Once you dismantle something and then do the fixup/cleanup routine, you must mantle it. At this point in the project, you have conceptually turned the corner and are looking forward to a revived bike, or you are posting it on craigslist as a box of parts. This bike consumes a lot of elbow grease (and some knuckle grease), but has no further surprises and is actually a solid but neglected bike.

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