We finally admitted defeat with the plan to rebuild/refurbish our old Thorn Club Tours which needed frame work

• brazing on new cable guides & stops
• new brake and gear bosses
• forks and steering stems were seized together
• bottom brackets seized and housings looked swollen
• possible internal corrosion after standing with tubes full of water

Pretty much everything else replacing too

• gears
• sprockets
• chainwheels
• brakes
• wheels
• levers
• saddles
• head bearings
• bottom brackets
• etc. etc. etc…

The only things that could have been re-used were handlebars and cranks.

It was a romantic idea to restore them to their former glory, but realistically it would have been unjustifiably expensive and time consuming… we just wanted to ride bikes again after several years away from them.

So we decided to invest in 2 new modern hybrid bikes instead.

Two new Trek FX 2 Disc (Equipped) will replace the old Club Tours.

— John Pumford-Green 13/06/22 09:35

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