Monday, August 22, 2011

A great weekend

I've had the last four days off, and pretty much took care of all the little things I had to work on, like building the 86 cannondale. Here it is.....

I spent WAAAAAYY to much on it - the rear derailleur hanger is bent/busted, so the only thing I could use was a White Industries Eno Eccentric hub. The front hub is a Paul Components High flange that I got off a guy that works at the bike gallery.I fixed up the Gary Fisher frame I thought was junk. I can't get the headset on right, but it works as is. I changed cranks on the yellow Voodoo - I put the yellow raceface cranks I had on the red Voodoo (put white industries cranks on THAT one). The paint looks a lot better on this picture than in real life.......

We picked up three bikes from Jeanette's dads house - a 1956 Schwinn Corvette (missing the fender guard), Jeanette's lady stingray, and her Schwinn Varsity - all three are horrible rusty - here are the photos:




I've ridden the Corvette and the stingray - very fun! The Corvette has a Sturmey Archer three speed that works, though the middle gear skips (not sure what that is).

Here is a new picture of the yellow Voodoo (looks much better!)



I just got the crank remober for the ISIS cranks on the blue Voodoo - I'll take that off and put the White Industries cranks on it and get it ready for the Katy trail!



Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Another one gone.................

Just gave the 1996 Marin away - it was too small, but its a wonderful frame. I think Bobbi will be happy. I just picked up a 700c White Industries eccentric rear wheel, and I'm going to fix up the '86 broken Cannondale frame and ride it.  I might even get it painted!