Found my new resto project today in a local bike salvage place. Phone them every week and apart from a random orange tuff2 that turned up I haven't had any joy. The guy told me on the phone there was one thing I might be interested in but that it was rough and they'd already thrown bits of it away.... so I headed up incase anything intesresting was being ditched.
Turns out its a GT cruiser...more than that I'm not 100% sure of right now...having looked at the serial I was a wee bit disappointed to see it seems to date from 93 but maybe a resident GT expert can shed more light on the model etc? Its a full cr-mo frame and forks though I think which is cool. The bits on it are a weird mix of crap and ok ish looking but its definitely in need of tlc. I did get a rear wheel for it too though lol alex rim on a decent looking hub. The yellow toy digger did not some with it
Based on a quick look over it I was always gonna take it but it does have a couple of issues...
1. Forks are rough as fook! Chrome might be saveable...some but not all I feel
2. Theres a major ding in the non-drive chainstay
There wasn't supposed be a number 3 but when the guy says he's looking for 30 quid I gave it a closer look and the constant chat about stuck seatposts made me just give the seat a quick twist to check and hey presto..off it pops to reveal a solid fooking post...upon closer inspection this solid pipe has been battered into the seat tube and has slightly splayed the end of it. I mention it to the guy and we go off to the vice and give it a bit of a wrestle...it aint going anywhere!! He's pressed for time and says 20 quid for the lot...see what you can do. I say fair do's and I'm on my way. What kind of donut batters a solid pipe into a GT anyway???
So - sorry for the spiel but I've been waiting for a score for yonks and even if it turns out to be a total fookin mare I thought I'd go the whole hog
Be grateful for any info about the bike and tips on the seatpost extraction...at the mo I'm favouring drilling it through and putting a bar through it watcha reckon?
So does it qualify as a score or is it sheeeite?
Cheers
