Original owner of this chrome GT Performer. Fully restored to original glory.
I decided at the age of 21 I wanted to get back in to freestyle. I purchased this bike from the now defunct Bicycle Doctor out of Oconomowoc, WI. I rode it pretty hard, but always took pretty good care of it. By age 22 I got a job outside of Wisconsin and had to move. This bike sat in my parent's garage until summer of 2012 when my mom called me and said "I put your rusty bike in a garage sale and a man is offering 25$ for it" Of course, the first thing I did was get in my car, drove back and picked it up.
When I got it home I started looking at all the damage. The chrome was covered in rust. The tires were cracked and worthless. I didn't take any pictures of it before I restored it because honestly I didn't believe it was worth the restore.
Then I decided to take some NEVR-DUL to it and bam... rust came right off and it shined right up. Luckily I found the decals on Ebay. No idea how I got so lucky, but they were there the first time I tried searching for them. I haven't seen a set since. After that I found NOS tires for it. Lastly, I replaced the brake levers.
Thanks for looking... This bike will be in my family until I kick the bucket. Then the kids will probably sell it for 25$ in a garage sale.