The Cycle King is Dead...Long Live the Cycle King

[crazyhawk]

I picked up this crusty Monark Cycle King (the coolest manly-man name for a bike in my opinion) at the fall Grand Rapids Swap last month. I thought it looked cool but a little too rusty. So I decided to just do a light clean-up on it and make it a fun rider. It'll never be a valuable show stopper but it has nice honest aging that I love. It's not a dramatic change, and I didn't spend much time or money on it, but like the results. It got a very light Oxalic Acid bath followed by silver spray paint removal from everywhere. Then grease, re-assembly, and finally, a RIDE! It rides great. Take a look....

 

[Joseph FINN]

I picked up this crusty Monark Cycle King (the coolest manly-man name for a bike in my opinion) at the fall Grand Rapids Swap last month. I thought it looked cool but a little too rusty. So I decided to just do a light clean-up on it and make it a fun rider. It'll never be a valuable show stopper but it has nice honest aging that I love. It's not a dramatic change, and I didn't spend much time or money on it, but like the results. It got a very light Oxalic Acid bath followed by silver spray paint removal from everywhere. Then grease, re-assembly, and finally, a RIDE! It rides great. Take a look....View attachment 1093026

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Nice !!

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[rusty.kirkpatrick]

Awesome!

 

[vincev]

I have the confusing named bike.It is a girls bike called a Cycle King.lol How to confuse a child.lol....

 

[crazyhawk]

I have the confusing named bike.It is a girls bike called a Cycle King.lol How to confuse a child.lol....


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Ha! Love that. Never saw one of those. I can think of SO many politically incorrect comments about it but......I can't do it. lol

 

[catfish]

Nice clean up.

 

[ricobike]

I'd say it's a pretty dramatic change...for the better for sure. Who would have thought that green paint was under all that rust Not this guy . Nice job!

 

[JRE]

Nice job. That turned out great.

 

[Balloonoob]

Wow. That cleaned up very nice. Especially the rack. And i thought it was more of a blueish color. good that you painted the light to match.

 

[Boris]

Fantastic clean-up!!!!!