What on earth have I bought!

[Gunk]

Looks like you did a good job 👍🏻

I’m really pleased with it, just a few minor jobs to do and then it will be up for sale. I almost kept it, but I really don’t need three!

 

[Littgull]

@Gunk what a fantastic project and restoration you have done. I have really enjoyed reading this thread.
It must be hugely satisfying comparing the 'before' and 'after' 👍.

 

[Kell]

That's a stunning restoration.

Well worth the effort (from a spectator's POV at least).

Hopefully, you'll get a tidy sum for it. But more importantly, rescued a bike from an early grave.

 

[Gunk]

I fitted the replacement mudguard blade this morning, just waiting for one more part to arrive and then it’s all done.

 

[Gunk]

Now for sale, I‘m asking £675 which I think is reasonable. I have a Brompton box so happy to post.

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/2007-brompton-m3l-for-sale.301394/

 

[Fastpedaller]

Isn't the Brompton box valued at £60 these days?

 

[Gunk]

Final job this afternoon, the replacement crank arm arrived, this is the slightly later version which has a small tab in the inside face to stop the folding pedal damaging the frame, I paid too much for it but they are very difficult to source as they only made them for a couple of years before Brompton swapped over to a spider crankset.

The new one is on the right

Here is the pedal in its new stop position, before it folding right over and touched the frame. Fortunately the previous owned had non-folding plastic pedals fitted, so the frame had not been damaged, I bought a red 2001 M3L last year and that had a deep semi-circular scratch right through the decal.

 

[Gillstay]

Good effort on restoring that. Impressed.

 

[Fastpedaller]

Indeed- very impressive, and also very quickly executed!

 

[Gunk]

Indeed- very impressive, and also very quickly executed!

I don’t muck about!

 

[Mrs M]

All finished, fitted the cables this afternoon and the chain, realised the front wheel was in back to front so I refitted that, plus checked it all over and torqued everything up. Unfortunately the weather is so horrible here I didn’t get a chance to road test it.

The only remaining job is to fit the new rear mudguard blade but I’ll do that absolutely last thing, as I don’t want to scratch it.

I’ll ride it for a few weeks to iron out any bugs and then it’ll be up for sale.

Total costs (including the bike) was £520, plus I’ve estimated I used another £65 worth of stuff I already had in boxes in the garage. So an expensive restoration but I’m very pleased with how it’s come out.

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Superb job, well done 👍🏼

 

[Gunk]

I took it for a much longer ride this afternoon and as you would expect considering how much work has been done to it, it rides like a new bike, not a single squeak or rattle, just really nice and smooth.

 

[tds101]

If I lived in the UK I'd gladly take this beauty off of your hands. And with the crap my government is doing to the rest of the entire world, I'm sure us Americans that aren't in line with it's policies will still be banned from traveling across the pond soon enough. My wife an I had plans to visit London again this year... I'm so sad right now.

 

[kingrollo]

Great thread and a quality job.

 

[Gunk]

Finally it sold today, it took a bit longer than I thought it would but I ended up with the price I wanted and made a small profit. However I would probably have made more breaking it for spares!