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Just picked up an old Joe Waugh ladies touring bike.
It hasn't been used in 20 years, and is in a bit of a mess, but the plan is to restore it to it's former glory in time for some light summer touring with my girlfriend.
It'll take a fair amount of work; un-seizing of probably everything, maybe a respray (budget permitting), new cables / housing, new chain / cogs, probably new front and rear mechs. New tyres / tubes. New bartape. Etc etc etc... We're sticking with the original groupset, which is Deore LX.
The main problem is rust: The frame has one or two bubbly patches, and the groupset has very rusty nuts and bolts - any advice on where to get replacements would be welcome. I have no idea if they are standard sizes, or only made by Shimano?)
So far it's cost £38, which leaves us with a rough budget of £160 to get it back on the road, and looking pretty again. Here goes....