A Boomer's English Bike Brings Back Memories

[@hadoken8688]

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[@jeffreykennedy5956]

I just started working on this exact bike. Kicking my ass. Mine has a big old head light, generator not included.

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

Neat. I remember my original bike back in the day had one of those little bottle generators. I had to peddle like hell to get any light. Now one little LED light bulb is 10-tens as bright. Good luck with your project and keep me posted.

[@notanomad9320]

I noticed the bent fork right away, it can easily be straightened with a Park Tool FFS-1 Frame and Fork Straightener but not sure if it's worth it. I have one but I haven't used it in years. Good luck

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

Surprisingly, I found the same model fork on ebay for $14. Miracles do happen.

[@walnuthills11]

Beautiful bike! It looks like the downtube is buckled, no? The fork looks OK to me but the downtube looks severely bent, probably due to an accident as you said. Edit: never mind, noticed the fork bend as well. I corrected such a fork bend on my '69 Schwinn Collegiate after an accident with a long piece of PVC pipe.

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

You're right about the bend in the downtube. I don't see any cracks in the weld at head or stress marks in the tubing and wonder if the downtube was made that way. The radius seems so smooth. I'll have to see if I can find some original phots online. Thanks for bringing this up to me. As for the fork, I bought a cheap used one on ebay, I hope this will work to replace misshapen original. If not, I'll try bending the original. Thanks again.

[@walnuthills11]

@@edscyclingwithcoyotes No worries! Good luck and happy to help! Happy riding!!