raleigh medale progress

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Picked this up last weekend at a custom bike show took it apart and gave it a good scrub and lube, went to work with the wire wool but that wasnt man enough... so found that the drain descaler we use at work has phosphoric acid in knowing this eats rust I dropped a few bits in and the results were better than expected! Anyway this is going to be a long work in progress so will upload pics as and when I get bits done, enjoy.

This is as I bought it

Just before stripping down

After a good clean all the rusty components removed ready for the acid treatment!

Front mech and shifter bracket before...

And after!


And lastly little paint job I did on the levers...

 

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Almost done, just need to file out the front dropouts to fit new wheel run all the cables and she ready to ride!

 

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And all done :-) rides lovely!

 

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Good work fella! How did you get the front mech looking so clean?

 

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Good work fella! How did you get the front mech looking so clean?

Soaked it in descaler to get the rust off, then a good scrub with a wire brush, but the chrome had started to peel so I gave it a coat of hammerite lol