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So I got this bike in a trade from a friend. He was gonna junk it because it needed work. Well, I stripped it down and rebuilt the entire thing. I ended up discovering that the seat post was seized. usually not a problem....except this was a steel frame and aluminum seat post and had severe galvanic corrosion, so was basically welded into the bike frame.
This is exactly how it looked when I dragged it home. The bike had apparently been sitting outside in a bush. The bike had a cool late 80s look to it, so I decided to fix it up proper. Neither tires were any good. The seatpost, I ended up using a few different methods on getting out, from Lye+water to drilling, to just chiseling it out. I did get 95% of the post out by the end...Worst problem I've had with a bike by far.
I swapped the two biopace rings out for a proper triple ring setup, got a good set of used ones on eBay. The cables all needed replacing, so instead of replacing with black, I went with fluorescent pink cables instead.
![P_20220805_194021.jpg P_20220805_194021.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attachments/211/211490-92bb2eb82efa3f34dbb10e2cc3ae1d21.jpg)
![P_20220819_163316.jpg P_20220819_163316.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attachments/211/211493-4a3f9811459ac70c603ceb2c5a7cd313.jpg)
![P_20220819_163112.jpg P_20220819_163112.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attachments/211/211492-2b18bb2145ad800504e445af423a0837.jpg)
And the finished bike...With some tires I had laying about I tossed on, all I had....they barely fit though., got a cheap saddle and post from the LBS as well. Excuse the ugly green pedals, they're all I had to put on to ride it...I plan on some teal ones to match the accents on the decals.
This is exactly how it looked when I dragged it home. The bike had apparently been sitting outside in a bush. The bike had a cool late 80s look to it, so I decided to fix it up proper. Neither tires were any good. The seatpost, I ended up using a few different methods on getting out, from Lye+water to drilling, to just chiseling it out. I did get 95% of the post out by the end...Worst problem I've had with a bike by far.
![P_20220723_183117.jpg P_20220723_183117.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attach/211/211487-P-20220723-183117.jpg)
![P_20220723_183129.jpg P_20220723_183129.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attach/211/211489-P-20220723-183129.jpg)
I swapped the two biopace rings out for a proper triple ring setup, got a good set of used ones on eBay. The cables all needed replacing, so instead of replacing with black, I went with fluorescent pink cables instead.
![P_20220805_194021.jpg P_20220805_194021.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attachments/211/211490-92bb2eb82efa3f34dbb10e2cc3ae1d21.jpg)
![P_20220819_163316.jpg P_20220819_163316.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attachments/211/211493-4a3f9811459ac70c603ceb2c5a7cd313.jpg)
![P_20220819_163112.jpg P_20220819_163112.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attachments/211/211492-2b18bb2145ad800504e445af423a0837.jpg)
![P_20220819_163515.jpg P_20220819_163515.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attach/211/211494-P-20220819-163515.jpg)
And the finished bike...With some tires I had laying about I tossed on, all I had....they barely fit though., got a cheap saddle and post from the LBS as well. Excuse the ugly green pedals, they're all I had to put on to ride it...I plan on some teal ones to match the accents on the decals.
![P_20220819_163051.jpg P_20220819_163051.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attach/211/211491-P-20220819-163051.jpg)