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Edited Date/Time 9/12/2012 9:18am
this is not my bike, it belongs to a friend.

he sent me the before and after pics yesterday and i thought they were to good not to share, so i asked him if he'd mind me sharing them on vital. so here they are........

before.


after.


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pawsan 9/11/2012 9:04am
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and the proud owner Sam Craig
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burn1986 9/11/2012 9:06am
9/11/2012 9:06am
Wow, that is a transformation! Nice little (expensive) project. Excellent job!
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pawsan 9/11/2012 9:08am
9/11/2012 9:08am
to be honest i didn't ask him how much the restoration cost.

but i can only imagine..... lol

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GuyB 9/11/2012 9:09am
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What a great transformation. He obviously has a lot of time and even more patience.
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pawsan 9/11/2012 9:15am
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GuyB wrote:
What a great transformation. He obviously has a lot of time and even more patience.
to be honest i don't think Sam sleeps lol

he holds down a regular job, is a competitive cyclist, and practically lives in the gym lol
he says it's just something he always wanted to do.
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jndmx 9/11/2012 9:21am
9/11/2012 9:21am
Holy hell....

That bike looks awesome, screw sleeping if you end up with that.
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mtnr 9/11/2012 9:22am
9/11/2012 9:22am
Nice one!
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OW38B 9/11/2012 9:28am
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Talk about resurrecting the dead. Nice job.

Your friend is a restore stud.
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RbR 9/11/2012 9:29am
9/11/2012 9:29am
Wow .... beautiful!
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ns503 9/11/2012 9:35am
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What shocks are those?

That is awesome.
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jeffro503 9/11/2012 9:42am
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WOW!!......There is not one nut or bolt on that bike he didn't touch! That is one impressive restore right there! A lot of patience! Gawd that thing is beautiful!
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slowvet 9/11/2012 10:05am
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jeffro503 wrote:
WOW!!......There is not one nut or bolt on that bike he didn't touch! That is one impressive restore right there! A lot of patience! Gawd that...
WOW!!......There is not one nut or bolt on that bike he didn't touch! That is one impressive restore right there! A lot of patience! Gawd that thing is beautiful!
x2. Way up there on the fucking rad meter.
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HenryA 9/11/2012 10:08am
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Un fucking believable Shocked
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newmann 9/11/2012 10:09am
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The before pictures are great. Looks like most of the stuff I dig up!Smile Great bike, good times!!
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1911 9/11/2012 10:36am
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Looks great
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Big 9/11/2012 10:42am
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Sweeeet! What a bikebuildchamp!

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pawsan 9/11/2012 12:20pm
9/11/2012 12:20pm Edited Date/Time 9/11/2012 12:24pm
ns503 wrote:
What shocks are those?

That is awesome.
Im not sure . i think he is going to regester to vital so hopefully he'll be able to answer some questions.
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DL 9/11/2012 1:46pm
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Amazing!
scraig339 9/11/2012 2:38pm
9/11/2012 2:38pm Edited Date/Time 9/11/2012 3:04pm
nice bike looks like the one i built o s~~T IT IS MY BIKE LOL
BIG THANKS FOR ALL NICE WORDs IT MAKES IT ALL WORTH IT
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pawsan 9/11/2012 7:13pm
9/11/2012 7:13pm
Hey sam good to see you found your asy here.
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machine 9/11/2012 7:21pm
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wow,i'm impressed......
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UpTiTe 9/11/2012 7:31pm
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Thats an impressive rebuild.
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G Force 9/11/2012 7:40pm
9/11/2012 7:40pm
Beautiful job!

I love the early 80's Maicos. I assume its an 81 or 82? Beauty none the less.
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mhpopp 9/11/2012 9:39pm
9/11/2012 9:39pm
wow, very impressive!

i have that identical orbea orca with sram red too!

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