In preparation for this weekend's first Staten Island bike tour I have thrown myself into the restore of my red/white Royal the past 7 days. pretty much every night this week I have spent two hours on the bike The original condition of the bike can be seen here: Who Knew?? [ http://rustysi.......who-knew-dutch-made-bikes.html ]
Overall the bike had light surface rust on the frame, light to medium in spots on the rims and chrome, some of the chrome has been stripped completely, the majority of grime has been removed and the chain was disconnected and double soaked in WD40 and then scrubbed with a toothbrush to remove all of the debris 60 year old grease and dirt.
I will give it one final rubdown with a wet towel before tomorrow's ride.
Here are some limited before and after as it was late when i finally got everything together. Will take some better pics before the ride.
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| Semi dirty back hub. I had wiped it before the pic. |
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| Clean sweet back hub and clean chain regreased |
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| Crusty front fender |
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| derusted front |
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The junction where the bottom tube/seat/and chain stays all meet at the crank
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BEFORE AFTER ... shiny
*Twee means 3 in Dutch
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