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Restoration Advice required
Bfellows:
--- Quote from: sac110 on November 22, 2013, 12:04 AM ---Oldschoolace thanks for that will try the frame in the citric acid, cannot find any info on the frame so doubt i will find another frame.
I will give that a go on the seat.
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Personally i'd remove the guts and then throw the seat in the dishwasher to loosen the dirt, followed by a good scrub with everything you have under the kitchen sink. They are surprisingly robust.......
If the rails and guts are rusty, or tarnished soak in a gallon of white vinegar (rail side down) for a couple of days, rinse and then give the rails a wipe with WD 40. I did this with a pink Dominator and its looks good as new now.
chubby:
--- Quote from: Bfellows on November 22, 2013, 07:27 PM ---
--- Quote from: chubby on November 22, 2013, 06:53 PM ---Hiya steve, have a good old read through this buddy :daumenhoch:
www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,153492.msg1513731.html#msg1513731
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Loving that thread ^^^^
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He's a good fella is mr B, not sure how many bathrooms he's got though bert :LolLolLolLol:
sac110:
--- Quote from: chubby on November 22, 2013, 06:53 PM ---Hiya steve, have a good old read through this buddy :daumenhoch:
www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,153492.msg1513731.html#msg1513731
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Wow thats handy to know and i did see in B&Q yesterday peek is half price, so will be back down for some of that.
Still cannot decide on the brakes. Keep originals or replace with MX1000's.
Will do the seat tomorrow, straight in the dishwasher.
Steve
Bfellows:
Steve, unless you have a clear picture in your head of how you see the finished article I'd get your bike looking something like first, then take a step back, take a long hard look, admire your hard work and then decide if you want to upgrade. At the thick end of £200 a set for something reasonable a mx / tech 3 set up its a pricey upgrade that will quickly lead to you upgrading something else........
Much like myself you will ignore this advice and 6 months from now have £1000 quids worth of brakes stashed in your garage, 5 frames in the loft, 4 in the garage and will be on first name terms with your postman ;)
sac110:
--- Quote from: Bfellows on November 22, 2013, 08:43 PM ---Steve, unless you have a clear picture in your head of how you see the finished article I'd get your bike looking something like first, then take a step back, take a long hard look, admire your hard work and then decide if you want to upgrade. At the thick end of £200 a set for something reasonable a mx / tech 3 set up its a pricey upgrade that will quickly lead to you upgrading something else........
Much like myself you will ignore this advice and 6 months from now have £1000 quids worth of brakes stashed in your garage, 5 frames in the loft, 4 in the garage and will be on first name terms with your postman ;)
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Oops may be a bit late on that, I had some yellow skyways in the garage and as the wheels were shot even though i was going to try to restore them. I tried the Skyways and my mind changed so now to complement have a yellow saddle and grips.
With the brakes I was just going to go original but the levers are shot and will need replacing whilst flicking through ebay i found some mx1000's for £67 so thought should I get these or just replace like for like but don't know how that is veiwed as it's no longer original, but then neither are the wheels saddle and grips.
Since i got back into bmx's and ebay i ended up with with so much stuff which luckily mates have had off me leaving me with a Hoffman to knock about on and the Ammaco to restore, but the bug has hit and now I'm looking for my next project.
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