Hey..kinda new to the site. Been reading (lurking) here for a couple months.

Anyway, today was D-Day for me and my old rides. I finally made my way over to my parents old home today in order to reclaim my bikes. It's been over 20 years since I've touched these. The years have not been kind to my old rides as you'll see below. All of these were packed away in a wooden shed back in 1990 or so. The wooden floor of the shed gave way some years ago and exposed the bikes to the elements. I packed up as much as I could find into my car and headed back home.


Bike #1 is the last 20"er  I rode, a 1987 Schwinn Predator Free From Pro. I had asked for this as a x-mas gift primarily because the local Schwinn shop was basically giving these away at about $100 a pop.



This one was in the best shape of the bunch today. Only major rust victim here appears to be the freewheel on the 48's and the seat is cracked from a 2x4 that was laying on top of it. I'm still wondering if or how to restore this bike given its "black shadow chrome" finish which has a few scratches and blemishes from some heavy flatlanding use BITD.




I didn't expect to see this one, but this was my old race bike. I only found the frame today, the forks have yet to be located. I think this is a 83-84 Hutch "Pro-Racer", I don't remember. Hopefully somebody can positively ID this one.


Quite a bit of rust, but not as bad as I had imagined.



Now this one was the reason I made the journey to Mom & Dad's, My 1986 Haro Sport. God bless State Farm Insurance for buying this for me when my 85 FST got ran over by a car (long story). Unfortunately, my old Sport has most definitely seen better days...



Ugh. Is it Haro, a GT, an Ozone? I used every inch of this bike and it shows. The only original things left on this one are the Frame, forks, and pedals.



Itson bars, GT stem, a Schwinn Yo! seat, and the rust...



How do you get rid of rust like this?

I did manage to find the stock handlebars but couldn't find the original Haro chainwheel or the green, Group 1 stem anywhere. I did find the original Peregrine wheels that were on the Sport. Unfortunatly they look as bad as the rest of the bike.



Anyway, it was good to get back to my roots today. Hoping to get back to 'em even more given my new "projects" I now have.

I'm in NC btw. High Point, NC to be exact.