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New project. My wife has requested a tasteful restoration of her grandmother's bike, a 'dutch bike' as they're called in the UK, but also very popular here in Sweden for almost a hundred years. This is a 60s bike branded 'Nordstjernan' which means pole star. It's rusty, dirty and nothing works. Maybe 15 years ago she gave it to a crap LBS for some sprucing up and they binned the original wheels, destroyed the original brazed on kickstand and put on an ugly saddle. I'm going to build new wheels to resemble the originals, redo the lights with modern LED bulbs and possibly a switch, get a half decent sprung saddle, rebuild the rear duomatic coaster hub and generally clean and polish things a bit.
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