What Am I Doing with this...

Itchy fingers on ebay got myself one of this...could I restore it to its original color scheme?? (professionally and not rattle can job)... it got such nice lugs....

or should I just sand blast and powder coat it?

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I think Witcomb used to (don't know if they still do) and Mercian do restoration work.

i have a frame with witcomb at the moment. be warned, it takes time and it isn't cheap.

i like the tour of britain decals on this. it doesn't look really bad, you could clean it up yourself and touch-up.

hmm it is going to cost me an arm and a leg...

how do i get rid of all t he rust?

wet and dry sand paper than rattle can the black bits?

you have two choices:

1. shot blast, powdercoat, el cheapo style, armortex, or even cheaper at car sprayer, anything between 40 and 100 quid.
   
2. proper renovation, anything up to or above £200, depending on work involved.
   
   

bearing in mind that this is a geared frame as well, what do you want it for? dale gave me some good advice a few months ago, namely that it's not really worth respraying old stuff unless it's really fucked.

oh yes - and was going to add, the serious hernia-inducing hard work option, sand/rattlecan, etc. but this makes a bike look really shit.

how much was it? the only reason i ask is 'cos i got all itchy trigger today and bought this:

earlier today for 70 (seventy) pounds.

its going to be a fix...i guess I will decided once i get the frame... and you are right the frame doesn't look too bad..

56 pounds... what size is your BJ?

my size. 59cm.

looking good... at least the paint job is still in good shape...

i couldn't believe it. i was the only bidder. (obviously the starting price was £70).

it ruined my resolve to not buy more bikes. and i have one for sale. i'm having an existential bike crisis.

haha... I know how you feel... Chris Crash told me the frame was worth about 50 ish... so I put 56 pounds on it a few days ago and came back from dinner today and got an e-mail to tell me to pay up...

i think the bob is worth more than i paid for it.

pj didn't you say you have got a bike being respray at the moment?

I am sure the bob is worth more...

well done! keeping the market buoyant.. ;-)

yes, a holdsworth zephyr. hopefully pick it up on tuesday.

well prav... you might see it on thursday... wife locked up all the bike.. but I still have allen keys and spanners to take off all the bits to put on the new frame. just hope the frame is straight

I googled a reference to a 1956 Viking Ian Steel model.
hmm...

do tell

come on prav... you are killing me

all I found was that + this.
do your own research!

i saw that... this one seems to be in much better condition...and it is in london