Originally Posted by
RaleighSport
Realkit, do you plan to ride this a lot or just keep it for sentimental value in general? I conserved my grandfathers 67 schwinn racer deluxe. Similar story: Heavy, cheap, ancient, not worth the restore.. but it was my grandfathers. With a lot of reading on sheldon browns site and a lot more reading in the classic and vintage subforum I was able to make it shine again with minimal investment and effort.
Here's a before.
And here's an after.
I do plan on riding it quite a bit. After i've saved up a little bit i'm going to buy another bike that i can restore as well and use that one more so that way i keep my dads in
" good " condition.