Finally had my old mountain bike dug out of storage and sent to me. It's been sitting for 8 years or so. Was expecting disaster and much work and money to get it running. Was gonna make it a single speed.
After looking it over and losing patience, I headed over to Valencia Cyclery and got some parts.
2 new tires
2 new tubes
chain
new front wheel skewer
new toe clips: total cost: 125 bucks. not bad to get an old mtn bike rolling.
and then got to work. put the bike together from the shipping box. reassembled everything, and lubed everything that moves. Took apart the front rings and cleaned them and everything went back together nice and easy.
I added some ride height to the front Rock Shok forks and it stopped bottoming out. Not bad for sitting 8 years.
Time to find some trails
After which, the end product is not too shabby.
After looking it over and losing patience, I headed over to Valencia Cyclery and got some parts.
2 new tires
2 new tubes
chain
new front wheel skewer
new toe clips: total cost: 125 bucks. not bad to get an old mtn bike rolling.
and then got to work. put the bike together from the shipping box. reassembled everything, and lubed everything that moves. Took apart the front rings and cleaned them and everything went back together nice and easy.
I added some ride height to the front Rock Shok forks and it stopped bottoming out. Not bad for sitting 8 years.
Time to find some trails
After which, the end product is not too shabby.