I rescued a old Giant Acapulco from some destructive kids that thrashed the poor thing (broken derailers, most of the built in cable holders busted off, and they had set fire to the seat and tried to melt the decals off with a lighter by the looks of it).
i desided to save it for two reasons 1) i had one of these when i was younger and remembered its tough and only 30lbs loaded from the factory. 2) the seat tube is tall enough i barly have to have the seat post out (being 6'1" i never find a MTB that works on) im trying to make this a budget piece and hoping to hit 25lbs or under (i know this meens using lighter components) as my other bikes are 35 - 55lbs and i have to carry them up and down stairs all the time.
so far ive been cleaning the frame up: i riped every last piece of the bike apart (to my supprise the bearings looked fantastic compaired to most older bikes i dig into) i ground off the rest of the cable holders for the shifters (luckly the rear break ones are fine) and i have been stripping the paint because how chipped it is.
the chain ring set was trashed except the center ring so i removed the rivits and left just that. im thinking about rebuilding the freewheel as a ss (take all gears off and just put one back with spacers) im thinking 14t because the cr being 38t. not sure how that will ride.
SS18t.jpg this is a pic of what im thinking of doing for the freewheel convert
im trying to figure out what to do for tires tho... i am used to 26 x 2.1-2.3" wide slicks and i have 700x35 on one bike but for this im trying to find something low cost low resistance and grippy. i was looking at my buddys kenda kontenders (26x1") but i hate the feeling they give me that my weight (210lbs) is squishing the tire flat. any suggestions would be great oh the rear rim is about 1" wide and front about 3/4" wide and im not opposed to running skinnier front.
Edit: goal is $50 or less on parts.
Running parts/cost list.
Bike - free
Tires - $19.98
Tubes - $10.70
Seat - $6.42
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Total - $37.10 so far