Hey all, I know I'm like brand new to this forum (first post, joined earlier today) but I just picked up an old road bike and have some questions. (I know a lot of forums don't take well to noobs who come out asking, but I did search and didn't find anyone with my bike or similar situation).

The other day I got an old Huffy Windsprint 12sp. It's very old, but rust free minus the front wheel (which is 27 1 1/4). I bought it as a summer project; a friend has an old hunk-a-junk as well that we're gonna try to restore through the summer. Repaint the frame and other parts, and replace all the things that really should be. I'm a car guy so I figured, hey a smaller, cheaper restoration could be very fun.

The bike shifts very well, except the brakes are pretty sketchy. There's no real obvious damage, they're just old and squeaky and the brakelines seem like crap.

I took it to a local bike shop and they said I'm wasting my time and money since it's so old, but I knew what I was getting myself into. They said they could re-do my whole brake setup for roughly $30-40.

So what I'm asking is is how difficult would rebuilding this thing be? Is this a reasonable price to re-do brakes. And what are some good websites for bike parts (wheels, seats, etc).

Any and all input is appreciated!