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Firebird Freestyler Ideas?

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jend:
Thanks guys.  I'll give cleaning up the chrome a go.

Retrodan72, yeah, I know what you mean about the pegs.  They went on when I started riding again in the late 90s.  Similarly with the gyro in the early 90s.

Mikku:
Excellent stuff! As everyone else has said and it sounds like you're going to do:- keep it, clean it, enjoy it!! Oh, and post reports and pics of the whole process on here! :daumenhoch:

jend:
I made a small start on the restoration tonight.  My mother has broken her ankle so I'm spending every other two nights at the house where I grew up, swapping with my sister.  So the start of the work is happening where I did all my maintenance as a kid which is pretty neat (but not for my mum, obviously).  Anyway, I started with the seat post as I'd read they were often a pig to get out.  The clamp seemed fast so I strayed it with some WD40, left it a while and then I got it loose and removed the post without any trouble.

I've loosened the stem bolts, removed the horrible pegs and started to remove the pedals.  The left pedal came off pretty easily but the right appears stuck fast (I do remember the threads are opposite).  I've resorted to WD40 again so gave it a spray and left it while I write this.  The pedals are Shimano SX rather than DX but have lost their caps and most of the grease it appears.  I also own some original DX too but they have a 9/16 thread (3 piece crank), I'm running these on my mountain bike but probably should stop doing that as I guess they are worth a few quid now?   Back in the day I first ran an aluminium three piece and got the DX for that but the three piece wore such that you couldn't get it tight so I swapped to a one piece.  My paper round didn't pay enough to also purchase another pair of DX so had to buy the cheaper SX.  I did manage to swap the spindles from the SX to the DX (without watching a YouTube video!!!) and use the DX with the once piece.  The DX are in much better condition so may be I should think about swapping spindles again?

jend:
The previous post should have had a picture of the poorly SX pedal.

Mikku:
& so it begins! Good start so far, though as you've already surmised, you might want to rescue those DXs! :daumenhoch:

PS Send a "Get well soon" to your mum from RAD! :)

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