Show us your before and after restoration photos

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Great idea for a thread!
I've got a real passion for taking a beat-up frame and turning it into something nice (aka throwing good money after bad :facepalm: ).

Here's an example....




And again...




Aaaaaaand again....




Oh God!!! here's another one!! :facepalm:
 

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I dunno guys, I think I'm seeing a lot of bikes here that just needed a clean + polish and a change of tyres :LOL:
Although Marc's Ridgeback does look like a proper project! :mrgreen:
 
Not an MTB but certainly a capable offroader

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Few of my.........restorations

Overburys before

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and after

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Roberts before

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and after

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Kestrel MXZ Before (actually had just taken off the 100mm flexstem)

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and after

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Little bit modern but my daily ride Thorn Nomad Before

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and after

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RBG
 
Awesome thread idea! Unfortunately, once I've spent a shedload of time and money on a resto it usually gets moved on for the next (un)fortunate victim :facepalm:

The 06 Cinder Cone was seriously rough when it came to me
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Never made it to complete bike stage but finished up looking like this
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Another in pretty bad cosmetic condition was a '98 GT Timberline
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Cleaned up pretty good!
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I guess my best resto job was on the little '98 Explosif though (currently with a fellow retrobiker :cool: ) Poor little thing had been seriously abused
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Back from the dead :cool:
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Right, what's next? :p
 
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jimo746":10hg29l8 said:
I dunno guys, I think I'm seeing a lot of bikes here that just needed a clean + polish and a change of tyres :LOL:
Although Marc's Ridgeback does look like a proper project! :mrgreen:

Do you have any idea how hard it is to source Marin amberwalls? :roll: :LOL:

:oops:

How about this one that started as a beaten up black frame. ;)

Years old but have not done a full repaint resto since.
 

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Loving what you did with your bike Chris, I bet it rides fantastically. Nothing special about what I've done, just picked projects which I knew would work out well and I've never been afraid of patina ;)
 
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