo and I've offered the Wahoo to him but he's a little apathetic to it. I don't know if he would be more interested in the Big Sur but either way, I would like to tune it up and clean it up and let him make a decision. Even though it rides nicely, it looks like a survivor from a dystopian landscape. Per the owner, he's tried cleaning it but it doesn't come clean. I figure it's a good bike to try get it running great and looking great, (or at least better). Any tips, tricks or advice? Thanks.
P.S. No pics yet as I haven't met my minimum post total as a newbie.
P.S. No pics yet as I haven't met my minimum post total as a newbie.
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Last week I picked up a 1986 Raleigh USA Grand Prix. I graduated high school back in '87 so an 80s Raleigh has always been a desire. Before I bought it, I had been scouring the ads and I guess that's a hard habit to break. Last night, I found an ad for a well used Gary Fisher Big Sur for $50. I own a 2003 Wahoo so I figured this was a good deal. I met the owner. He's a really nice guy that owned it for quite a few years. It rode really nice so it was an easy decision to pick it up for $50. My son sometimes uses the Wahoo and I've offered the Wahoo to him but he's a little apathetic to it. I don't know if he would be more interested in the Big Sur but either way, I would like to tune it up and clean it up and let him make a decision. Even though it rides nicely, it looks like a survivor from a dystopian landscape. Per the owner, he's tried cleaning it but it doesn't come clean. I figure it's a good bike to try get it running great and looking great, (or at least better). Any tips, tricks or advice? Thanks.
P.S. No pics yet as I haven't met my minimum post total as a newbie.
P.S. No pics yet as I haven't met my minimum post total as a newbie.
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I should add that if it's a 9-speed, it's probably a cartridge bottom bracket. If it feels nice and smooth, leave it in. If not, replace it.
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Bikes: 1987 Raleigh USA Grand Prix; 2003 Gary Fisher Wahoo; 2001 Gary Fisher Big Sur
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Thanks, I have it a good bath on Friday. I used simple green, meguiers car wash liquid, and something called pink stuff that we use for cleaning. I also hit it with a scrub brush. It definitely didn’t look new afterwards but it went from looking like a black/blue colored bike to a bright blue bike. Just looking around the Internet, I think I’ve figured out this is a 2001. That seems to be the color scheme for the 2001 Big Sur. Unfortunately the Trek catalogue that I found online only went back to 2002.
I'm going to start checking everything this week and getting it up to snuff.
I'm going to start checking everything this week and getting it up to snuff.