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i'm reading between the lines, are you saying 1/4" bolts holding slender seat stays to chain stay, horizontal drop outs, blades butt welded to the crown on the forks, might not be very durable :lol:

lol thanks all :) fair comment on the stem, think you've just answered how the top of the steering tube got bent on so many of these ! i just set it on the max line as i'm quite tall, mental note though thanks !

still dont have the new saddle cover (and brake blocks not fitted) but, drum roll and mini fanfare !

i've just been looking at your other stump jumper threads, i wondered about the front forks. they are quite slender at the hub end for "mountain" bikes, i wondered how durable they are?

I got the frame up in the vice with soft jaws, using the rear forks to true the new wheel. this stage I was just going round all the nipples putting half turns on to tension them up slowly heres the asda value method I used to true the wheel, worked out that including the rim thickness it...

[fast show jesse] today I aff be mostly polishing chrome [/fast show jesse] out on the decking, nice weather, bit of 10w40 and a bag of fine wire wool, doesnt sound like work does it ! all the bright work done. only downside is that the cow horns are absolutely shafted, it has large...

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last update for now as i dont want to keep spamming the forum i did a wet flat with 1500 paper then cutting the paint back on the frame, masked the seat tube just to show a before and after nice and reflective :) all 3 bits done after a degrease and new decals carefully fitted

thanks i appreciate the comments :) stripped the rear wheel down and cleaned up the bits I need to reuse. I will take the sturmey hub apart, also use a pillar drill mounted metal polishing mop too I stripped down the sturmey 3 speed hub following a guide on youtube :) still a bit of black...

I heat gunned the decals off, rubbed all the frame parts down with 400 grit w+d. there were also a few splits and dents in the paint where the rust had ferreted around underneath, I had to bare metal them with the strip and clean disk then etch prime those bits. then I busted out the...

thanks for the comments guys, and i will check out that facebook link thanks H :) this was a couple of weekends ago stripping the frame down, first pic is undoing the rear hubs nuts and taking the gear cable out after getting the back wheel off and unbolting the rear eveready lamp I thought...

i didnt hold much hope for the chrome on the wheels but everyone regaled me how a bit of elbow grease can bring some things back from the dead. so, had a little go with some fine wire wool and engine oil which didnt turn out too well, following some ridiculous quotes for re-chroming i went...

Re: so what do we reckon this is then? drive a stout screw driver up the gap in the post clamp, or slim bolster chisel, something wedge shaped. then squirt disassembly lube down, then work the saddle back and fourth

hi folks, i didnt know where to put my bike as its not really a mountain bike, or a road bike, or a bmx ! (what is it ? cruiser ?) this bomber has been languishing in a shed at my nans for 25 odd years. it used to be my uncles when he was a teenager and I used to use it when I stayed at...