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I think entirely realistic. I think it could be made to look nice, it would require time and care. Money spent should be minimal.Thank you once again for the replies and for the heads up. Putting the bike back together would be an act of pure pragmatism really rather than completely nostalgic. The bike may have kept it's dimensions since I last took it out, but the rider most certainly has has not. If it were a motorcycle I'd be clucking about and trying to get the "correct" bits, but it's not and I know next to nothing about bicycles so "correct" is virtually meaningless to me in this context.
My average speed seems to be 12MPH and my average distance around 20 miles. Very much a fair weather cyclist and carrying too much weight. As far removed from what you'd call a cyclist as one can get really.
My MB is fine (an ally framed Claud Butler Cape Wrath that I bought new around 2002 ish) for my needs but I did consider buying something a bit more road focused on account of the sparsity of mountains in Lincolnshire and my currant disdain for cycling up hills.
Rather than spend several hundred pounds on a budget road bike, I decided that I could look into paying someone to recommission what I've already got. At 17st I don't need a carbon fibre, streamlined wonderbike with Bluetooth gears and disc brakes. I don't need the Falcon I have to be original, or even look good, just something to bimble about on during the nice weather and point at things when I reach my destination.
Does that sound realistic at all, or do I have slightly optimistic plans for the old thing ?