I was able to get a few bikes done in the last couple of weeks that have been hanging around for a few years waiting for the right moment, the first is a womans 1978-79 Raleigh Sports that I trash picked about 10 years ago. It looked like it didn't have many miles on it, it just sat in a damp shed somewhere until being tossed to the curb where I found it. The chain guard was in bad shape so I sanded it down to bare metal, primed & painted it gloss black & installed a decal I had here. I had a older Sports frame with a few good chrome bits still left on it that I installed on this one like the stem,bars & front brake assy, I also installed a NOS Japan made trigger shifter & cable I had. Everything else cleaned up pretty good and just needed to be serviced.

I installed new tires and a few baskets I had that have been in my way and needed a bike worth putting them on, this was it, I replace the original seat due to the plastic base crumbling when I sat on it and put the seat you see in the photo on it, I don't know where I got it but it is a lot more comfortable then the original one and it's a little wider at the rear with good spring action.Here are a few pics before & aft.