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On Training Wheels
It took a while but I finally finished my restoration of my BSA folding bike.
The bike was missing parts when I acquired it and although I was able to find some (front brake caliper, brake lever), I had to fabricate some of the parts myself (brake cable assemblies, brake pads, front brake pad holders, hardware), and was able to get some parts reproduction (saddle, grips). I restored it as close as I could to factory (even recreated some of the runs in the paint). I still need to find/reproduce a tool bag and frame pump but the bike is practically finished (any ideas or leads on these items would be appreciated).
I spend a lot of time digging through everything I could find on the internet to help with the restoration. I also documented the whole process in case my efforts may help others trying to restore one of these. The link to the facebook album that contains high resolution photos is here; https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10101361476432239.1073741835.12811241&type=1&l=9686429dd9
The reproduction of the brake cable housings involved old shoe laces and lots of pastidip. You can find detailed instructions on how to fabricate the cable housings on the website I was able to get many of the small parts to make the housings. It is at the very bottom of this webpage; http://www.myronsmopeds.com/category/cable-parts/
I hope some of this information may help others working on these bikes. I would be happy to answer any questions.
The bike was missing parts when I acquired it and although I was able to find some (front brake caliper, brake lever), I had to fabricate some of the parts myself (brake cable assemblies, brake pads, front brake pad holders, hardware), and was able to get some parts reproduction (saddle, grips). I restored it as close as I could to factory (even recreated some of the runs in the paint). I still need to find/reproduce a tool bag and frame pump but the bike is practically finished (any ideas or leads on these items would be appreciated).
I spend a lot of time digging through everything I could find on the internet to help with the restoration. I also documented the whole process in case my efforts may help others trying to restore one of these. The link to the facebook album that contains high resolution photos is here; https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10101361476432239.1073741835.12811241&type=1&l=9686429dd9
The reproduction of the brake cable housings involved old shoe laces and lots of pastidip. You can find detailed instructions on how to fabricate the cable housings on the website I was able to get many of the small parts to make the housings. It is at the very bottom of this webpage; http://www.myronsmopeds.com/category/cable-parts/
I hope some of this information may help others working on these bikes. I would be happy to answer any questions.
