I have a very competitive wife and we recently bought a matching pair of John Deere 21" Men's racers at a yard sale. They are in rough shape, but complete. Made in the early 70's in Taiwan with low end Shimano components.

The challenge is to see who can turn theirs around and sell for the most profit. My wife plans to wipe a rag over her Deere and list it as-is. I have already stripped mine down to the bare frame and removed all the paint. The frame itself weighs just over 6lbs, has decent looking lugs, and I am leaning towards a rattle can, John Deere colored theme w/green lugs, black frame, and yellow pin stripping around the lugs. I was then going to go a little further and build it up with some parts laying around. Flat bar and some alloy wheels, maybe make it a 7 speed with some sram shifters/derailleur...somebody stop me!


I will add some pictures as it comes together :-)