Splatter Paint
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Sunday morning browsing of eBay yeilded this old gem for £26. Flat tyres, seized gear cables but importantly no stuck seat post.
During week days I don't have a lot of time so not a lot done to date:
• removed rack and lights
• WD40 everything, worked well, cables now move!
• fixed puncture, replaced cracked tyres with faded but usable Specialized Ground Controls
• took axles out, replaced with QRs, squirted grease into bearings (full strip and clean another day)
Took it out for a 5 minute ride tonight, first impression is it is very short and very tall! The steering is quick, even with pudgy tyres. The Brooks saddle is dire, also the seat-post / seat tube fitment is poor, 26.8 mm is too baggy but 27.0 too tight. I will skim a bit off the 27.0 and fit a a Selle Italia Turbo Gel I have in the garage.
Next step is strip the bottom bracket and give it a bloody good clean. I have cables on order as the existing ones are dangerously frayed. Photos from eBay advert and tonight in the garden.
SP
During week days I don't have a lot of time so not a lot done to date:
• removed rack and lights
• WD40 everything, worked well, cables now move!
• fixed puncture, replaced cracked tyres with faded but usable Specialized Ground Controls
• took axles out, replaced with QRs, squirted grease into bearings (full strip and clean another day)
Took it out for a 5 minute ride tonight, first impression is it is very short and very tall! The steering is quick, even with pudgy tyres. The Brooks saddle is dire, also the seat-post / seat tube fitment is poor, 26.8 mm is too baggy but 27.0 too tight. I will skim a bit off the 27.0 and fit a a Selle Italia Turbo Gel I have in the garage.
Next step is strip the bottom bracket and give it a bloody good clean. I have cables on order as the existing ones are dangerously frayed. Photos from eBay advert and tonight in the garden.
SP