Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Free Spirit Ten Speed restoration project

I got this bike from someone in the community we had worked with getting some things done. He had it in college and hadn't ridden it in some time; I figure it's from the early '70s, America's First Bike Boom.
Free Spirit was the line of bikes marketed by Sears; they didn't make them; rather, like most everything else at Sears, was a rebadged item from someone else. In this case, this generation of bicycle was made in Austria by Puch. Not a high end frame, but a well built, industrial style (read: not clean welds) frame with alloy Shimano brakes, Suntour gears, and a forged Sugino crank. Good stuff.
This is going to be my vehicle to tow the trailer bike. Got some new tires on it now, and a new chain. Just need cables and we are good to go!
Suntour GT changer and Shimano 5 speed freewheel
Free Spirit bars

1 comment:

  1. How is the restoration on your silver Free Spirit bike? I just bought another one. I bought one new in about 1975 and thought it would be fun to have one again.

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