Paint a vintage bike or just ride it as is? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 5 months ago by thayer@lemmy.ca to c/bicycles@lemmy.ca

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I recently scored a free 1974 Deelite Apollo 10 speed. As far as I can tell, it has all original parts, but most of the stickers have faded out and there are a few places where the paint has failed completely on the tubes.

As a project bike, would you consider stripping and painting the frame, or simply replace what needs done (tires, bar tape) and ride it as is?

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[-] blackbrook@mander.xyz 8 points 5 months ago

Well if you think you'll have occasion to leave it locked up places, it might be an advantage for it to look old and beat up.

[-] thayer@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

Oddly enough, I grabbed it for that very reason but once I got it home and had a good look at things I realized it was quite a nice bike with all original parts made in Japan and Switzerland.

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