I've stripped the bike down to it's most basic components in order to de-grease, clean, polish, re-grease and oil as needed, and re-assemble.
Following advice from the local bike shop, I decided to give the old chain a second chance and clean it. One quick jiggle of the chain tool and off popped the chain for a good clean and brush up. Brake calipers have been polished, along with brake leavers. The derailleurs have also been removed and cleaned with new grease around the bearings from the small cogs. The front derailleur is not looking too good. It's cleaned up to some extent but clearly suffering from many gear changes with chain rub on the much softer alloy. It's also fairly well pitted with corrosion in places around the bracket holding it to the frame. It will do for now, but my well see a phase two replacement.
All in all, I'm pretty impressed!
The one big area left to resolve is the odd scratch on the frame. Trying to get a match for the white is one thing, but getting a metallic dark grey match in paint is quite another. I'm wondering if Halfords may be the best option for now. Anything is going to be better than rust!
A new picture will arrive soon, don't want to give you a part complete picture just yet. The new wheels are expected at some point this week so will save the picture until then.
Last update for now is the choice of handlebar tape. The bike originally came with dark grey. This changed over time to light grey and then onto white. After almost changing to black I decided to go with white once again. Just waiting for it to come into stock.
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