mike722

Hello all,

thanks for reading my post.

I own an old Bianchi racer that I used to ride many years ago , but it has been sitting oin my garden for the last 5 or 6 years and so is well out of condition.

It has accumilated alot of rust around the gear cogs and around the centre of the wheel. The gears are also very ineffective at changeing from the levers and the brakes seem to be very stiff to move. I was wondering how hard it would be to totally replace the gearing and brake systems. I plan to replace the rusted wheels. The frame also has some rust but seems to be very useable still.

Also, does anytone know of any good websites for tips on how to install parts on bicycles such as gears/brakes?

Cheers

MFD

sydney

www.parktool.com You might want to consider tossing it in the dumpster and starting with something that was treated better and spent it's life as a garage ornament. There is plenty of decent cheap garage sale stuff just looking for a home. If it's a made in the orient Bianchi it's generally not worth messing with.

Retro Grouch 

I'm going to vote with sydney. While you might find the project entertaining, you'll be a lot closer to the cost of a brand new bike than you think by the time you replace all of the parts that are going to be necessary make a rideable bike out of that rust heap.