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| 1982 Miyata 610 Restoration in Progress |
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| 1986 Schwinn Prelude Restoration |
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| 1992 Trek 1000 Restoration |
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| 1986 Schwinn Le Tour Restoration |
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| Mid 1980's Schwinn Super Le Tour Restoration |
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| 1987?? Bridgestone 450 Restoration |
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| Pat's 1985? Schwinn Le Tour Luxe Restoration & Upgrading |
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| Peugeot Vitesses Restoration |
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| Bob's Trek 700 Restoration |
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| Bob's Trek 720 Restoration |
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| Trek 970 Mountain Bike Restoration and Modification |
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| Triumph 3 Speed In Progress |
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| 1989 Trek 420 Restoration |
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| 1982 Schwinn Superior Preservation |
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| Schwinn Fixed Gear Conversion - In Progress |
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| 1986 Raleigh Grand Prix Reynolds 531 Restoration |
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| Poor Man's Rivendell - Still in the Process |
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| Jose's Trek 330 Restoration |
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| Schwinn Racer 3 Speed Restoration |
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| Raleigh Sport 3 Speed for my Sister - Restoration |
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| 1985 Schwinn Le Tour Tall - Restoration |
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| My version of Path Racer - Fuji Fixed Gear |
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| Schwinn Paramount PDG 20 Mountain Bike |
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| 1983 Trek 410 Road Bike |
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| Trek 700 Multi-Track |
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| 1983 Miyata Gran Touring 210 - Miyata in the Raw |
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| Ishmael's 1980's Miyata City Bicycle |
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| 1980's Schwinn Traveler - City Bike Conversion |
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| 1980's Schwinn Traveler |
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| Raleigh "Mixtie" City Conversion |
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| Early 90's Specialized Hard Rock |
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| 1970's Schwinn Twinn Tandem |
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| Early 1990's Bianchi Eros |
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| 1988 Trek 400 |
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| 1969 Schwinn Racer |
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| 1969 Schwinn Breeze |
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| 1974 Schwinn Le Tour |
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| 1990's Specialize Hard Rock |
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| 1973 Schwinn Continental |
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| 1987 Schwinn Super Le Tour Mixtie |
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| 1976 Raleigh Record Fixie Conversion |
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| Kids Trek 200 Overhaul |
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| Early 1990's GT Outpost |
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| Customers 1998 Specialized Hard Rock |
Nice work!
ReplyDeleteI have a collection of Schwinn cycles that have been sitting outside and enjoying the natural elements of western Washington for over 10 years. I rescued them and after restoring the continental I was hooked and have begun to restore the rest. The only part of the restoration process that bothers me is the frame work. How were you able to so beautifully restore the paint and decals without them wiping off? I polished the stars right off the fork on the continental before I noticed that they seemed to have turned to dust over the years. Did you re-order decals?
Hello,
DeleteThe decals are a tricky thing. First you must be very careful cleaning them. I very lightly, I can not stress the very lightly enough, use a magic eraser sponge and lightly clean the decals. Then a very very light polishing with a polish or wax, that is all. It helps to have good decals to start with. On a rare occasion I can make my own decal replacements or i order new old stock if they are available on eBay or other places. But way cheaper to make my own.
Thanks for the interest and thanks for saving the old bikes you have.
John Z.
Can you give me some more in depth detail on how you make your own decals?
DeleteI have a '78 Raleigh Grand Prix that I'm looking to work on. My decals are a bit scratched up. I had thought about just repainting them on where needed and cleaning or doing what I best can to "repair" them.
I'm looking at your rebuild of Craig's Raleigh, I will be using your blog as a instruction book for my restore.