A cool little story: I was workin in the garage last night and the older neighbor fella from across the street came by. He told me he bought a new bike at an auction and asked if I would take a look at it and wondered if I had an extra balloon tire. I'd seen his other bikes, all very cool and VERY ratty!!Not anything rare or special, Schwinns mostly, ladies frames on most. Well when we get there I see this:
sittin there (this pic was taken after the next part of the story...) An old Columbia with rotten tires but otherwise COOL! So I tell him about Kmart havin tires and today he comes back with 2 tires and tubes. I put them on and put new bearings in the front hub, his were shot, took the chain off and cleaned and lubed it and gave the bike the once over and off he rode. He offered to pay so I asked if I could ride it as payment. WOW!! Springer frontend worked great and this thing can stop on a dime!!! It felt really good to see the smile on his face as he rode away on his new bike!!
sittin there (this pic was taken after the next part of the story...) An old Columbia with rotten tires but otherwise COOL! So I tell him about Kmart havin tires and today he comes back with 2 tires and tubes. I put them on and put new bearings in the front hub, his were shot, took the chain off and cleaned and lubed it and gave the bike the once over and off he rode. He offered to pay so I asked if I could ride it as payment. WOW!! Springer frontend worked great and this thing can stop on a dime!!! It felt really good to see the smile on his face as he rode away on his new bike!!
