I read recently of someone who bead blasts their rusty chains and makes them look new again, might have to look into that. But in reality I might just hang in on the back fence next to another one I've got back there in case I need to fend off any rabid wolves or other such wild critters. Then again I could collect all my rusty chains and make a picture frame out of them for the perimeter of my white garage door.

As to the bike, even though the tire sidewalls are pretty much just threads the innertubes still hold air. I pumped 20psi into them just for grins and they're still holding.

I've got no idea why this thing weighs so much, almost as much as the World Sport with steel wheels and this Lotus has alloys. Does anyone have a comparable bike to compare weights with?

I'm also curious how old this bike is. I'm going to guess late 80's to mid 90's maybe. I'll have to see if I can find any s/n or date codes on it anyplace.