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Old 04-01-10 | 08:00 AM
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Bikes: Raleigh Sports, Raleigh Twenty, Raleigh Wyoming, Raleigh DL1, Schwinn Winter Bike

Originally Posted by philski
Pictures!!!

I got her all shiny'd up. Did a complete disassembly and cleaned part by part. I took steel wool to the rims, a toothbrush to the frame (there were random flecks of green paint all over the frame, apparently from another project), fixed up the seat (re-covered in leather: some wrinkles but it feels so much better and from a distance it looks good), adjusted, tweaked, waxed and lubed it all. Got a second grip in good shape (thanks, Gbalke!). She looks pretty and rides very nicely.

Thank you everyone for your help and advice. It was a great find and a fun build.

philip

Looks great! How's the ride?
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