Finally got some time to work on my own stuff instead of everyone else's. Brief history: The favorite bike from my childhood was my Sears Spyder 24". I bought it from a buddy in about 1980 or 81. I think I gave him $25 bucks for it. I got I home and my dad laughed but an hour later we had bent and stretched the forks and had a 16" front wheel (he was in what is referred to as "a motorcycle club" back then). I rolled the handlebars forward so far I could barley ride it but it looked cool. All my friends had bmx bikes (I had one as well) but I rode my Spyder everywhere. It got lost in the shuffle of life after hanging in the garage for years. I finally found one a few weeks ago and finally made the purchase. I am going Class One Resto with some hop ups. Plans include maybe a fueler style fork, wheelie bar, monster sissy bar, and some powder coat among other things. The build off is just an excuse to build the bike I always wanted when I was 12 years old.
Here are all the pieces somewhat assembled. It is a mess with 1/4" of grease, oil, grass, and hair shoved into ever orifice. The paint is thrashed, and its missing some of the key parts.
I spent a few minutes tearing it down to bare frame. All the bearing are trashed, cables are trashed, and tires are trash. I did a little grinding to smooth some of the tapped holes out and rebuilt the back wheel. Then started polishing it out to see what it would do. Its presentable but not perfect. Good enough that I don't think I will replace it.
I started on the rear derailleur. The teeth on the wheels are ground smooth and its caked it mush. Soaked it in a can of carb cleaner while working on another project then hit it with a tooth brush and blew it out with the air compressor.
Here are all the pieces somewhat assembled. It is a mess with 1/4" of grease, oil, grass, and hair shoved into ever orifice. The paint is thrashed, and its missing some of the key parts.
I spent a few minutes tearing it down to bare frame. All the bearing are trashed, cables are trashed, and tires are trash. I did a little grinding to smooth some of the tapped holes out and rebuilt the back wheel. Then started polishing it out to see what it would do. Its presentable but not perfect. Good enough that I don't think I will replace it.
I started on the rear derailleur. The teeth on the wheels are ground smooth and its caked it mush. Soaked it in a can of carb cleaner while working on another project then hit it with a tooth brush and blew it out with the air compressor.
