Picked this up today, big thanks to the seller, cuz he also to gave me the orignal rear wheel, all in all a tenner.
So spent this afternoon stripping it down, was aware the seatpost was stuck in it, so stripping it down and noticed the barends had crushed the end of the bars, and the grips had cemented themself to the bar, so just cut through the bars, the brake levers are going as they are dia compe X-1's (plastic levers), the RH crank was stuck to the bottom bracket, and even broke one of my crank extractors trying ot remove it, - i cut partly thorugh the arm to see if it would relieve it, and then just hammered it off, (prob didnt need ot cut it, and was surprised how little damage the hammering did - so will have ot replace it) and everything else was removed ok, now to the seatpost, wd40 and 3in1 oil, and the strength of 10 men helped remove the seatpost, and it sounded like it didnt like what i was doing to it by all the creaking it made. And im now stuck on the bottom bracket, everything else removed eventually, just not the damn BB - http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26102
So here i am, the frame is in ok nick, usual chips and rust spots, left the BB soaking in 3in1 overnight, and will look to buy one of those butane can blow torches tomorrow to attack the bb tomorrow.
So spent this afternoon stripping it down, was aware the seatpost was stuck in it, so stripping it down and noticed the barends had crushed the end of the bars, and the grips had cemented themself to the bar, so just cut through the bars, the brake levers are going as they are dia compe X-1's (plastic levers), the RH crank was stuck to the bottom bracket, and even broke one of my crank extractors trying ot remove it, - i cut partly thorugh the arm to see if it would relieve it, and then just hammered it off, (prob didnt need ot cut it, and was surprised how little damage the hammering did - so will have ot replace it) and everything else was removed ok, now to the seatpost, wd40 and 3in1 oil, and the strength of 10 men helped remove the seatpost, and it sounded like it didnt like what i was doing to it by all the creaking it made. And im now stuck on the bottom bracket, everything else removed eventually, just not the damn BB - http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26102
So here i am, the frame is in ok nick, usual chips and rust spots, left the BB soaking in 3in1 overnight, and will look to buy one of those butane can blow torches tomorrow to attack the bb tomorrow.