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@FatManOnAFixie
Thats the kind of incentive I need. thank you MrHilly Ben :-)
The oily covering had protected the bikes well but did attract a lorra lorra loft debris...
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z109/davethebass1/Dawes%20SS%20conversion/CIMG0116_zpsc9bcd875.jpg
I had trouble turning the bars on the Dawes, the headset bearings felt 'crunchy', the bottom bracket was also devoid of precisionness (new word that).
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z109/davethebass1/Dawes%20SS%20conversion/a53de3ee-f96e-4c9b-be49-fd0e037d6741_zpsecc3da97.jpg
and yucky BB...I think it'd been got at but unskilled yoots judging by the state of the plastic nut covers and looseness of the pedal crank which wobbled on the square taper...
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z109/davethebass1/Dawes%20SS%20conversion/CIMG0122_zpsf2684058.jpg
and
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z109/davethebass1/Dawes%20SS%20conversion/CIMG0123_zps2e748999.jpg
Yucky. Lets have a look at the headset shall we? Hmm, doesn't look too bad..
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z109/davethebass1/Dawes%20SS%20conversion/CIMG0141_zpsff68b9fa.jpg
Bleuuuckkkkkk! I want my Mummy!
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z109/davethebass1/Dawes%20SS%20conversion/CIMG0145_zps292fdf48.jpg
and the BB, yummy, "crunchy"...
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z109/davethebass1/Dawes%20SS%20conversion/CIMG0136_zpsd925fc40.jpg
Interval time. Pausing for a beer.
Hungry for more?