1995 TREK Y-22 RESTORATION COMPLETE WITH BEFORE AFTER SHOTS!

[old_banger]

Turns out real nice!

 

[magas]

love your work, stunning job on the rims

you are a true perfectionist, and I would have a problem here: with all the work involved I would not want to ride the bike :shock:

 

[EarlofBarnet]

Looks amazing. Well done

 

[chainguard]

Great looking bike and excellent polishing technique - how do you do it?

 

[dyna-ti]

Beautiful
simply

 

[poweredbypies]

S'alright I suppose :twisted: Ridden worse.

 

[34henry3w]

Thanks everyone for the positive comments!

Polishing was done with a file, multiple grades of wet sandpaper and polish..super tedious but it works!

The stem was anodized, so had to hit that with oven cleaner first..

 

[34henry3w]

My bike in the December 2011 issue of Singletrack! great article too!

 

[Blackadder]

Beautiful machine makes me wish I had not sold my Y33 now :cry: but seriously great job, well done love it

 

[tintin40]

:shock: What an improvement. A lot of hard work. Not surprised it was in a mag