Originally Posted by pmferna

The only sticker left is the one on the front. I added two other stickers because of parking regulations and theft prevention. Even with the rough paint (it has so many scratches and small rust spots), I've tried to maintain it as best as I can. It rides nice, shifting is super smooth, no noises. For its age, it is still very comfortable on the road! But, it needs new cables/housing, a new bar tape, and it needs new calipers (the old ones can't hold much longer as they keep swaying to one side and I can't tighten or adjust any longer. The rear derailleur is slightly bent, but works! I'm at a point that if I need to make all those changes to keep it, would it be worth to strip everything down for a paint job? There's a place in Chicago that does paint jobs (I haven't called them to get more details, but here they are: https://heritagebicycles.com/products/bike-paint-job). I appreciate any advice.