for £20 I wasn't expecting a lot, and I know I didn't get it but have enjoyed 5 hours tidying up and bonding with my bike.
She's had a cleanup on her chain, brakes and tyres pumped up - holding their own nicely so far. also applied a dollop of elbow grease to the wheels which obviously aren't pristine but are a lot nicer looking than they were.
This is only ever intended to be a cheap reuse / recycle job so please go gentle. My next mission is to take her to flat ground (she's gonna live at my horses yard for a while) to get riding! It's been a long time and I'm hoping to lose weight / gain fitness with her and possibly use her to ride to and from the train station from end of Sept or whenever I'm up to the challenge.
So far I've bought some WD40, a pump, 2 handle bar covers (for the up angled ones - don't know the name of them) and a puncture repair kit.. not too bad on the expense side of things.
Wheels before:
Bike after tidy up
After doing the first wheel my OH asked me what I'd used on them.. steel wool and elbow grease was all I used though will put some car polish on them to finish them off I think just to try and delay the rusting again. The chrome isn't perfect by any means but pleased she's more presentable.
She's had a cleanup on her chain, brakes and tyres pumped up - holding their own nicely so far. also applied a dollop of elbow grease to the wheels which obviously aren't pristine but are a lot nicer looking than they were.
This is only ever intended to be a cheap reuse / recycle job so please go gentle. My next mission is to take her to flat ground (she's gonna live at my horses yard for a while) to get riding! It's been a long time and I'm hoping to lose weight / gain fitness with her and possibly use her to ride to and from the train station from end of Sept or whenever I'm up to the challenge.
So far I've bought some WD40, a pump, 2 handle bar covers (for the up angled ones - don't know the name of them) and a puncture repair kit.. not too bad on the expense side of things.
Wheels before:
Bike after tidy up
After doing the first wheel my OH asked me what I'd used on them.. steel wool and elbow grease was all I used though will put some car polish on them to finish them off I think just to try and delay the rusting again. The chrome isn't perfect by any means but pleased she's more presentable.