I have been wanting to show a few before and after shots of some of the machine's I've built. Some you may have seen before some not. Let me know what you think, if not for C&V I would most likely lost interest.
The first is a man's Liberty 3 speed that I found in the trash the way you see it in the first pic.
This took me a lot longer then the norm as I had to hand polish everything that is chrome and alloy,I chemically striped the rust first. It has a Shimano 333 rear hub and I had a few new cable shifter assy's hanging around so I decided to change the cable color from white to black along with new grips and a vintage bell. I had the Persons seat laying around and thought it would look good on there it is denim and it had a pin hole on it so I made a iron on patch shaped like a Liberty torch and put that on. I put new tires and tubes along with some vintage Cats Eye reflectors on the wheels. I installed a new rack that I had and had to customize the brackets to attach it to the rear. I think the bike came out very nice it rides smooth and shifts good and the German made duel pivot brakes work pretty good.
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The second bike is a 60's Columbia tandem that I got from the family of the orig owner along with two Concord Pacer s/s bicycles that have sat in a barn for almost 40yrs. You can see by the pics that I did a lot to it. I wasn't comfortable on it and sold it to a life guard who just loves it and rides it to work every sunny day.
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This 1988 Mongoose Alta I picked up for $2 at a auction and the only parts I didn't change is the stem and the Dia compe canti brakes. I built this up with a customer in mind that wanted more of a comfort bike then a mountain bike. I installed a set of Araya wheels with a 7 speed cassette to replace the 6 speed freewheel hub rims. I installed a Shimano sealed BB with a Suntour triple crankset . I replaced both front and back derailures with a nice set of Shimano sis units from the parts bin along with a better set of Shimano 7 speed grip shifters. I might put a rack on it still and if it wasn't to small I would keep it for myself.
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