I have actually been done with my Daughters campus bike for about a month. I just moved to Spokane and was pretty busy on both sides of the move but I am finally getting caught up so back to ...
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Now that the bike is in the stand we can address a few things, like the brakes which are mush right now. I got the old brake cables and housing out and replaced them with ne...
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At this apartment anyway. Next month I am moving to Spokane after 30 years of living in Seattle, 20 here in West Seattle and 9 at this apartment which is where this blog was born. A numbe...
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It finally got sunny and warm enough for me to list this bike on Craigslist and it went fairly quickly. I did love this bike, I loved the fit and the ride and the quirky French...
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Well I finally did something I have not done since October, I rode my bike! We have been having lovely 70 degree weather in Seattle lately and I got to stop wearing the defibrillator vest ...
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A trip to the doctors in late October to figure out why I had been dealing with a shortness of breath for 3 weeks revealed my heart had been slacking. It was only beating about about 50% of t...
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I almost didn't ride today but decided to buck up and get ride #2 in today. Like last week this is a place I have not been to on previous coffeeneuring rides. I had a small Mocha. ...
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I did go a bit out of my way for this but it was a slow week and I didn't have anything better to do. I was hoping for Deore XT but its just nice standard Deore and the original thumbie...
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I spent Friday finishing up the rear hub, and then doing the bottom bracket. I even took time to clean up the back of the filthy crankset and by the end of the day all 4 bearings h...
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We are on the cusp of Coffeeneuring 2020 and the clunker challenge is still in effect until the first week of November so I figured why not do both on the Shogun? Before I get into wh...
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I did a bit more playing around with the Shogun today, a quick wipe down although its going to need a real scrub, greasing the seat post and stem etc. I took some brass wool to t...
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I have been actively looking for a Specialized RockHopper but haven't found one in the right size, price, components combination as yet. Yesterday I did come across something that inter...
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I figured I would try the warehouse sale this weekend. When I went in the spring I was far enough back in line that by the time I got to the sale it was picked over. This time I was f...
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I think that as important as it is to be persistent and think outside the box it is equally important to know when to walk away. I took the front wheel for the Giant to my LBS for a ...
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Back in June of 2017 I was aimless browsing the CL bike ads, as I all too often do, and came across this 1984 Nishiki Cascade in the parts section for $11 because it was missing some part...
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I decided to list the Trek again before I could talk myself out of it. I put it on CL at $375 and got the full price within a few days. The buyer plans to commute on it and really l...
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The combination of boredom and FB marketplace (or CL) is a dangerous thing. Hmm This Giant Roadbike has been on FB for 3 weeks wonder if its still available? (It was). $150 s...
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I currently have six bikes, which for one guy seems like too many and since we are at the vortex of a crazy bike market and about 5 weeks left of summer if I was going to sell something now wou...
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I mentioned in July that the iffyness of the shifting on Allez was dissuading me from riding it much, which seemed a waste after the work to rebuild it. My fix was a 7 speed Shimano 105...
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A few weeks after I acquired the Univega I saw that Bike Forums was having a clunker challenge again this year. Since I had purchased it for $40 the Univega was the obvious choice but if I...
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After being distracted by my nephews bike and the unexpected arrival of the Univega Hybrid I got back to the Miyata 112 rebuild. I got the rear hub cleaned up and the rear ...
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I mentioned in an earlier post that I have spent a few month looking for a bike for my Nephew. He had asked for a recommendation and based on what he wanted to used it for I suggested a e...
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loading up my prize Having done a lot of looking lately to find a Mountain bike for my nephew it seemed to me that in this COVID market that the deals have, understandably, dried up. Tod...
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My starting point was a musty dusty wheel with a dried out tire and I really had no idea when it had last been serviced but I would guess it had been years. Although tearing into a hub c...
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I spent time this weekend get the frame waxed and back together since I had already worked on the rust. Before waxing I did some touch up of the bare spots with some nail polish, n...
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