Swapped clipless pedals on one of the curb bikes to Chester RaceFace pedals I snagged from the "used pedals" pile at the LBS for cheap. These are great all around pedals for around town, broad platform with spikes. (Not great if you tend to put pedals into your calves though). The left pedal is "righty loosey" on bikes. Required WD40 and a rubber mallet on the wrench to remove the left pedals on both bikes. #BikeRepair #BikeRestoration #BikeTooter
Ends up that all four of these were loose and rattling around. Put a bit of grease on all of them and tightened with the correct Park Tool (CCW-5, which removes and attached cranks... also need a crank extraction tool usually).. #BikeTooter #BikeRepair #BikeRestoration
I've spent the past 3 days restoring a semi-abandoned #bike I got for 30€ which had been left outside for 2 years, to make it a good commute vehicle for my best friend. Sadly, I didn't take too many progress photos of the #bikeRestoration but here's the final result!
May have found a container for a future ebike battery. Old cigar/tobacco box. I suppose I can paint it another color, if I don't want to advertise whatever product this is, LOL. #bikerestoration
Hmm, wonder how I will open this ebike hub. Pretty stuck. PB Blaster time, probably! I was going to leave it be, but the crank hub and front wheel hub were xpmpletelt devoid of grease, and this can't be much better. 2010 technology... #biketooter #bikerestoration #ebike
Sigh. So much work to remove this paint completely, yet, partial paint removal drives me to OCD. (No financial reward in stripping this down to bare metal and repainting...only my likely annoyance if the finish shows the unevenness later, LOL) #bikerestoration #BikeTooter

Habe mal angefangen ein paar Teile an den Rahmen zu bauen um einen Eindruck zu bekommen, wohin optisch die Reise geht und ob bzw. wobei Probleme auftauchen.

#Schrottrad #Rennrad #manhattanproject #bikerestoration #fahrradwerkstatt #fahrradliebe #zwanzig

Free 1974 Fuji Special Tourer bicycle restoration, done! It's kinda loud, ha ha. My first attempt at repainting a bicycle with a custom paint job. #BikeTooter #BikeRepair #BikeRestoration

Shifter cable came, hooray! Will post a photo of the restored bike when there's better lighting for a photo later this afternoon.

(It was a race in my mind between "shifter cable arrives" and "somebody launches a nuke while it's still in the mail" 🤪 )

#BikeTooter #politics #BikeRepair #UsPol #BikeRestoration

Bei neuen #Bremsbelägen immer gut #einbremsen.

Bei neuen #Bremsscheiben auch! Das weiß ich jetzt. ;-)

Und jetzt nach ein paar Fahrten fehlt ein Teil der Farbe auf der Bremsscheibe. Das ist erschreckend logisch, desillusionierend, enttäuschend.

#laufradsatz #gravelbike #radonregard #Schrottrad #Rennrad #manhattanproject #bikerestoration #fahrradwerkstatt #fahrradliebe #zwanzig #laufrad