hedgebottom special!

[robsa]

Hi, now for the princely sum of one whole English pound ive acquired this

Now, any ideas what it is, what's it age and shall I do a job on it or rip it for parts?

 

[Daddybus]

I'll give you £2 ...double yr mone, do it- do it- do it- you know you want to...I think it would make a cracking looking beater

 

[raleighnut]

It doesn't look that bad, love those 'shorty' mudguards.

 

[biggs682]

remove the twigs from the rear wheel pump the tyres up and off you go

 

[Daddybus]

retro- tastic... Love the colours too !

 

[ChrisEyles]

That'll look fantastic once you've given it a good old clean up! Bet it rides really nicely too, let us know how you get on with it

And all for a quid.... lucky sod!

 

[robsa]

My daft dog found it! Was walking him a couple of month back and he sniffed it out behind an old derelict garden nursery. Went back today to scope it out.
Called at a bungalow down the road from it and asked if they knew anything about it, the old guy said it was his but its knackered so I said what do you want for it?
Got it for a quid. Had to hack it out of the hedge with my Swiss army knife then
push the sodding thing back 2 mile on flat tyres and seized steering head

 

[robsa]

It doesn't look that bad, love those 'shorty' mudguards. [/QUOTE
They say made in w.germany.
They going to go and be replaced by a set of full bluemels I got off carboot for 20p.
Big spender ain't I

 

[highline]

Hi, could be a Star Celeste model. Brochure indicates a lot of features on your bike including the colour and the downtube pump brackets. http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/Dawes_mid_70s/Dawes_catalog_mid_70s_2.jpg take a look and see if you agree. Looks a good machine, I'm sure it will scrub up well. Bargain for a pound!

 

[mikeymustard]

Now, any ideas what it is

Animal, mineral and/or vegetable?

 

[robsa]

It appears to say velo sprint on the top tube but I cannot find anything on the internet about them

 

[highline]

Okay try this, found it a listing on bulgier.net for a 1977 catalogue.

 

[robsa]

That's pretty much the kiddy!
Thanks highline

 

[robsa]

Given Diana ( Dawes) a good soaking over night with wd40. Everything is freeing off lovely! Chrome on rims is knackered but I can live with that, tyres are cracked to hell but holding pressure.
Rear mech is a Sachs huret. Bars are dawes aluminium, head is G.B forged aluminium, brakes are weinmann type 730, levers are weinmann . Rear rack is a pleyscher. Might be worth doing a full Job on this? What do you think?

 

[ChrisEyles]

If it was mine, I'd definitely do it up to the nines