GT pegs

The GT Frame Standers are nice, but having size 45 feet means my heels catch them, so pegs is the way to go.

Picked these up GT Pegs on the BMX Museum, and figured they'd be worth have a go as restoring as best they can, unfortunately they were 26TPI and all my wheels are 24TPI... but that's easily sorted.

How they looked in the original advert, not bad but not good:

I started with one, and just hit it with some steel wool and most of the surface rust disappeared with some elbow grease. The one on the left is after steel wool and the right untouched.

One of the messy bits was the inside of the tube. The rust was pretty heavy but still the steel wool worked wonders. Again the one on the left (which was the worse of the two) cleaned up well compared to the untouched one.

However there is still the issue of the threads. These are 26TPI, and I need 24TPI... thanks god for tap and die set and I tapped out the threads accordingly. Also it had the benefit of cleaning the rust out of the threads too.

Anyway, they scrubbed up well and they'll soon find their way on to the back of the Performer. Mind you... they'd look nicer in white, but not as usable :)

Picking powder

Now that I got the bits back, there a little work to do on the bits.

The first task in had was to tidy up the quick release on the Nippons. There was some minor "overspray" from the powdering on the washer, so it was a quick tidy up picking away the excess powder with a knife. That just leaves the inlay work to do on the Dia Compe Nippon text, but can't do that until the oil paint pens arrive.

One thing I did finish up was the GT Fork standers. Again the rivet was powdered white, so I did the same here picking off the excess powder coat with a sharp knife.

Also completed are the GT Stem and Frame Standers.

It's Xmas 1985... again!