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@Chris1Matthews
Hi,
I just received an old road bike off my brother, pretty good story really, he saw it in a front garden with a sign saying 'scrap metal' so he knocked on the door and asked the woman if she wanted any money for it, she said no as it was her late husbands and she was going to scrap it!
So yeah, got a bike for free, not bad really!
I am planning on restoring it, starting with stripping the paint and respraying it. Then i was going to make it into a fixie, but have been considering just restoring it to an old road bike..... not sure yet.
I was just wondering if anyone had any tips or advice for me as I have never done this before. Particularly the respray seeing as this is the first job, should i use paint stripper or just sand it?
Thanks Chris