Originally Posted by
Bluetrane2028
Wow.
What posessed you to build that? I mean, it turned out really well, and if it rides as good as it looks... no complaints for sure... but a Free Spirit? I always figured Free Spirits were best for buying real cheap, putting minimal money into and selling to a broke college kid for a slight profit, if not stripping for parts and binning the rest.
In any case, I am really impressed with it, I guess it goes to show that many overlooked bikes out there have a lot of potential if you are willing to spend the coin.
Thanks!
I bought an '80s Fuji for my brother for Christmas a few years ago and while cleaning it up I put the saddle from my tri bike on it and it totally transformed the bike. Since then I had wanted to get my own older bike and update it with modern components (I knew nothing about vintage bikes at the time, other than that they were cheap).
I was updating my tri bike from 105 to Dura Ace, so I picked up the Free Spirit for $10 and moved the parts over, mainly just to see how it would turn out, if it could be done, and how it would then compare to a modern bike. It turned out pretty well and it rides better than I would have ever thought.