0lonerider
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slowmotion
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That bike sounds like it could be a load of fun.
Saluki
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Hi & to CC.
Looking forward to pics and progress reports.
to CC.Looking forward to pics and progress reports.
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Hi and Wilf
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Wilf76
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Looking forward to pics and progress reports.
Unfortunately, the general reaction to my pictures of the bikes I have, which I've posted in Classic & Vintage, has been "Throw them on the tip!" so no great encouragement there! However, I will persevere in making at least one of them ridable, if only to see if I really want to get back into cycling after not being on a bike in more years than I like to remember!
After all, one man's junk is another man's treasure!
Saluki
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We are much nicer on here
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Wilf76
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We are much nicer on here
I put the photos up in the "Special Interest" "Classic & Vintage" forum on here! I do agree that other forums here (like this one) do seem to be much nicer!
Saluki
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Having just been over and looked. I'm pretty sure that I used to have a Silver Fox bike at one time. If I remember rightly, it was given to me by a neigbour so that I could cycle to Uni after my original bike was stolen. It seemed to do the job perfectly well for a couple of years before, it too, got nicked.
arch684
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you will get great satisfaction from restoring an old bike regardless of its quality
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Wilf76
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That is very true, even the little that I've done so far, just stripping and priming the bars and tube, which were the only really bad parts, looks so much better, and after all, my object is to get a usable bike, not a super-rare Concours d'Elegance entrant!
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I can sort of see why you got that reaction as the bikes are looking a bit scruffy and were on the cheap side of the budget market when they were new.
On the other hand though, as long as the frames are sound, everything else is replaceable and they could be a fun test bed for learning skills and trying ideas. I've done this with my own knockabout bike - it was bought new for £100 and I've fitted better bits as parts wore out. I don't think there will be many bikes at this level that get used for 100km rides or have been over the Hardknott and Wrynose passes.
Looking at yours, I am slightly suspicious of the Silver Fox, the angle of the forks looks a bit odd and I'm thinking it might have been crashed at some point.