Beat up Breezer

futuristicoldman · Mar 31, 2015

This little fellow landed on my lap the other day, its a 1988 Breezer American, I knew it would be a bit on the flakey side and it didn't disappoint! Theres a helicoil repair on the gear hanger a few dinks and doinks and a little crack at the base of the compression slot on the seat tube. Trying to weigh up if its worth getting it prettified and repaired or building it as a "character rich" hack/wreck. Anyway I figured it might make somebody out there glow a little.

jimo746 · Apr 1, 2015

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I like that, quite Manitou-esque, check out those welds! Rather industrial looking.
I like the gusset on the downtube too. Some nice details on this frame.

mynchiboy · Apr 2, 2015

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That's ace! Defintely worth a sympathetic rebuild and bit of repairing in my opinion. There's another one on here should you require some inspiration, owned by ridevintagemtb I think.

Those welds are super sweet, from overseeing some aluminium welding recently I now realise how difficult it is to make the welds look so even and uniform. Whatever you do don't smooth them down though - somebody on here did the same thing with an American stem, didn't go down too well with the illuminati, did that...

jimi911 · Apr 2, 2015

Lots of cool aluminum bikes getting restored these days. This one is very cool. I see many similarities with it and my Cameron. Another guy said it, but I'll repeat it ... the aluminum 80s bikes sure look advanced.

Looking forward to updates.

futuristicoldman · Apr 2, 2015

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I have a soft spot for 80's aluminium frames too. I've been looking for an old breezer for aeons, I figure this would be the only one that I could ever afford unless a lucky fluke lands on my lap.
I've a 6 speed xt group that was destined for my mountain klein which may end up here instead. Theres a Koski fork to go up front which has a gummed up thread on one brake boss, I was thinking about getting the mounts whipped off and replaced with a set of roller cam bosses to increase the bikes aged sparkle, if the shit taps out of the boss then they may stay put.

Ollie · Apr 3, 2015

Nice find

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futuristicoldman · Apr 12, 2015

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Hoping that this won't be too small. 80's bikes always look big until you stick a set of wheels in :?

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