sparkybhp
Senior Retro Guru
I picked this up yesterday after a fellow RB’er linked the Facebook ad in the eBay/marketplace watch forum:
It’s mostly original from what I can tell, although I would say the Shimano 600 headset was an addition and I’ve since discovered it also has a 600 freewheel.
I stripped it down this weekend and there is some bad news however. The front hub is cracked on one of the spoke holes.
Shame really as they were cleaning up really nicely.
Bit of a dilemma now as at 19” the frame is going to be a bit small so I don’t think it’s really worth tracking down another hub. Obviously the remaining parts are still worth what I’ve spent on the bike so not too sad.
Can’t decide whether to part this out now or build a big bmx style cruiser using parts I have, I’ll think on it a bit and see where this ends up.
Any thoughts are welcome of course. I know the bmx bars are too narrow but you get the idea..
It’s mostly original from what I can tell, although I would say the Shimano 600 headset was an addition and I’ve since discovered it also has a 600 freewheel.
I stripped it down this weekend and there is some bad news however. The front hub is cracked on one of the spoke holes.
Shame really as they were cleaning up really nicely.Bit of a dilemma now as at 19” the frame is going to be a bit small so I don’t think it’s really worth tracking down another hub. Obviously the remaining parts are still worth what I’ve spent on the bike so not too sad.
Can’t decide whether to part this out now or build a big bmx style cruiser using parts I have, I’ll think on it a bit and see where this ends up.
Any thoughts are welcome of course. I know the bmx bars are too narrow but you get the idea..
