Bought a CL bike. 1982 Fuji Supreme. Looks identical to the inherited one I had in high school.
My husband and kids ride MTBs (Trek and Giant) and we have gravel trails nearby, which are okay for a thick-tired road bike and crap for a performance road bike. I want to tear down the Fuji, repaint, and build as a gravel bike. It has rust, so I have to do something with the paint.
I have a couple of questions, if you were building one from scratch:
Repaint: Powder coat or sprayed paint?
Shifting/groupset: Currently has a Suntour 7-GT groupset on it, 12 speed (although I think only 6 work until I fix it). Stem shifters. Dual-pull brake levers. Any of this usable?
Wheels: 27', tires are crap. Can I keep those wheels and just swap tires?
What am I missing? Including a photo of what it looks like now. The drive side photo is fuzzy, as is the picture of it stuffed in the back of my husband's Ford Focus.
