Hi guys. I’m new to the forum but not to biking.
FIRST THINGS FIRST, CAN SOMENE TELL ME HOW TO UPLOAD IMAGES?? THIS THREAD WILL BE RUBBISH WITHOUT ANY.
Secondly, is this bike even "Retro" enough to warrant being in here? If not please move to the right place... but I'd seen a couple of other resto threads on MsIsles, so thought I'd be in good company
I’ve had a road bike and an old trek mtb for the last decade or so which has been great. But neither have been my dream bike. So I broke down the Trek and sold my road bike.... (to be honest that was the worst way round I could have done it as I lost a ton of cash on the roadie but hey... it’s done now.) So I was trawling through Ebay for sometime and stumbled across a bike i’d Actually forgotten about to be honest. But when I saw it I instantly remembered posters of it on my childhood bedroom walls, Steve Peat and all sorts of nostalgia came back to me.... so I placed a cheeky bid, won it. And set off to the wonderful city of Hull to pick up my used and abused Orange MsIsle.
It’s been repainted at least 2 times in its life (I’ll come on to this later) had some dirt jumper 3 forks which had seen better days. And had also been repainted. The headset was knackered, it had a road stem on it. And flat bars. And some alexrim wheels with commuter tyres .... wtf. But it was the frame I was after, and was well worth the money I picked it up for. I managed to Flog the wheels and stem/bar combo and make some money back. Anyway so has cost me about £90 so far......
So first things first was strip it down, and get the paint off that frame. Some came away really easily and some areas took more work. There were 2 shades of orange. And red at the very bottom.... so I’m guessing it left the factory a red colour. Then things took a bit of a turn for the worse when I found that the layers and layers of paint had been hiding a tiny crack in the frame. Right behind the chainring where the chain has clearly been slipping off and smacking into the arm for the last 15 years or so..........bummer. But took it to a fabricator to see what he could do and he sorted me out for 40 notes. Which seemed reasonable. But he also managed to fill in the gauges and divvets from the chain, so its looking pretty minty fresh. Top bloke
So... my plan is thus: spend the next month ordering parts, getting the fork serviced and painted. Powder coat the frame and decorate with original Orange decals if possible. Get a half decent group set on it and turn it into a fun jump/street bike which I can occasionally take down a country lane if I feel the need. I’d love to hear your thoughts comments , suggestions or abuse.
In terms of colours, I'm not precious about keeping it original. So I'm thinking of either an Engineering Green colour, Nardo Grey or hearing aid Beige..... thoughts??
Come at me
FIRST THINGS FIRST, CAN SOMENE TELL ME HOW TO UPLOAD IMAGES?? THIS THREAD WILL BE RUBBISH WITHOUT ANY.
Secondly, is this bike even "Retro" enough to warrant being in here? If not please move to the right place... but I'd seen a couple of other resto threads on MsIsles, so thought I'd be in good company
I’ve had a road bike and an old trek mtb for the last decade or so which has been great. But neither have been my dream bike. So I broke down the Trek and sold my road bike.... (to be honest that was the worst way round I could have done it as I lost a ton of cash on the roadie but hey... it’s done now.) So I was trawling through Ebay for sometime and stumbled across a bike i’d Actually forgotten about to be honest. But when I saw it I instantly remembered posters of it on my childhood bedroom walls, Steve Peat and all sorts of nostalgia came back to me.... so I placed a cheeky bid, won it. And set off to the wonderful city of Hull to pick up my used and abused Orange MsIsle.
It’s been repainted at least 2 times in its life (I’ll come on to this later) had some dirt jumper 3 forks which had seen better days. And had also been repainted. The headset was knackered, it had a road stem on it. And flat bars. And some alexrim wheels with commuter tyres .... wtf. But it was the frame I was after, and was well worth the money I picked it up for. I managed to Flog the wheels and stem/bar combo and make some money back. Anyway so has cost me about £90 so far......
So first things first was strip it down, and get the paint off that frame. Some came away really easily and some areas took more work. There were 2 shades of orange. And red at the very bottom.... so I’m guessing it left the factory a red colour. Then things took a bit of a turn for the worse when I found that the layers and layers of paint had been hiding a tiny crack in the frame. Right behind the chainring where the chain has clearly been slipping off and smacking into the arm for the last 15 years or so..........bummer. But took it to a fabricator to see what he could do and he sorted me out for 40 notes. Which seemed reasonable. But he also managed to fill in the gauges and divvets from the chain, so its looking pretty minty fresh. Top bloke
So... my plan is thus: spend the next month ordering parts, getting the fork serviced and painted. Powder coat the frame and decorate with original Orange decals if possible. Get a half decent group set on it and turn it into a fun jump/street bike which I can occasionally take down a country lane if I feel the need. I’d love to hear your thoughts comments , suggestions or abuse.
In terms of colours, I'm not precious about keeping it original. So I'm thinking of either an Engineering Green colour, Nardo Grey or hearing aid Beige..... thoughts??
Come at me
