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I got this bike for cheap locally wanting to turn it into a cheap bike I can take anywhere, not spending any money to restore it. Ended up spending some 40€ in new parts but that's all and I'm pretty pleased with it. It's now pretty usable although the gearing is not really ideal for me but oh well. Saddle is pretty shit too but it works.
There is a slight bodge, I'm using a crown race that's not for this headset because it takes a 27.0mm one and the headset I had was for 26.4mm. The shape is very similar but not the exact same one and you notice it when looking at it up close. After ~100km the bearings seem not to have been affected at all by this but it's something I'll have to change asap just to be safe.
Pics are before and after I got it. I've already installed the bar plugs btw, no penis degloving for me.