1987 Mongoose Decade

[twojs.bike]

This was my neighbor’s childhood bike. I am restoring it to be ridden by his children.

Here is a video I sent to the owner to get some feedback before I started.



We decided to skip the gyro and the pegs.

 

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Here are some of the replacement parts I picked out pictured beside the original.

 

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I cleaned up the hubs and rims and will rebuild with stainless steel spokes. The spokes are only 185mm. Any tips for building wheels with such short spokes? When removing a few to measure I had to bend them a lot to unlace them. I guess they need to be bent to lace as well??

 

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Spray painting the stem. The paint was peeling off. This stem will not accept a gyro. Would need a hollow bolt and I couldn’t find one compatible with this stem. So it would require a new stem to add a gyro.

I found some repop spinner pegs on eBay, but they were too much for the budget.
Any suggestions on how to make them more white?

So far i have spent about $250 in parts. It adds up fast, but this will be an amazing bike for $250.

 

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Here are a few other colorful parts to to choose from.

I have polished the frame with t-cut. Looking pretty good. Will post a picture after I wax it.

 

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I just re-watched that video. Looks like the front brake was hitting the frame when I did the gyro demonstration. I hadn’t noticed that until now. The gyro might also require new front brakes.

 

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Attempting to whiten the spinner pegs with hydrogen peroxide and sunshine. Most tutorials say to use 12% hydrogen peroxide, but all I could find was 3%.

 

[Pondo]

That’s a pretty sweet bike, those kids are going to love it!

 

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Left them in the hydrogen peroxide outside for over a week. Didn’t seem to do much.

 

[Otto (Spelled Backwards)]

I've heard of people using Salon 40 hair stuff on white mags with good results...not sure what it would do with the pegs.
Quick search I found this...try at your own risk

 

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Finished!

Sill need a test ride and a photo shoot.

 

[Da Gas Man]

Beautiful restoration. The white pops.

 

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[Pondo]

That's a beautiful bike! Nicely done. The kids, and their dad, are going to love it!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Killer work, I like the multi color cables

 

[twojs.bike]

Thanks! You could spend a small fortune playing dress up doll with a vintage BMX like this. There are so many cool parts out there. Hard not to go crazy!