lol before i go on my long ride, im going to go to halfords, just reserved a front and rear mech aswell as brake callipers and a bottom bracket ill drop the stuff off at home and then go for my ride. ill spend tommorrow night cleaning/greasing and fitting those parts
very rare i go out on this bike without pannier bags on. didnt like it much. pannier bags going back on.
Saved this from the scrapman today, left outside a house with a sign on it saying knock and ask, so I knocked and I spoke to the owner for around 30-45 minutes (I lost track of time) and he rode it around as a teenager but had no kids to pass it onto and due to ill health couldn't fix it up and ride it so he wanted it to go to somebody that would fix it up, ride it and look after it. im currently stripping it down to regrease the bearings, replace the cables and bar tape, getting some new tyres and making minor adjustments. I wont ride it all the time, but I will get the bike out here and there and use it as a back up bike.
going to try and save them, keep what I can original. just going to get it riding again. have borrowed my brothers cam today. went to Aldridge and back. think the bottom bracket on his old bike is worn.. crreeeakk creeaakkk creeaakkk. ill upload to the channel he gave me and post the video later.
I know that It is highly unlikely on here, but it is always worth asking, does anybody know how to get cotter pins out of a old crank? the ones on this road bike are doing my head in! just want to get them off so I can get the bottom bracket out and give it a good clean + grease up. then assemble it all again.
Either twat them out with a big hammer. There is a special tool for getting them out we had it for years but the hammer usually does it.
suppose ill have to soon, didn't want to damage them but I may have to resort to it. would help if my brother didn't decide to do a disappearing act on us again. no idea where he is, else id just have him do it. scrapping the lights. not worth messing with apparently.
ive got the pins out now undamaged its just the crank arms, cant get them off, theyre nothing like what I am used to. im used to high end downhill rigs lol
got this for a steal of £89 and i think if i spend about £200 it should look good as new and i might be able to sell it for a profit to the right buyer.
