Restoring Vintage Bike advice

[warneral]

The dog is a sweetie.

Well I did work an extra 10hr this week which would have paid for an overhaul until I found out instead of our normal $5k+ return in taxes we have to pay that much due to the stocks we bought, etc etc. So at this point, everything that is done to that bike WILL have to be done by me no matter how many extra hours I have to work LOL. I don't really think this bike is very practical for my lifestyle (we live in a bedroom community with no place to really ride) but I love the looks of the bike and it was only 70 bucks and a lot of effort to obtain her so I think she'll just slowly be worked on as I can afford the tools and parts.

[Cataboo]

ha. This thread is convincing me that I really don't want to work on the vintage mixte I have in my shed. It's supposed to be my ride 3 miles downtown to have coffee bike and it's fully functional. I just want to pretty it up.

But I've already got all the tools to work on modern bikes and have built a few... so investing a lot of money, time, and parts on a bike to ride 3 miles seems silly.

I will buy it pretty tires and grips. A new seatpost and a saddle. That's all it gets. Maybe I'll sand the rust.

But it's not getting new wheels!

[warneral]

! I almost listed mine on CL last night! I don't know what I'll do with it. Seeing this makes me want to hold on to it
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2708990...ream/lightbox/

[Kitsune06]

Oh! Sexy! Dunno how I'd feel about the saddle suppository, but the REST of everything is beautiful!

[warneral]

yeah that saddle puzzles me. Could it be she hadn't upgraded the seatpost and was stuck with that positioning?