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Rickman Racing Pro - 'Rusty Rick'
dinglem:
Well this could be interesting.....
I saw this listed on eBay recently and watched it go up and up, before eventually being relisted a few weeks later due to the original winner not contacting the seller after the end of the auction.
As you can see it appears to have been stored at the bottom of a lake for the past 25years, but having been steadily looking for this particular model for a while now, i thought i'd watch it for a second time and see how high it went. With limited bidding i thought i'd take a punt, especially as it came with the uber-rare original Rickman forks. I was hoping it might be saveable, but it was hard to tell from the listing pics.
As advertised.
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So yeah.... pretty ropey. Anyway, i won it for a steal and asked the seller to hold on to it for me until i got back from France, and I collected it yesterday. I was hoping that i wouldn't be able to crush the tubes with my bare hands and i am really chuffed to discover that the tubes are much more solid than they initially appear.
The stem is a Piranha - again something i'm happy to have, so along with the rear brake all would not be lost if the the frame turned out to be a duffer.
dinglem:
I finally got a bit of time to look a little closer at the Rickman this evening. It really is very solid and with a little elbow grease i have started checking each of the tube sections over and removing a little rust where possible. All i have used so far is Mothers Polish and a lot of elbow grease, but i have been very surprised to discover that there is a little chrome still remaining under all of that rust.
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dinglem:
I've had plenty of fun and games today trying to break it down as pretty much everything is rusted in and fused together.... still got to get the BB apart but the headset is now turning and i've got the wheels and chain off also. Polishing results have been really surprising.
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dinglem:
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Overall i'm pretty pleased so far. I'll continue checking the tubes over as i strip it down, and with a only a handful of Rickman Pro's known it could work out as a total bargain if i can save it. :-\
oldschoolace:
Looking forward to seeing this develop. Looks like it's crying out for a citric acid bath :daumenhoch:
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