Originally Posted by
BFisher
Sometimes I'm surprised by responses. If anything, as was stated by garryg, this is a learning project, and a good one.
This can be done cheaply, and still come out decent. It'll just cost time.
An angle grinder, a brass cup wire brush, and a respirator = blank canvas.
Spray or brush on some kind of finish.
Build a bike. Save the bottom bracket, stem and headset if they are still usable. Crankset looks fine from here.
That would make a nice errand bike.
Like I said, I rarely say scrap it and yes of course it presents a valuable learning experience with very little value in the end.
The OP asked for opinions and I gave him one of mine that was partially based on his wanting to save an already assploded FD, not a sound starting point IMO and many of us know all to well how "fun" a French project like this can be even when you know the challenges, never mind the cottered crank that is often a struggle in itself when experienced.
I guess I should have prefaced it with "I would probably or if it was me".
