I am planning the bicycle trip with my wife. I purchased the road bike frame cheap for myself at Yahoo! Auctions. A wife is short. Therefore, I looked for the road bike for children whose tire size is 24 inches for my wife. I was able to find the good grade road bike by Yahoo! Auctions. It is a Japanese-made bicycle called National Randione. Japanese people's leg is short. Therefore, a sheet tube is short and there are many frames with a long top tube. This National Randione was knocked down to me for 5,250 yen. The shipping cost was about 5,000 yen.
Randione box was arrival to my home...
It was thrown into corrugated paper by a great care and protection.
The pedal had jumped out of the box.
what is this garbage is? It seems that something was protected
With the photograph of an auction, although the fender was attached, it is not found.
The tire is attached to the change.
The head part is not corroded so much.
A frame is not TIG welding but lug specification.
Restoration and overhaul are pleasure. It seems that the corrosion of a frame is not so serious.
Was the owner of this bicycle an uncle short in stature?
The blue plastic tape was wound around the grip.
In a plating part, rust is generated thinly.
As for the rust of this stem, the rust inside a frame has adhered.
As for the rotation part, grease became hard and the motion was blunt.
The front gear is united with the crank.
Therefore, it is unexchangeable.
I am glad if the crank nut does not adhere.
So heavy saddle...
This is advertising for this National Randione. It is put on the market from National in 1980. A model is Idle called Junko Mihara which was famous those days. At a price of that time, it is written as 49800 yen.
It assembled, before decomposing. The balance of a frame is not good after all. I was a schoolchild those days. The road bike was in fashion at the time. It was Roadman of Bridgestonen that was popular. National is the past name of Matsushita Electric unified into Panasonic. An exaggerated hoe and restoration will require various processes. It decomposes per parts first. It will become beautiful if it is corrosion of this level, and it polishes by a compound. Since a frame is iron, rust is dropped and re-painted with a sandpaper. A chain and a wire are exchanged for a new article. The long trip where carry out a grease rise and it looks for the parts which are not pleasing at an auction starts. Since this bicycle is used for a long touring, a career will be required for it. I think that I will make a career from DIY.
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"National RANDIONE" The Old Bike Restoration 2
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