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Chilli Rinse:
So the Peugeot Freestyler arrived  from France. She is a bit rough and needs some tlc.  I have a few ideas but wondered what you guys would dream up for this budget build ? Before replying, scrap it or send it back to France, play nice kiddies  :LolLolLolLol:
You have probably gathered by now I'm not one for refinishing frame sets or painted parts etc, although swapping some parts out is cool  :daumenhoch:
The mags have cleaned up better than I thought but the rear still shows some brake rub, they run really smoothly though. The tyres were binned but I have some used white freestylers. Not sure on the bars tbh and they have peeled bad in one place, same for the stem but I have my eye on something. The sprocket is rusted and peeling, that's going. The seat rails have cleaned up ok. The post has patina but I could live with that. The brakes are ok if moody nippons are your thing.

So what would you do to freshen up this old girl ?   :popcorn:

Thanks

Chilli Rinse:
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bobafett:
I think she's cool as a survivor. Personally I'd strip the whole bike down and give everything a citric acid bath to remove all the rust, give the mags a good seeing to removing all the brake rub and then maybe go down the hairdressers peroxide cream route if you want them brighter and whiter and then just hunt down some survivor white tyres and stick her back together  :daumenhoch:

That's my 2 peneth  :)

Chilli Rinse:

--- Quote from: bobafett on October 12, 2020, 08:50 AM ---I think she's cool as a survivor. Personally I'd strip the whole bike down and give everything a citric acid bath to remove all the rust, give the mags a good seeing to removing all the brake rub and then maybe go down the hairdressers peroxide cream route if you want them brighter and whiter and then just hunt down some survivor white tyres and stick her back together  :daumenhoch:

That's my 2 peneth  :)

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Cheers John, mmmm some food for thought!
Definitely a survivor build for her. One thing I have already are the survivor white tyres. I was thinking maybe a 3 piece crank set up, I have a shimano 600 laying about, not sure it suits though and not sure if it came with the right bottom bracket. Cooler twin bars and treat her to a rotor stem set up. I have seen some freestylers running Mx 1000 brakes, I have some laying around too. Still mulling it all over in my little pea brain  :idiot2:

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