Monark Rocket

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Started this last weekend by tearing down and power washing. I'm going the WD40 and 0000 steel wool route. I'm going to finish with Johnson's Wax and re-assemble. Unfortunately, the rims are shot and I'm going to have to come up with a plan B. I do have a set of S2's that I can throw on.

 

[Scribble]

That's going to clean up perfectly.

 

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Made some progress over the weekend. The remaining paint really popped after the WD-40 and the Johnson's wax.

 

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On vacation this week. Made some good progress over the last few days.

 

[rusty.kirkpatrick]

Coming out nice!

 

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Finished up this past weekend. Rides great. Not thrilled with the color of the seat and may replace it with something black. Had to use rims, chain, and pedals off a Schwinn built American Flyer that was a future project. The original parts were roached. Learned a couple of things on this build. First, I love the Wald pedals that disassemble. Made cleaning a breeze. Second, I like the construction of the New Departure hub over the Bendix. This was the first one I've rebuilt. The bearing race design is much better IMO. Third, don't know if I would go the steel wool/WD40 route again. On good, solid paint you can see slight scratching from the steel wool. On heavy rust though it worked great. Overall a great build.

 

[Scribble]

Beautiful