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My Mid Life Crisis

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oberonspacefruit:
luverly.

american cycles do the double pinch for a bout 80-90 quid.

lazychubs:
very nice id love a set of those bars lol
id leave as is but cleaned up

Stodgy:
Nice one dude. It's always cool to restore your old ride...brings back loads of good memories. I did mine last year and it'll be the only bike I'll keep.

For the chrome, I'd just use a soft cloth, autosol and a couple of hours in front of the telly rubbing it! Works a treat. Just work in small areas and wide off the residue before it dries (as it becomes abrasive). This method will work on most parts including the crank arms, so try everything before buying new stuff.

I'm with most of the guys here, stick with original stuff - single piece cranks and all. It's nice to have flights, but I would keep it the way you rode it for true originality.

Get some replacement decals from Vert-Ego (www.vert-ego.com) - just take real care putting them on as you need to allow for the positioning of the chainring (i.e. don't put them too low down as the chainring will cover part of it - have a look at Dave Rom-bloke's Gen 1 for good positioning).

Anyhow mate, enjoy your project - it get's all consuming, but the end result will be worth it!

Welcome to the site!

Cheers

Dave

 :daumenhoch:

Peanut:
wow that is in good nick for it's age. You're lucky to still have it, many of us sold our original rides for a pathetic amount of cash.

Nice one, can't wait to see it restored.

Jazzchimp:
lookin good fella!  :daumenhoch:

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