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84 Redline Prostyler

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splodge:
I have always wanted one of these since I was 14. Bought the frame & forks a couple of months ago & the powder coat wasnt perfect but I intend to use it so not to worried. When i restored my Kuw ET a couple of years ago most of the bits wernt suitable to make the Kuw original, id changed them over the years as & when things broke. So in the shed i have a rusty old set of mk1 Skyway EZ bars, ACS rotor stem, Skyway Spinmaster, a tuff neck 42t chainring & a rear Skyway tuff 2 with a suntour coaster brake. All perfect for a Prostyler.

The frame came with decals but not fitted, the seat tube decal was far to big so Del sent a set over, absolute top guy & thankyou once again!  :daumenhoch: . Heres the frame finished:



the only bit of restoration I had to do was on the bars:



stripped:


Then undercost & gloss white



EZ Bars came with red white & blue skyway decals the same as a TA,i wanted to keep this baby pretty much black & white so i ordered a set of custom decals & stuck them on.



It was only when I sat back & admired my work that i realised that I had totally mucked them up. They are on back to front & upside down :o  Bugger! Rollocks to it, removing them would prob mean the paint would also come off, so stuff it im leaving them as they are. :rolleyes:

Other bits came on nicely, spinmaster & chainring etc:





I also had my original Skyway tuff 2 with a suntour coaster. It was faded & very yellow so i stripped that & stuck it in bleach for a week. Before & after:



Its not perfect but no cracks so it will do. I swapped this wheel for my old freewheel tuff when I was 15 down the local skatepark, the guy wanted a freewheel & I wanted to try a coaster. That would have been 1985. I also have a new freewheel tuff 2 thats persil white so I thought i'd build it with that first. Here it is after i put it together this afternoon:



I havnt got a decent seat & seat post so just to see I tried the Kuw Elina on it.



Its pretty much done, I just need a chrome straight seat post & a white Eline UL or Perigrine or a Kashimax seat. They are all going for lots of money so it can wait for a bit. Its nice having something to look out for at car boot sales.

Shame about those dam decals on the bars....

stu27:
reall nice that  :smitten:

WINI:
Love these frames, the meaty downtube and the classic decals  :smitten:

jimwise68:
nice build so far, white walls look great with any colour skyways  :coolsmiley:

skki3330:
ooooooh i love dat, i have a frame and forks hanging up in my man cave been meaning to start it for ages now think this might give me a kick start.

Top Pro mate  :daumenhoch:

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