retrojohm65
Dirt Disciple
Got this old scrapper from ebay for £25
thers no obvious serial number
hought the really orange colour (looks more red in the pic) was
a home job, but when cleaning etc found this is the original colour
i know the bloke i got it off had it since 1988 but thats it
is it an early orange bikes? seeing as the only thing i have to go o is the colour
the kit is shimano 200 + 300 Gs, and exage trail?
The handlebars bit is my tinkering today
Oh and after this pic was taken i found the post was stuck , tried all the old tricks even
resorted to a MASIVE sledhehammer to a point it actually bent a massive 10" adjustable spanner. Sorted it out after funking up 2 chisels and 2 drill bits,
easy,
cut the seat post as close as possible to the frame, in this case the frame is steel and the post aluminium
get an electric jigsaw, i used a wood blade, lower the blase in and slice a couple of lines
then use a screwdriver to bend those inward, now it is quite easy to use an old bit of round tube, i used an old steel seat post , the frame gives it quite good support, now beat the hell out of it with a massive sledgehammer, and result the stuck piece moves down allowing the new post to sit nicely! only negative is the bit of old post is stuck forever inside the tube, but on the plus side the bike would have been off to the dump as the post was stuck for someone about 6'2"
thers no obvious serial number
hought the really orange colour (looks more red in the pic) was
a home job, but when cleaning etc found this is the original colour
i know the bloke i got it off had it since 1988 but thats it
is it an early orange bikes? seeing as the only thing i have to go o is the colour
the kit is shimano 200 + 300 Gs, and exage trail?
The handlebars bit is my tinkering today
Oh and after this pic was taken i found the post was stuck , tried all the old tricks even
resorted to a MASIVE sledhehammer to a point it actually bent a massive 10" adjustable spanner. Sorted it out after funking up 2 chisels and 2 drill bits,
easy,
cut the seat post as close as possible to the frame, in this case the frame is steel and the post aluminium
get an electric jigsaw, i used a wood blade, lower the blase in and slice a couple of lines
then use a screwdriver to bend those inward, now it is quite easy to use an old bit of round tube, i used an old steel seat post , the frame gives it quite good support, now beat the hell out of it with a massive sledgehammer, and result the stuck piece moves down allowing the new post to sit nicely! only negative is the bit of old post is stuck forever inside the tube, but on the plus side the bike would have been off to the dump as the post was stuck for someone about 6'2"
