so i was doing some voluntary work at the bristol bike project this afternoon, when i found this haro extreme in the donations section..... what would usually happen is cheap bikes which have been run down are donated, made road worthy again and passed on to someone new as a free mode of transport or broken for parts. however i thought the haro would make a decent restoration project, so i made a small donation to the project's running fund and acquired myself a 1990 haro extreme.
the bike is completely original with exception of the tyres. the paintwork is a bit rough, graphics are scuffed, faded and peeling.
its also rusty pretty much all over, which you cant really see in the pictures, due to the colour of the paint. Although it needs a lot of work doing, it shouldn't be to difficult to turn back the years on it
heres some pics of the bike as i bought it
The haro out on its First ride
Some of the rust that I sorted out before it worsened. There was quite a lot of rust on this bike to begin with
Cleaned up with some chunkier tyres
Now work begins, first with a full strip down
i begun to remove the graphics with a meat cleaver i found in the kitchen (of all things) and the paint just easilly scraped away with them.... i guess 22 years of wear and tear had taken its toll on the paintwork. i decided to continue with this method as its far cheaper than having the frame shot blasted... then I used nitro mors to get in all the tight places such as around the welds.
heres the bb that i removed from the frame
Work begins on the forks
the frame before paint. this was completely stripped by hand and took weeks but i had to get the paintwork right