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@snufkin
Hey guys been a long time since I have posted here
so I have had this very nice bike waiting to be restored for a while now I got a great deal online and have been saving so I can do a sympathetic restoration
the previous owner had already stripped away the multiple paint jobs it had been given over the years so I am at square one
It's an unidentified 30s- to early 50ish (by my fairly uninformed reckoning) frame that has a head clip and came with a convincingly worn Major Taylor stem and basically all the parts look fairly original or at least of the right era
I am thinking of getting all the parts re-chromed/nickel plated (depending on the most historically appropriate choice) including the fork ends and chain stay/seat stay/ drop out tips as they look like it was this way from what's left of the original finish (probably use london chroming)
then my plan is to pick a colour for the frame forks and have it painted coated somewhere
however I am building this back up as a bike I will regularly ride so if you guys have any ideas or advice or think I should do something else (i don't want it to feel perfect like an unreadable museum piece) then I would like to hear your opinions
thanks
edit (also just for background my other bike is a rescued 30s lightweight with a head-clip that I put together with modern light weight parts in an unffussy way but it's about to be sent off for repair as one of the dropouts cracked so this will be a ridden but slightly better looked after bike )