Post by darrenh on Mar 17, 2013 19:16:21 GMT
hello everyone, my first post i am darren 
this bomber has been languishing in a shed at my nans for 25 odd years. it used to be my uncles when he was a teenager and i used to use it when i stayed at weekends, nan recently moved and we are clearing the out buildings. there's a fair bit of nostalgia surrounding this bike, said uncle died many years ago and i don't actually have a bike, so decided to save it from going the skip and recommission it.
i owned a striker followed by chrome burner in the 80s so i was quite envious of this bigger bike, and with gears !
i apologise for the pictures which look like 4 year old took them on a nokia 7250, it was cold and raining and using my crappy SE phone, but hopefully get the gist ! does anyone know the approx age ?
it was stored in a draughty old shed, so while its not had direct water contact, its had a fair bit of "humidity" !! everything is free and working (including the sturmey)
my main concern is that the chrome parts are in bad shape, i wondered if they can be re-chromed ? i have the technical and mechanical nouse to do the all the other work although i've never re-spoked a wheel from scratch (only replaced a few)
the other issue is decals, they are faded and hanging off, can reproduction vinyl's be sourced ?
many thanks for any help, just off to read some of your other threads
this bomber has been languishing in a shed at my nans for 25 odd years. it used to be my uncles when he was a teenager and i used to use it when i stayed at weekends, nan recently moved and we are clearing the out buildings. there's a fair bit of nostalgia surrounding this bike, said uncle died many years ago and i don't actually have a bike, so decided to save it from going the skip and recommission it.
i owned a striker followed by chrome burner in the 80s so i was quite envious of this bigger bike, and with gears !
i apologise for the pictures which look like 4 year old took them on a nokia 7250, it was cold and raining and using my crappy SE phone, but hopefully get the gist ! does anyone know the approx age ?
it was stored in a draughty old shed, so while its not had direct water contact, its had a fair bit of "humidity" !! everything is free and working (including the sturmey)
my main concern is that the chrome parts are in bad shape, i wondered if they can be re-chromed ? i have the technical and mechanical nouse to do the all the other work although i've never re-spoked a wheel from scratch (only replaced a few)
the other issue is decals, they are faded and hanging off, can reproduction vinyl's be sourced ?
many thanks for any help, just off to read some of your other threads
