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Poor man's DMC.

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Midschoolfool:
Well I had to strip it didn't I haha.

Apart from the bent drop (jesus hi ten is soft !) which bent back easily the rest physically is like new. Even the bearing grease is super clean and the bearings are perfect. I know it hasn't been apart too, because the stem was on there. Like, proper on there took some serious force to get it loose.

Very pleased. The decals are exceptional. Some idiot has tried to polish it with what looks like Oven Pride but the chrome is still perfect. The brake pads are cracked too, so again I think they have been on there since it was new.

I even managed to salvage both gyro cables. Cut the front one off it was crusty and cracked. I will get some pics tomorrow of it in bits. Kinda hard these days with just a phone and greasy hands hah.

Midschoolfool:
Teeny weeny update. Ordered some new brake blocks. Push the boat out !



Polish is coming today, but I have some painting to do on other parts so I will start that Sunday maybe.

Midschoolfool:
Let me teach you some of my secrets. The first one is this.



99p from a local store. It's to tie up bin bags etc. It's cheap and great for hanging things when you paint. But wait, you gotta tie it on right?



Climbing hooks. TBH? I would't trust one to climb the stairs, but they are ace for painting. You can paint out of the wind etc, then move it into the hot sun :)

Degrease, brillo pad (to see if it's salvagable) it isn't. Lots of pitting and missing chrome. So get out the silver base coat that looks almost exactly like silver ano.



I had a good look at the arms.



But they are shot.



I know not to even waste my time on that. I am not polishing out steel. Thing is the cranks were the cheapest part of the bike tbh. The disc is steel for example. So I won't lose any sleep putting them back in the loft as they are.

The only other thing I need to paint on this bike is the headset cups. They are rubbed off and worn and rusting. So I will sort that out Sunday.

This should be coming today.

Midschoolfool:
Gyro tab thing is in a bit of a two and eight. Will paint that base silver.



Chain wheel looks good tho.



Any idea what this threaded lug is for? very odd !

Renegade:
That lug could be for a bashgaurd or a least its the only thing that makes scene.

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