jon-w9
03-30-06, 05:28 PM
I have a mid to late '90s DiamondBack Assult. I got it many years ago, but out it up in the rafters of my parent's barn. Well, time was not good to it.
The thing was all chrome, and not it is rusty all over. The seatpost and handlebars were the worst, and the cranks and the frame with sopts as well.
I was thinking about bead-blasting some/most of the parts at work. I don't know what it would do to the chrome or other parts. If say I did the handle bars and took off the rust and finish, would I then need to paint them to prevent future rust?
I don't know if this is just a waste of time, I mean could I just buy a $99 wal-mart BMX and comeout nearly the same. I mean I could almost do that, and transfer most/many of the parts over, or just use it.
I know the DB is probab;y a much better bike than any wal-mart POS, but I don't know how much I would expect to spend to "restore" it. I don't necessarily want to go old Skool, but I really don't want spend a ton of money to make it to the point where I could buy the same thing.
I don't know what the bike was worth new, or how much a comparable ride would be now. Nothing special, caliper brake in the front, cantilever in the back.
The thing was all chrome, and not it is rusty all over. The seatpost and handlebars were the worst, and the cranks and the frame with sopts as well.
I was thinking about bead-blasting some/most of the parts at work. I don't know what it would do to the chrome or other parts. If say I did the handle bars and took off the rust and finish, would I then need to paint them to prevent future rust?
I don't know if this is just a waste of time, I mean could I just buy a $99 wal-mart BMX and comeout nearly the same. I mean I could almost do that, and transfer most/many of the parts over, or just use it.
I know the DB is probab;y a much better bike than any wal-mart POS, but I don't know how much I would expect to spend to "restore" it. I don't necessarily want to go old Skool, but I really don't want spend a ton of money to make it to the point where I could buy the same thing.
I don't know what the bike was worth new, or how much a comparable ride would be now. Nothing special, caliper brake in the front, cantilever in the back.