spring cleaning the fleet

March 27th, 2008  |  Published in general  |  3 Comments

This is what happens when i’m not riding enough:

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Black & red diamond weave on the bottom, rim tape on the top with a long twine finish because the rim tape wasn’t quite long enough.

Actually, it’s spring cleaning time for some of the bikes, and the Surly was first up. I didn’t treat it with framesaver it when it was new, so i stripped the frame down and did it last weekend. I’m going to do the same to the Rivendell, but since the Surly is a singlespeed now, it was an easier job. The bar tape on this bike was in shreds and came off in pieces. I might give this tape job a couple of coats of shellac so it lasts a little longer.

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  1. Me says:

    March 27th, 2008 at 2:06 am (#)

    Said in the best possible way…

    Fugly.

    Looks like a handlebar that got into a bar fight and then went to the ER at 3:32am and got a cast applied by an underpaid janitor.

    But…

    if it pleases you, I’m glad [and nauseated].

    -Me

  2. wjc says:

    March 27th, 2008 at 3:09 pm (#)

    mission accomplished!

  3. Pete says:

    March 28th, 2008 at 12:55 pm (#)

    That’s an affront to all that is good in the world.

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