Spring is coming, so prepping my bike. Ordered aluminum fenders and new bar tape:
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Then while cleaning the bike and getting those sorted, realised the rear hub was in need of replacement - the temporary rebuild has had enough. And as the rim itself was bent, ordered whole rear rim setup in black:
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(Yes Warchild, these are for your favourite bike of mine)
I've downsized from my Lian Li PC-O11 to a Jonsbo C5 and gone back to air cooling in the form of a NH-D15S chromax.black.
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All the same grunt in a compact formIt's freed up a ton of desk space for home working to so win win.
Nice I'm currently rebuilding my first full sus serious bike, a 98' GT LTS 3000 DS which is a painful process but for the geometry and nostagia I shall pecivere.My other bike project is slowly chugging along as well, finally managed to free the front chainring. I refused to replace it, since it resembles a pentagram and nothing quite like it is produced today. :lol: It's a ~1934 model bike, but since it has a '54 torpedo hub, I guess it has been overhauled at some point. Regardless, the bearing race was rather toight.
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So, pretty basic stuff to replace old worn-out gear:
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And to be obnoxious, this chain:
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I've overhauled pretty much everything but headset of the bike soon, which is proving to be quite the headache. It has somehow rusted together with the fork, simply trying to loose the nut caused it to snap. I've used liberal amounts of penetrant spray and tried to hammer the wedge(?) loose from the headset, but no success yet.
Looks legit, good luck with the build! Would love to see some pics as well. I find bike wrenching almost therapeutic.Nice I'm currently rebuilding my first full sus serious bike, a 98' GT LTS 3000 DS which is a painful process but for the geometry and nostagia I shall pecivere.