Bikes

I've been saving Seth's mountain bike for many years.  He'd taken it apart but never reassembled it.  At any event, I've wanted a mountain bike for geocaching so I decided to see if I could reassemble it and put it back on the road.

I started Monday and much to my surprise it seems that most of the parts are in the box I put them in when I packed up Chelmsford!  It's been a bigger project than I'd imagined as it took some time to figure out what was what and where it went.  Thanks to help from the Sudbury bike shop I was able to buy the missing parts and now have the bike almost working.  All that remains is to adjust the seat, handlebars, brakes, and shifters.

The whole effort has given me a real appreciation for what it takes to assemble a bike.  It's a lot of work, even if you know what you're doing (I didn't), have a bike stand (I don't), and have all the tools needed (I had most but not all).

One thing that has made it a lot easier is youtube.  There are videos that go through the steps to adjust most everything! 

I should finish up tomorrow.  After I've tested the bike a bit, I'll try it out geocaching.