Originally Posted by
monsterpile
Its cool that you have a bike with that much sentimental value.
If much of the bike is no good one thing you could do is buy a donor bike. Get something with good wheels and whatever else you need. It would likely cost less that that wheelset and you would have a frame to sell afterward to lower the cost. If you wait for the right deal or deals you could make this a pretty nice little bike for not a ton of money. I am almost certain they make the Gatorskins in 27.
man when i was a teen i rode that bike all over to the city, to the beach, to what ever girl i was dating at the time and her parents out of the house, to work, to pratice, with my pops around the hood, just all over.
my goal was always when i get cash or the kid gets out of day care (its so dang expensive) to take it to a LBS and make it new again.
i found the 27 gatorskins for like $30 bucks a tire! ouch! i will hold off on those. this weekend i will be getting it down and back to my place for a full mechanical inspection, i have no clue what to do, or to look for but it will be a fun learning process