Originally Posted by
Korina
My new (to me) bike, fresh out of the box. It still has that eBay smell.
It needs some work, but it'll make a nice tourer.
Such a pretty paint job.
I know you guys are into drive trains...
Oh you know that's right. Thanks for the pics. Such a lovely bike.
I saw in the other thread that you don't like the flat bars. What are you going to put on there?
As for me, it took me and two helpers to get the old BB out. My city doesn't have a bike coop so I drove to the nearest one three hours away. They took good care of me, and I came home with a serviced rear hub, the removed BB and a new seat which I like better because it's flatter and fits better. I'm still not riding it until everything's ready though. I just got the stem out a couple days ago, and I need to replace that with a longer one and change my riser bars to flat. Can't wait.
I kinda wish my paint were thrashed because I'll be using this bike. Having good paint and decals makes me feel like I have to baby it, and I'd rather not worry about it.