Raizer Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 So yeah I've already posted these in the bike pic thread but meh A few months back my nan mentioned a couple of old bikes in one of her sheds that she wanted me to dump, so I pulled them out and found my grandads old Healing Cruiser and my old budgie Obviously there was no way I was going to dump them so I took them back to my workshop and gave them both a good wash and squirted a bit of rust converter and crc around, pumped up the tires which were still original and still held air (for a while at least, rear tire on the cruiser went bang on the first ride lol). So other than a new tire/tube on the cruiser and a bit of grease for both I haven't had to do anything to them. I'm going to leave the Cruiser as is with the scrapes etc it has gathered over the years, if I can find 12.5" red tires I want to get the Budgie back to mint and might sell it once my son has finished hooning round on it lol Then earlier this week I spotted a Raleigh Twenty with a $1 res on the tard and ended up buying it for the grand sum of $8.50, picked it up from 4 houses down the road from home lol Its a 1969 UK made one and its going to need a bit of work before its in the condition that my missus wants (got it for her), so far I have stripped, cleaned and regressed the Sturmey Archer hub and killed the rust on it, and if anyone has a spare spoke for the rear wheel, a stand that goes in the tube on the bottom bracket, a carrier or dynamo light to fit the stock mount let me know! Plan for this is a repaint in a 70's metallic, get the hand painted "Twenty" redone and probably get all the chrome redone as well as add a few period accessorys like a chrome bell, carrier, dynamo and maybe a basket etc Anyone know where I can get drive rivets for this? Thoughts/ideas/criticisms? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Sweet bikes! My Cruiser looks identical to that but without the 3 speed hub... Bastard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 There is a guy on the tard selling those rivets, 3 for 15 bux. http://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/cycling/parts-accessories/other/auction-425012486.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted November 20, 2011 Author Share Posted November 20, 2011 Oh sweet, bit pricey for 3 little rivets but if I can't track any down locally I'll grab 6 (6 cause I know I'll fuck at least 1 up haha) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 Just talked to the local electroplaters, to sand blast and powder coat color with a metallic flake clear over the top the frame and forks = $70! Going to strip the twenty tonight lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted November 23, 2011 Author Share Posted November 23, 2011 Ready for powder coat bar the drive side cap on the bottom braket is being a cunt to remove, am going to heat/drill/hulk smash it out tomorrow before dropping the frame in. *before anyone asks, yes I know its left hand thread lol* Those cotter pins are "interesting" to remove, managed to shatter an old school cast iron vice on the first one! There is a guy on the tard selling those rivets, 3 for 15 bux.http://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/cycling/parts-accessories/other/auction-425012486.htm If anyone wants some of these let me know, just need to be trimmed down a little bit, won't charge anywhere new that price either!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 You can get them out easy enough with a large bolt and nut, just put it thru the cup hole and tighten it with a ratchet from either the inside or the outside depending on which thread, the friction from tightening it grips the cup and turns it. has to be an M16 or something tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 nice work mate.. looking forward to seeing the finished product.. Would struggle to get enough good paint to do this yourself for $70. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted November 23, 2011 Author Share Posted November 23, 2011 Yeah we priced up the paint that she wanted, close to $300 inc etch primer, primer, base coat, paint, pearl and clear!! Then add thinners and sand blasting etc to that! So for less than the price of paint we can get the powder coating and all the chrome redone + all new bearings, bolts, white wall tires and new cables lol Its going to make my Cruiser look like a wreck when its finished haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted November 24, 2011 Author Share Posted November 24, 2011 Took it into the powder coaters, price has gone up a lot from the quote and the only purple they have in stock is pretty much black! They won't order any others in either. Looks like its going to be blue now with a 3 week wait Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 Bugger. Might look at Dad's work sand blasting mine, they normally sandblast ships so a bike fram should be no trubble! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted November 24, 2011 Author Share Posted November 24, 2011 After a lot of ringing around the country I have got a kg of cadbury purple on the way from a GC in Napier, talked to the guy doing the job and he's more than happy to use it and has dropped the price back to the original quote + a metallic silver flecked clear over the top should suit it well! You can get them out easy enough with a large bolt and nut, just put it thru the cup hole and tighten it with a ratchet from either the inside or the outside depending on which thread, the friction from tightening it grips the cup and turns it. has to be an M16 or something tho. Thanks! Worked perfectly without damaging the bearing race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 nice nice nice... will look lush.. I just put the tyres, hand grips etc on mine tonight.. Pics to come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted November 24, 2011 Author Share Posted November 24, 2011 Oh sweet, can't wait for pics! New grips? We're looking for some older style white ones for this, but not the full one original hard plastic ones since the missus wants something a bit more comfortable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 http://www.burkescycles.co.nz/prod/ha1110_.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 $10, they are soft and comfy rubber. They had some others with pink streamers on them too, but i was scared someone would steal the bike for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted November 27, 2011 Author Share Posted November 27, 2011 Sweet! Grip looks like what we're after too, where did you get them? That bell is awesome haha the wife got one with a monkey on I think Had a somewhat productive weekend on the Twenty front, all the new bearings I ordered are here, found a vector file for the main stickers and have Kingpin pricing them up now, the epic GC Simon/UTERUS has hooked us up with a chain guard and we cleaned all the rust off all the components today with lemon juice and tinfoil, even the rims have come up looking pretty sweet (Still going to get all the smaller stuff rechromed though). Oh and I polished up the OG head badge to almost mirror spec and my sister in law is redoing the paint on it tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 My local bike shop, velo brand I think. Want me to get you a set and post em? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted November 28, 2011 Author Share Posted November 28, 2011 Might just take you up on that mate, will just have a look at the bike shop we haven't tried first (We have 2 here, one is ran by a guy really into his old bikes, the other is advanti plus haha) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted November 29, 2011 Author Share Posted November 29, 2011 To rechrome the seat post, handle bars and stem, head set nuts etc and the seat clamp = $250! Going to have to make do with polished pitted chrome I think! Am looking for a seat post and headlight bracket with good chrome though. Our purple powder arrived yesterday so once the chain guard from Simon gets here the powder coating will be all go. Dropped the seat in to get retrimmed in nice white vinyl today too, surprisingly a lot cheaper to get done than I thought it would be! Only like $10 more than the worn old one I was offered on trademe lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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