Originally Posted by
spinnaker
Why didn't it go with the bike?
A cassette?
You are going to change out a cassette before you start your tour??
Any reason not to change the cassette either now or later?
Pedals need changing for sure. I have a lot of old bike parts, why not use them. I
I bought the 93? Hard Rock at the Goodwill store in Seattle, $29, very little rust on the frame. Cables and chain are rusted. Like the faded purple paint job.
I somethines take an old bike, fix it up, and take it on tour in a third world country. Ride out of the airport on a bike the luggage monkey can toss around if he needs to. I left 2 of them in Guatemala so far, where public transit is your old school bus painted up nice.