ThePowster
Old School Hero
Afternoon peeps 
OK so I got my Banana back from the powder coaters, £60 for banana yellow, not bad at all.
I have decals coming tomorrow then I can mask them on, decide where I want them and then get it off to paint the other half black, apply decals and then am on my way.
So, first part I am going to want is bottom bracket, which one should I get?
This is where my head hurts and I get confused and fed up so I could do with some pukka advice.
The bike had a square tapered bottom bracket thing, so do I replace that for a new one? But the thing is, I have seen some Banana's with an outer bottom bracket.
Ideally I would like something as light as possible and the sealed bearing bottom brackets must weigh a ton but then you have durability.
As you can see I haven't got a clue what I am doing or which way to turn
So.. can someone please advise me, what are my options when it comes to rebuilding this Banana, I think I am going to go old skool and a bit of new stuff as I want to be able to ride this regular and with weight being a consideration so I go new bottom bracket, if so which one, what are my crank options, what size do I want, my original looks in great condition, do I get a compact or stick with what I have, so many questions, so little knowledge lol.
Any advice (and links) would really help and be much appreciated, ideally I would like to know a) what my options are and b) what you would do at this stage and I can take it from there.
Thanks a bunch.
Matt
OK so I got my Banana back from the powder coaters, £60 for banana yellow, not bad at all.
I have decals coming tomorrow then I can mask them on, decide where I want them and then get it off to paint the other half black, apply decals and then am on my way.
So, first part I am going to want is bottom bracket, which one should I get?
This is where my head hurts and I get confused and fed up so I could do with some pukka advice.
The bike had a square tapered bottom bracket thing, so do I replace that for a new one? But the thing is, I have seen some Banana's with an outer bottom bracket.
Ideally I would like something as light as possible and the sealed bearing bottom brackets must weigh a ton but then you have durability.
As you can see I haven't got a clue what I am doing
or which way to turn So.. can someone please advise me, what are my options when it comes to rebuilding this Banana, I think I am going to go old skool and a bit of new stuff as I want to be able to ride this regular and with weight being a consideration so I go new bottom bracket, if so which one, what are my crank options, what size do I want, my original looks in great condition, do I get a compact or stick with what I have, so many questions, so little knowledge lol.
Any advice (and links) would really help and be much appreciated, ideally I would like to know a) what my options are and b) what you would do at this stage and I can take it from there.
Thanks a bunch.
Matt
