Sup guys have this old bike that was sitting for about 9 years,

>>949749
Don't bother with it. The drive train is rusted to shit, the tires and tubes are shot, the suspension is a joke, the brake lines will need replacing and its a shit $99 dollar Walmart special to begin with. You will literally spend more on good tubes and tires than that thing is worth in its current condition.

Get yourself a good quality bike used off of CL or at a yard sale or something and fix up that.

>>949749
Really, all you need is a new tube and tire for the back wheel, and likely a new tube and maybe tire for the front wheel, depending on shape.

You should probably put on a new chain, too.
Ignore what >>949756 said, New tubes and a tire would only cost you about $30, it's new rims that are expensive. You don't need to buy super high end racing bike shit.

>>949761
you think brakes and shocks should be good?

>>949765
Not him but we can't see the brakes form the pic. Try checking the brake wiring, if they respond well etc.Tubes are dity cheap (at least here) and tires vary greatly. Brake wires are usually cheap and easy to replace

>>949761
He doesn't need racing bike shit but. He can find alot better bike for $10 from a yard sale. I agree with what the other guy said. This is department store junk.

The suspension will rob you of any pedalling energy since its just made with springs instead of real shocks. So you will go slow get exhausted and not get any where.

Look for a old rigid bike of better than walmart quality and you should be good. I worked in a volunteer bike workshop for a year. A bike like this used to go right in the scrap bin as not worth saving.

Don't spend even a dollar in this bike.

This 9 year old mongoose is junk. But if you managed to find a 25 year old mongoose bike you'd be in business. It used to be a good brand before being brought out and turned to junk level.

>>949781
i took a 8yo mongooose with grass growing in it and derailleurs rusted shut.
so i lubed that bitch and patch one tube broke in the brakes and now i have a good bike.
dont listen to haters get some tools and lube and fix your own bike.
ops looks like shit new tuubes and tiires m8

>>949797
Theres some bike shop spec mongooses around. Is yours one? If not try out a better bike at some stage the ride difference is night and day.

Also don't encourage people to spend money on a disappointing bike. There are thousands of abandoned bikes that are better than that. Ops bike is about as bad as it gets in terms of bikes within the last 35 years.

Ops front tire also looks rotted out. If op wanted to learn how to change a tire you can learn on this bike. But be aware adjusting breaks and gears are 100% harder than an actual non bicycle shaped object.

>>949749
Can't tell, was it sitting indoor or outdoors for 9 years? Wonder if those springs/shocks can be locked open so they don't absorb pedaling energy. It might also make a good around town bike that could be locked up outside and not worry if someone would steal it.

Maybe hit any heavily rusted parts with some PB Blaster. How bad is the rear tire? Put a new tube in and go for a spin. Park Tools website has a repair section that helped me get my bike running. http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/

Just a question for /diy/. Good shocks are the air, very hard ones, right?

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>>949749
If you're out $30 for a chain and new tubes, but get a bike and education, do it.

Any teen can strip and rebuild a bike. Do it and regrease everything in half a day, then ride it til the wheels fall off or give it to the kid down the street.

Here's my road bike I restored this summer.

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>>949952
Snagged it at a yard sale for $30.

>New tubes
>Took the frame to bare metal and repainted
>New brakes and cables
>New tape and saddle

Financially I may be about $50 underwater, but it was fun learning and restoring.

>>949953
How the hell did you find that in a yard sale!. Its a billion times better than ops shit pile..... actually looks better than my bike :(.

>>949959
Right time, right place.

I saw it around 9am, but kicked it around for a few hours. Somehow it was still there.

I think it's a '82 Peugeot UO. 56-ish cm which fits me perfectly.

The previous owner had upgraded the rims and a Cinelli bar, then masked it in rust and spray paint, and given it to the family having a yard sale who was looking for donations for something.

I just won out on the combo of flat tire, rust, and it being in the right part of town.

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>>949965
>>949959
>>949953
found an old ~80s cilo bike with complete reynolds frame and mostly complete shimano 600ax gear in switzerland near were its been originally manufactured, in a yard sale for 60€
new tires and a fitting set of monthlery route rims and i hope its ready to go (and mostly original)

pic is similar but not exact model

>>949965
>>949952
>>949975
Nice finds! I onces found a Alan bike with 400ex shimano group set basically ready to go just missing the front brake caliper $15 in a yard sale. I got told by the guy as I was wheeling it away "it needs ALOT of work". It didn't just the brake caliper.

>>949761
m8 his bike is a piece of shit AND in an awful condition. He should get a new one.

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>>949749
>Hey guys, I have this car, pic related
>It was sitting in my back yard for 9 years.
>Needs new wheels.
>What do I need to do to get it operable again?

This if you if you were posting to /o/.

>>950227
It's not the condition of the bike that is the problem. New tires are no issue. The chain can be saved to. The problem is the type of bike that it is. If this bike was brand new without a scratch on it. Throwing it away would still be the best option.

Its about as useful as a windows 10 tablet with only 256mb of soldered in ram. Slow as shit and doesn't really work.

>>950233
As useful as a win 10 laptop with no battery or networking capabilities that randomly resets every 10 minutes after taking 7 minutes to boot up.

>>950233
Thats the exact point I was making. The picture is of a Yugo.

>>949749
Don't listen to these people OP. That bike can be salvaged for little outlay. You need tools, a can of PB blaster, oil, and file or sandpaper.

- Try to air up tires. You might be surprised. Replace tubes if needed. Tires are expensive compared to the bike, so replace with used if you have to.
- PB blaster to chain, or better remove it and put in a pan of waste oil. Leave overnight, remove and with gloves work it until it's freed up enough to work. Or replace it if this doesn't work; again, haunt the bike shops b/c even a thrown-out worn chain is better than that thing.
- Use file on brake pads to remove the part that touches rim, sand down to rubber underneath. I've removed them and ground them into sidewalk in a pinch.
- PB blaster on everything that's supposed to rotate, spin, or slide. Oil afterwards.

As you go, replace the likely rotted tires, cables, pull apart wheel bearings and bottom end bearings and grease, replace with new chain, new brake pads, etc. If you get used equipment from local bike shop pulls they'll be better than whatever Walmart sourced that thing with.

People that rag on these dept store bikes have likely never seen the true shit they sold in the 70's and 80's. Steel wheels, 40# rust monsters. I used to get those going too but now they're considered classics. Go figure.

>>950335
That bike shouldn't be salvaged is the point. Brand new it's still junk. All your power just goes into the suspension when riding. Riding one is just plain hard work even to go a mile or two. You'll probably die exhaustion if you try and go up a hill with this thing. Plus every thing on it will break. Its like a toy not a bike.

There are many bikes out there much more worthy than restoration that this.

Op go hunting in yard sales and stuff.

>>949749
>Tfw nobody notices the four leaf clover in OP picture.

>>950381
>Brand new it's still junk
And with that statement you've defined yourself. Any non lbs bike would be junk, to you. Having owned Dept store and lbs, each has its place. Would I take that bike 100 miles from home, or on a week long trip to Moab? No. Would I hit local trails or neighbor hoods? Why not?

Worthy of resto is slippery. Lots of 70s shit I cut up for tubing in the 80s would make you cry...

>>950392
I found some old ass bicycle that was pretty rusty and I was like cool maybe its worth something. and asked a bike cycle forum. took them like 2 days to respond. by then I already hacked it up and took what I wanted from it and trashed the rest. turned out to be some British bike from the 70s that was actually worth something from parts alone. All well, got a cool bicycle seat from it, that one day ill maybe restore..

any ideas where to get a road bike for a decent price? I don't mind restoring something a little rusted, but heavily pitted and holes in the frame is too much work. I currently ride my motorcycle everywhere, but I use to ride bicycles "huge" distances when I was in middle school up to high school. I once took a one way trip 25 miles to go hangout with a girl, just because I was a little bitch and scared to use the public buses and getting lost that way. oh yeah, and on a fucking mountain bike, in Florida heat. took like 4 hours to get there.. only had to stop like a dozen times for a drink.

>>950398
Bna australia forum has an idiots guide to restoring retro road bikes.

http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=33573

But I don't know where you can find them where you are.

>>950402
I just read through the guide I posted and realised it was much stricter than what we need since were are after decent bikes to use rather than full on restoration stuff.

Good luck with the search. The perfect find would be something with cromo or better tubing 700c wheels and down tube shifters or brifters.... or some kind of sporty hybrid.

>>950383
>clover
it's sorrel you uncultured fuck
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxalis_acetosella

>>949749
Hey, cool, I love those little buggers. So much smoother ride than "city bikes" even if they're not as practical.

Well, since it's been outside in the elements for a decade, I'd say what >>949952 says, take it apart as far as you can go, brush working/contact surfaces with a wire brush (cheapo, you can totes use a bbq brush if you don't have a fancy grinder), and regrease it.

Don't need to be fancy with the grease, but WD-40 is a classic for lubing and rust protection/mitigation. A can doesn' run you that many dolleronies..

The tubes are what you might need to replace, rubber gets all cracked and ganky after a while. Tires might be OK, since they don't need to be hermetically sealed. Just take care and don't rush retubing them.

It looks like it could be a fun weekend project, OP. Restoring an old bike is great fun and really satisfying, and it gives a great "fuck you, motherfucker"-feeling to make something broken, work again.

>>949781

what this guy said. Mongoose used to be the more affordable trek but is now just a walmart brand.


You would need to replace the entire back wheel, the entire deraileur setup.

If you want to fix up this bike it wouldnt be because it was cool but because you wanted to learn how to fix up a bike.


Your town probably has a bike co op or collective where bike-heads go and fix up their bikes and show others how to do so.

If you want to learn go down there, otherwise just drop off the bike and they can at least salvage the handlebars and maybe the twister gear changers (which are outdated by about 20 years).

If you just want a "trail bike" which is what you are describing you can go to Academy or Dicks or something and just buy one for 200 or so.

Bike snobs hate low end trail bikes but they arent so bad. Oh and skip the shocks. They only add weight and you are going on trails, not mountain biking.

>>950543

WD-40 is not grease. WD-40 is a water displacing penetrating oil

Using it on a bike with moving parts is a very bad idea.

It washes away and you are left with metal grinding on metal.

This thread should be in /n/ where people will actually be able to help you, OP

The correct answer is rip off every part of the bike that isnt totally worthless (V-calipers, wheels maybe, step, bars, levers, saddle) then put the piece of shit out of its misery

>>950335

re: PB Blaster on chain


A good chain has grease inside the pins that cannot be replaced by applying more grease.

A bike chain is a consumable. It stretches over time and becomes a problem after so many miles.

This one is absolutely done for. PB blaster on a bike chain is bad in its own right, but salvaging this one is not an option.

A rusted, stretched chain will wear out your cassette sprockets and chainrings and make shifting a nightmare.

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>>949749

OP I'm here to help you.

I'd throw the bike away. But for fun, fix it up.

First thing is converting to single speed. It is your cheapest option. Measure the crank to rear dropout distance VERY precisely and then put it into this calculator:

http://eehouse.org/fixin/fixmeup.php

If there is a match, you can proceed.

> this is assuming the rear dropouts are vertical. If they are horizontal, a whole world opens up and you can pick the ratio based on what terrain you have around you.

Now, buy the correct chainring and rear sprocket off of ebay from China (sort lowest price)[$25]. Wait two weeks for them to arrive.

You will need a special tool to remove the rear cassette. Go to a shop to have them install the sprocket.

While you are waiting on ebay parts, remove the shifters, the rear and front derailleur.

Without a drive-side picture I can't tell what the crankset situation is. You're gonna want to replace the chainrings. This could require just a hex wrench, or you might have to get another tool. A crank arm puller. Again, bike shop could do this.

All bike shop needs could be found for free at a local bike coop

Follow other poster's directions on cleaning parts and sanding brake pads. Soak the entire frame in a 50/50 mix of WD-40 and PB blaster, undiluted, until God comes down from Heaven and punches your teeth out for being an idiot

Then fill up yer tubes.

> Actually fuck cleaning anything. This is a beater.

Fill up tubes.

But a $12 single speed chain on amazon. You'll need a chain tool to cut it down to size. Co-op

You now have a $40, 30lb single speed beater MTB

> I would remove the kickstand because those are for nerds.

Taking a bike to a shop, kek iv been fixing bikes since I was 12 fixed flats,changed chains, installed wheels, replaced drive trains for candy, porn magazines, money, and somtimes for extra bikes parts and once for a kiss, and iv built multiple road, mountain and bmx bikes if you dont know how to fix a bike your retarded and shouldnt be riding one in the first place

>>951071
Most chicks have no idea how to fix a bike. I still think they should be riding.

>>950227
> no tire kickers
> i know what i got
> my loss is your win
> great project
> ran perfectly when parked 9 years ago

>>952069
Yea. Buy a bike for $60 from walmart. Sell it second hand for $100.

> as new condition
> hardly used

>>950945
Yeah... That thing is not a good chain. Soak it in oil. If seviceable, you can use it. I'd trash it, but replacement costs money of course.

Yes, incredibly hard on sprockets, but they are steel bc this is a beater bike.

Yes, you should actually pull apart and grease and oil, but if all nuts are seized that ain't happening. So PB blast, get it moving, then do the grease and oil thing.

There's 2 types of ppl in this thread. Ppl that work on curbside bikes, and ppl that ride LBS and might do their own maintenance.

>>950392
You've never ridden one of these absolute peices of shit. Literally everything on it breaks constantly. The seat will collapse and the rims will bend the first time he drops off a curb. The derailer hanger will snap in half. The brake handle will too. The shifter cable will fray and get stuck up in the housing. And the frame will fall apart if you ever dare go off road with it. These things are downright dangerous.
0/10 scrap it.

>>952849
This guy gets it.

>>952849
I've ridden XT equipped to full steel rust monsters, and have torn down the full spectrum to bare frame and reassembled. Almost exclusively MTB BC mountain town.

More expensive bikes are easier to work on, more reliable, and better riding in general. Repair techniques for cheap bikes differ from more expensive in respects since with better bikes its more worthwhile to fix therm and replace parts.

Bottom line is that bikes are fairly simple devices, and there are multiple approaches. Pick what works for the job at hand.

>>949808
>adjusting bike stuff
This so much. It's like they are made in a diferent universe where things aren't suposed to work properly.

>>949761
>New tubes and a tire would only cost you about $3
see
> You will literally spend more on good tubes and tires than that thing is worth in its current condition.

>>950392
No, he's right. Brand new it's still junk. If when you say "local trails" you mean perfectly flat lime paths, yeah go for it. But any MTB trail is gonna be pretty dangerous on that bike

>>949749
new inner tubes, new rubber treads, wd-40 the fuck out of the chain, derailers and the breaks

>>953436
This.

>>949953
oh wow, a fixie bike, omg that's sooo trendiii

>>953923
Who cares?

>>953925
hipsters

>>953925
Somehow hipsters like knee pain

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>>949772
Did you even look at the fucking picture?
Green = Brakes
Orange = Brake lines
Red = Brake applying apperatus (triggers?)

OP, the brakes look rusty, and in my opinion you'd be much better off replacing all 3 components that I've highlighted. In my own experience, rusted brakes caused an unpleasant noise, mixed braking performance, and disconnections. You don't want that.
This being said, that's what I can get from the picture. Use your best judgement.