wheelbender6
Finally riding a big boys bike
***OOOPs. I meant to post this under Vintage Lightweights; not Lightweight Schwinns. My bad******
About 15 years ago, my boss found an abandoned, sun rotted road bike at the back of his property and asked me if I wanted it. I was an avid mountain biker, but decided that I wanted the old road bike.
-After disassembly, I applied rubbing compound to the frame. After years of Arizona sun, you could not tell what color it was. I expected it to be a department store bike, but the the rubbing compound revealed that Ron Cooper was painted on the down tube. I had to look it up. Ron Cooper frames, in the 70s, were hand made at his shop outside London.
-I revived the old Ron Cooper and later rode it in the MS-150.
About 15 years ago, my boss found an abandoned, sun rotted road bike at the back of his property and asked me if I wanted it. I was an avid mountain biker, but decided that I wanted the old road bike.
-After disassembly, I applied rubbing compound to the frame. After years of Arizona sun, you could not tell what color it was. I expected it to be a department store bike, but the the rubbing compound revealed that Ron Cooper was painted on the down tube. I had to look it up. Ron Cooper frames, in the 70s, were hand made at his shop outside London.
-I revived the old Ron Cooper and later rode it in the MS-150.
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