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[Bob_Ross]

After spending the previous ~6 months out of town riding nothing but a 16-year-old off-the-shelf bicycle, coming back to my custom, made-to-measure bike was absolutely sublime.

 

[pie_man_25]

Whelp, my parents came up to help me with finishing up the move this week, and my dad came with a box full of old bike parts. I've got a set of handlebars that'll fit, now, a couple of front and rear derailleurs to choose from, and a set of v-brakes. I'll have to do some reading to see if the v-brakes would work on the older lugs for the brakes the bike had on to begin with.

Other than that, I'm planning on riding out to a nearby town and touring a guitar workshop.

 

[fdeck]

Don't throw away the canti's. (Disclaimer: I hate v-brakes).

 

[MattZilla]

@Bob_Ross I am filled with a strong feeling of envy with a small side of jealousy. A lugged RS. Congrats.

 

[MattZilla]

@pie_man_25 if you don’t stick with cantis or jump to mini-V’s on the front you’ll have to either hook up a Travel Agent on one of the brake lines or have mismatched brake levers as you’re kinda stuck with a centerpull U Brake on the rear.

Well setup cantis are the best braking you can get.

 

[pie_man_25]

@pie_man_25 if you don’t stick with cantis or jump to mini-V’s on the front you’ll have to either hook up a Travel Agent on one of the brake lines or have mismatched brake levers as you’re kinda stuck with a centerpull U Brake on the rear.

Well setup cantis are the best braking you can get.

I've heard that people really like their cantis. The frame still has the front cantis.

The rear brakes are an old Shimano "u" brake that I'm unfamiliar with - and I'll need to find those as they're not on the frame. As you can imagine, research on that front is going to wait until things are more manageable on my end.

 

[pie_man_25]

Took the Trek frame apart, there was a bit of surface rust inside the bottom bracket and headset tube. The bottom bracket was replaced with a square taper cartridge model - it still spins just fine, smooth turning and everything, so I'll keep it.

Cleaned it all out with a brush and sprayed some fluid film on the whole frame, inside and out, as well as I could to hopefully prevent rust and keep it from progressing.

Currently waiting out some rain at a brewpub - that's the photo. I sprayed this bike with fluid film in March, and the rust already on it hasn't visibly gotten any worse since.

 

[fdeck]

In my experience, rain doesn't do much harm to bikes. Maybe a tiny bit of surface rust on the chain, which is just cosmetic. It's important to make sure that water can't accumulate in the bottom bracket.

 

[pie_man_25]

In my experience, rain doesn't do much harm to bikes. Maybe a tiny bit of surface rust on the chain, which is just cosmetic. It's important to make sure that water can't accumulate in the bottom bracket.

That's fair, and I can't say you're wrong. I've had to store my bikes outdoors before the past year, and I'll have to do that again, I'm trying to take some precautions to make things easier down the road. My last car I had to let go because of all the rust, I could just be paranoid.

Bottom brackets should be fine, though, but with the CCM I've been repacking it every year and so far no issues.

 

[pie_man_25]

Pics below, I ended up throwing some snacks, water, and beer into my backpack, tying it into the rear rack, and hitting up the free ferry to Wolfe Island. Biked around almost the whole darn thing for a total of 110km today. I'm sure plenty of folks have done more but that's twice as much as the last longest ride.

The trek frame is coming along, I've found a good seatpost, need to find some handlebars and/or a stem, and a u-brake for the rear. I've done a potential seller for some "just get it rolling" wheels. I'm considering removing the rust from the frame, but if I go at it with sandpaper I'd screw up the finish even more - I'm in no rush with this project, so I'm okay with deliberating on the paint job a bit.

 

[Hot Rats]

New rims and tires today. These are 26 x 2.25, the largest tires I've ever had. I'm running 20 lbs in the front and 24 lbs in the back and they are nice. Just enough air to not fold over but they are soaking up the little bumps really well. I can't imagine how fun some of those really ultra-big tire bikes must be.

 

[pie_man_25]

Whelp, took my bike out for a post work 15km today. Right after the last hill I got casually passed by a guy on an S-works wearing lycra more expensive than my bike. He wasn't a jerk or anything, but boy, even beating his cadence I couldn't really keep up. You can really tell that, go figure, a guy who's probably been training for a while on a high end machine tuned to work with him is going to be faster than joe commuter with a basic machine.

At any rate, starting to get parts in for the trek build - I should have enough to get it working as a summer ride... Just in time for the winter

 

[pie_man_25]

Just finished servicing the headset bearings. The cone on the bottom has seen better days, but I think I can eke out some life before I replace the balls and bearings. I had to get a threadless adapter to fit the handlebars - from a parts bin given to me by my father. The seatpost is going to need cutting, it's way too long to go short enough to fit my body on the frame. The u-brakes are an old Shimano set. I *could* go with v-brakes on the front, or I could go with the original Deore cantilever front brake. The original Deore front derailleur is going to be used with some generic triple cranks for now - a nice set will probably come later. I'm currently waiting on some bearing cones for the hubs before I put the wheelset on, as well as some people grips, and thinking about a chain and some cables and housing. All in? If I can keep the chain and cables to below eighty bucks, this bike will have cost $250 - but I'll be getting nicer tires than came with the junkyard wheelset I got.

The bottle cages were eight bucks a pair at princess auto, I figure one can be for liquids and the other could hold a Bluetooth speaker.

 

[Crawforde]

That is going to be a great ride when you are done.
what wheels and rubber are you planning?

It’s amazing how little some of those old frames deteriorate, even with neglect.
I’ve picked up rusted out junkers and with a new headset and bottom bracket and some old parts, a fully functional bike that’s fun to ride.

 

[Hot Rats]

My touring bike is really looking at me with the stink eye since I got this old steel frame mountain bike set up nicely. I'm regularly doing 10-12 mile local dirt park rides and feeling no saddle pain. I just have to have more faith in my tires. I'm still taking sweeping curves a little stiff. I'm also learning the benefits of looking down the trail a way as opposed to looking a few feet in front. Here is a classic "in front of the garage door" picture...

 

[pie_man_25]

That is going to be a great ride when you are done.
what wheels and rubber are you planning?

It’s amazing how little some of those old frames deteriorate, even with neglect.
I’ve picked up rusted out junkers and with a new headset and bottom bracket and some old parts, a fully functional bike that’s fun to ride.

Right now it's got some maxxis tires on it, don't ask me which ones, it's the ones they put on the superstore bikes that practically last forever.

I'll be thinking about upgrades later, but if I can find some 26" slicks I'd be happy.

 

[Snakeman1066]

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[lowplaces]

Back in May I went to a local bike shop looking to spend 300.00 to 400.00 on a quality used bike. Wound up with a new Specialized Roll 2.0. One of the staff members noticed me looking at it and told me to take it for a spin. I told him that I didn't intend to spend that much on a bike and he said no worries go ahead. 5 minutes is all it took lol. Most comfortable bike I've ridden. I like the stealth look as well as the subtle logo that doesn't scream "hey, great brand to steal " !

I had the shop add the mud guards.

 

[pie_man_25]

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Recumbent trike, honestly I love it

 

[fdeck]

A friend of mine got a recumbent e-trike after recovering from a stroke. It looks a lot like yours, but the crankset is replaced by a Bosch mid-drive motor assembly.