Vintage Bicycle Find - Page 2

footfootfoot · 06-23-2008, 09:24 AM

I think the stickers give it street cred and I would keep them. As for the paint, the finishing touch after you do all the other repair, which we haven't gotten to yet, is to go over the bike with 409, then rubbing compound which is very gentle and only removes chalky film, then you wax it. It will look almost like new paint. But don't do that until you repack all the bearings etc.

More later.

HungLikeJesus · 06-23-2008, 09:27 AM

Case,
Do you have a bike work stand (like in foot3's picture) or will you just try to work with it on its kickstand?

kerosene · 06-23-2008, 10:55 AM

I don't have any sort of bike work stand. I will be using makeshift stands and the kickstand, etc.

Yes, I really like some of the stickers, actually.

HungLikeJesus · 06-23-2008, 11:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by case

I don't have any sort of bike work stand. I will be using makeshift stands and the kickstand, etc.

Yes, I really like some of the stickers, actually.

I have one of these.

You can borrow it for a few weeks (months?), if you wish.

kerosene · 06-23-2008, 12:04 PM

Ooh, that would be extremely helpful...and very kind of you to lend it to me.

glatt · 06-23-2008, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by case

I will be using makeshift stands and the kickstand, etc.

Here are some good ideas for makeshift stands you can make yourself for cheap. Or looking at these may give you an idea using stuff you already have around your place. I've used just a board clamped to a work bench, sticking out a little bit, and the bike cross bar resting on that board and clamped to it.

Flint · 06-23-2008, 12:24 PM

I love it when someobdy is asking something and somebody else knows a lot about that thing.

classicman · 06-23-2008, 01:02 PM

me too! Or when they are helping someone else and their suggestion also helps me solve a problem or issue at the same time.

footfootfoot · 06-23-2008, 01:08 PM

Yes! Exactly, and when they post naked pictures of themsel... are you recording this?

classicman · 06-23-2008, 01:21 PM

perhaps

xoxoxoBruce · 06-24-2008, 11:21 AM

Don't forget the accessories.

Gravdigr · 02-01-2011, 03:22 PM

I have a pic of a really cool bicycle, and this was the most recent thread I could find involving bicycles.

This a cool bike...

glatt · 02-01-2011, 03:43 PM

Making ice that clear is a lot harder than you might think.

footfootfoot · 02-01-2011, 05:04 PM

Vacuum? Boiling?

jimhelm · 02-01-2011, 06:10 PM

rapid freeze hot water for clear ice

06-23-2008, 09:24 AM	#16
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06-23-2008, 09:27 AM	#17
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06-23-2008, 01:08 PM	#24
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Yes! Exactly, and when they post naked pictures of themsel... are you recording this? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

06-23-2008, 10:55 AM	#18
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	I don't have any sort of bike work stand. I will be using makeshift stands and the kickstand, etc. Yes, I really like some of the stickers, actually.

06-23-2008, 12:04 PM	#20
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Ooh, that would be extremely helpful...and very kind of you to lend it to me.

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