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@adam172
So it begins !
Striped to bike down to the bare frame apart from one side of the bb that I can't get off agggghhhhhh!!!!! Left it soaking over night so see I what I get tomorrow !!!!
After taking it apart iv realised the front wheel is totally seezed and only spinning on the axle and the frame lol, one of the bearing rings on one side has totally disintergrated in the bottom bracket. And the pedal arm didn't have a nut on it as the thread on the bbe was fucked.
So first job was to sort the front hub took it all apart and found the grease had gone like a thick guey glue. Looks of degreaser and so fresh grease sees the wheel spinning perfect now, latterly like new !!
I then began to sand down the frame (this is going to take a while I think it's had about 17 different coats of various colours and types of paint!)
More to come over the weekend !!