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What is a "survivor"?
SaMAlex:
I think you might have hit the ultra purist nail on the head there:
Survivor: no money spent on it, just time!
oberonspacefruit:
your a baddun for puttin them chainring bolts in...
that looks sweet. a real labour of love.
selfpreservation:
what if you get a survivor frame and forks ie original frame and forks,finish,decals and then you build it with refurbished/nos parts what is that called then
harris:
restored .
most bikes need a good restoration but a few need leaving as was found.
Stodgy:
Yep, basically a bike which is bought out of the shed after a 20 year stay...with everything the same as it was when it was put in there. i.e. as it was ridden.
I agree you shouldn't change a thing on it, just a clean, grease and nothing more. You're right Greentoad - nothing spent on it, only time.
Here's my GT I got back from the the mate I sold it to 1989, it was just as I left it - a true survivor:
I then restored it, so no longer a survior.
The only other survivors I've discovered were:
From a loady at work:
From Lazychubs (but there were no tyres, so had to put some Wilko's on):
Sorry, subnote to the above...
'Ridden' is the key, a complete NOS find is still NOS...a survior was ridden as it was intended and survived a trip to the tip in the last 25 years!
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