I stripped my old Carlton road frame today, i had been using it to commute 1 miles to uni (in Sheffield down a big hill and usally back up agian) for the last year or so after buying it for £20 fully built.(from recycle bikes)
Basically it was built badly and half the stuff was nakard, by the time i stripped all the stuff off it i decided that if i was going to re-build it i should do something about the rust.
6 hours later , 1 jar of paint stripper and alot of work with a wire brush i have :
Found it was a reynolds 531 butted frame , which was nice.
I cant decide what to do with it next :
My current thoughts are , Powder Coat and single speed .
Im not sure if you can get things enameled anymore but that would be even better.
What would you do where would you take it to get it done (in Guildford , east Yorkshire or Lincoln)
Also if anyone has a suitable fork they might like to sell me .....(current one is chromed piece of shine junk.)
