Scattered across the mighty span of the internet there are thousands of blogs about bikes. This one is mine.
The immediate inspiration for this blog is the restoration of my old Proteus. A fine bicycle, obtained under dubious circumstances and ridden through good times and bad. After twenty years of indifferent maintenance and Florida's humidity, the chrome plating had deteriorated and the components had suffered. In future posts I will tell the full story of this bike, it's origins, career and resurrection. For now, here are some photo's of her condition as I begin work.
The immediate inspiration for this blog is the restoration of my old Proteus. A fine bicycle, obtained under dubious circumstances and ridden through good times and bad. After twenty years of indifferent maintenance and Florida's humidity, the chrome plating had deteriorated and the components had suffered. In future posts I will tell the full story of this bike, it's origins, career and resurrection. For now, here are some photo's of her condition as I begin work.
You will notice plenty of rust, some of it a light dusting as on the fork legs other spots are mole-like defects. The areas around the lugs are hard hit as is the top tube both under the sweat catching rear brake housing and the bottom of the tube.
Here are some shots of the frame and componentry.
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I'll see you next time with history and progress. My two favorite things
Rust sucks!
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