Getting one of the older bikes up and running Trek 930 Mtn Bike - Temporary Frankenstein bike
So, today, I decided to dust off and clean up one of my now "old" bikes. When I started, I knew this bike was in running condition, sans flat tires. All MY bikes ( doesn't include the "trash bikes", that I literally found in the trash) are in running condition, just need cleaning up, degreasing, regreasing. But I also have a couple of "trash" bikes. Some good looking clean bikes that had minor problems that caused the owners to dump them in a dumpster, from which I retrieved them. Turns out these bikes had a few problems. Still, all of them minor. A few acquired after the husband threw some tools on top of them (wasted spokes).
So, here's a list of my bikes and their conditions:
1) 1979 Schwinn Worldsport 10 speed road bike
2) 1995 Trek Singletrack 930 mountain bike 21 speed - somewhat modified for downhill racing
3) 1997 GT LTS-2 full suspension mountain bike 21 speed (modified for downhill to 14 speed) modified for downhill racing
- (more about what I did to modify these Mtn bikes to be downhill specific on a later post)
4) Trash bike 1) Genesis dual suspension mountain bike 21 speed (29" wheels)
5) Trash bike 2) Next dual suspension mountain bike 21 speed
6) Huffy Cranbrook stepthrough perfect fit frame SS (single speed) Cruiser
So the bike I am getting set up for the husband to ride is the Trek 930. Cleaned it up. The seat was starting to fall apart from the heat of 20 some odd years in a 120+ degree garage, so I switched the seat with the one on Trash bike 2. Pretty decent seat! Next was to pump up the tires to see if they would hold air. Did this, checked them the next day and the front tire wasn't holding. So I ordered a couple of tubes that would fit the bike.
While working on this bike, I also noticed demolished teeth on the center (of three) chainrings. No idea how this happened other than hard shifting (?) as the chain guard is fine. I may or may not change out the crankset on this. Seems to shift ok, but eventually it will take it's toll on the chain I suppose. My long term plan is to sell this bike, so I don't want to put TOO much $ into it. I bought it for $700 + back around 1995. It possibly could sell it for between 1/4 to 1/2 this price, if I'm lucky. I've also added some upgrades to make it more downhill friendly - Rock Ring Chain ring guard, BMX riser handlebars (they didn't make these for mtn bikes at the time), Rock Shox front suspension forks, BMX trap pedals (they didn't make these for mtn bikes at the time either), WTB Velociraptor 2.1 tires - which is about the widest it can take with current forks and brakes.
The husband, a few times, tried to get me to fix up one of the trash bikes for him, but every time I started, I found another issue with them. As I told him, the Trek is ready, just needs a tube! So, we're just waiting on that,... in the mail.
So, here's a list of my bikes and their conditions:
1) 1979 Schwinn Worldsport 10 speed road bike
2) 1995 Trek Singletrack 930 mountain bike 21 speed - somewhat modified for downhill racing
3) 1997 GT LTS-2 full suspension mountain bike 21 speed (modified for downhill to 14 speed) modified for downhill racing
- (more about what I did to modify these Mtn bikes to be downhill specific on a later post)
4) Trash bike 1) Genesis dual suspension mountain bike 21 speed (29" wheels)
5) Trash bike 2) Next dual suspension mountain bike 21 speed
6) Huffy Cranbrook stepthrough perfect fit frame SS (single speed) Cruiser
So the bike I am getting set up for the husband to ride is the Trek 930. Cleaned it up. The seat was starting to fall apart from the heat of 20 some odd years in a 120+ degree garage, so I switched the seat with the one on Trash bike 2. Pretty decent seat! Next was to pump up the tires to see if they would hold air. Did this, checked them the next day and the front tire wasn't holding. So I ordered a couple of tubes that would fit the bike.
While working on this bike, I also noticed demolished teeth on the center (of three) chainrings. No idea how this happened other than hard shifting (?) as the chain guard is fine. I may or may not change out the crankset on this. Seems to shift ok, but eventually it will take it's toll on the chain I suppose. My long term plan is to sell this bike, so I don't want to put TOO much $ into it. I bought it for $700 + back around 1995. It possibly could sell it for between 1/4 to 1/2 this price, if I'm lucky. I've also added some upgrades to make it more downhill friendly - Rock Ring Chain ring guard, BMX riser handlebars (they didn't make these for mtn bikes at the time), Rock Shox front suspension forks, BMX trap pedals (they didn't make these for mtn bikes at the time either), WTB Velociraptor 2.1 tires - which is about the widest it can take with current forks and brakes.
The husband, a few times, tried to get me to fix up one of the trash bikes for him, but every time I started, I found another issue with them. As I told him, the Trek is ready, just needs a tube! So, we're just waiting on that,... in the mail.
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