Goose get cooked !

82' standard team mongoose is what it was - well that was the answer to a question of "what bike frame is this ?" asked by a member on Raleighburner.com

the photo's show a bike frame that had seen better days and a mish-mash of parts - CW style bars with a couple of dents in the cross bars - tange copy fork that bent the wrong way - odd wheels and press metal calipers

Well i pm'd him and asked if he wanted to sell the frame ! - cut a long time and story short is was a swap for some mags with a bit of cash and some brake cables and decals throw in for free - so a meet up was done in the middle of a freezing day at tesco's car park - looked so dodgy handing over bmx parts

I did ask if he could not touch/clean the frame in any way, so I could do it in my own way

so i got it home and had a look over it and it was covered in grease ans even had a feather on it ? must be a goose then ! - surface rust and pitting all over the frame - a couple of marks on one side of the gusset - and a couple of scrapes on the frame

Before i got it






before / what it looked like when i got it


















Now after 10 hours of polishing over 3 days in different stages to get it up - it now looks like this :shock:




















Now there are still marks and some small pitting in places, i think that adds a touch of class to a frame that is 29 years old and still can turn out like this - now i just gotta find some forks to go with it

cheers B

What polishing products are you using, that's some shine

Wow, you did well with that.

came out well, i take it you used the old coke and tin foil trick to remove the rust?

not tin and coke as it scrates the sh!t out of frames

will do a thread soon to show how :twisted:

have to say your bloody good wit chrome mate. Out of curiosity how do u sort inside the gusset? Been puzzlin me how to do mine as its a tight squeeze

tooth brush - sore fingers - cloth ~ you just have to do it for about an hour and get yer fingers right in there and then use a tooth brush

full thread on how soon

That takes me back to my candle apple blue Team Mongoose.
I really miss it now

I miss it and now I can't afford to buy one.
Cost me $300 back in 1979.