Well I went to pick up a bike from freecycle. It was advertised as a mans bike which needed some TLC so I thought it would do for my fat hairy lazy better half (I luvs him really!). It turned out to be a girls mountain bike in quite good nick, and the right frame size for me so I took it as a knock about for myself.
The things wrong with it;
It's an apollo charm
It has missing brake bad at the back
Back wheels need "trueing"
Chain extremely rusty
tyres were flat
Other than that is is in really good nick. It has 21 gears, front suspension and an aluminium frame and saddle with suspension.
I've cleaned and lubed the chain, so that is looking good.
Pumped up the tyres (no punctures they'd just deflated after being stood for so long).
I've replaced the back brake pads.
It rides fairly good - indexing on gears seems ok. Only thing is that the wheels rub on the brakes slightly, but I think that is because the wheels are ever so slightly "buckled". It's barely noticable unless you spin the back wheel and look carefully.
I'd really like to replace the gear and brake cables as they are rusty and "true" the wheels. I've never done any of this before. Would this be something I could do (I've only ever adjusted the gears which was a nightmare, plus this was the first time I've ever replaced brake pads).
I don't find my Haynes manual all that brilliant to follow. Any one got some good video sites I could watch for example, or should I LBS it?
Ta
The things wrong with it;
It's an apollo charm
It has missing brake bad at the back
Back wheels need "trueing"
Chain extremely rusty
tyres were flat
Other than that is is in really good nick. It has 21 gears, front suspension and an aluminium frame and saddle with suspension.
I've cleaned and lubed the chain, so that is looking good.
Pumped up the tyres (no punctures they'd just deflated after being stood for so long).
I've replaced the back brake pads.
It rides fairly good - indexing on gears seems ok. Only thing is that the wheels rub on the brakes slightly, but I think that is because the wheels are ever so slightly "buckled". It's barely noticable unless you spin the back wheel and look carefully.
I'd really like to replace the gear and brake cables as they are rusty and "true" the wheels. I've never done any of this before. Would this be something I could do (I've only ever adjusted the gears which was a nightmare, plus this was the first time I've ever replaced brake pads).
I don't find my Haynes manual all that brilliant to follow. Any one got some good video sites I could watch for example, or should I LBS it?
Ta
