Originally Posted by
randyjawa
I advise that you clean the bike up(pretty much free to do), apply some lubrication, tune it so that you can at least ride it and then test ride the bicycle. I failed to do this with the first bike that I restored(painted) only to find out that the bike was bent.
HAHA, yep, been there, done that! (and felt like a real loser too, of course,
- what with all the work and 'tuning' for nothing - AARGH!
)