Suteki 12

Ogedei · 08-20-2006, 05:20 PM

The guy dropped the bike off this afternoon.

It is a Suteki brand bicycle. Little bit of looking around looks like is was a sears brand bike and sold for around $200-$400 in the early 80s.

Steel frame as I suspected, "Tough Lite Steel".

The tires came with it, but they look a little worse for wear. Probably just pick up a couple of new cheapy ones. No tubes either. The front wheel looks fairly true, I haven't looked at the back one yet.

Chain is there but a little rusty. Probably need to replace that too, but not as high priority as some things.

Back break pads are wrecked I will need to replace them.

Frame..sizing is best described with a picture..

Wheels are 27 x 1 1/4"

Few cosmetic problems here and there. But not in that bad shape, especially for the low low entry price of $0.

I'll get more info as I progress.

Og.

emartin10 · 08-20-2006, 05:25 PM

Heck yes man. This is going to be like Pimp My Ride, except with a bike. Nice.

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Ogedei · 08-20-2006, 05:45 PM

Frame weighs like 20lbs.

Iwas just messing around with the shifter and they seem to work, as do the brakes. I think it will be a little small, but not overly so. Not a perfect fit, but rideable.

Looks like I can get a bunch of cheap parts for maybe $20 or so to get it operational and take it for spin.

Og.

finboy · 08-20-2006, 11:35 PM

Cool...be sure to take some pictures when you get her all fixed up.

ODB · 08-21-2006, 08:39 AM

Take pictures all along the way. We need to see the build on the beast!

Ogedei · 08-25-2006, 08:52 AM

Haven't started much more than the preliminary research as this is all pretty new to me. I will try and collect a list of my sources for this project since I am a TOTAL newbie when it comes to this. I will probably track it on the blog and maybe on here as well. When I am done I will try and remeber to present my collection in a more unified structure.