yoothgeye
I build stuff.
I was approached months ago, maybe over a year ago to consult the city on a new health initiative to have loaner bikes on our local canal trail that runs 7 miles down a historic path from our city of Roanoke Rapids to the neighboring Weldon.
I talked to them about bikes and trail improvements and logistics. Soon they had some money and needed bikes. I came here to ask and someone showed an ad on Craigslist from nearby Virginia Beach where a bike rental company was selling off some of their bikes out of rotation. I passed that information along and they went and purchased 20 used Fuji cruisers, Sanibel and Cape May bikes in mens and womens frame styles.
I suggested that a gear change was in order to make it easier for people to pedal on our relatively hilly trail on these single speed bikes, so I ordered 20 Wald 36t chainwheels from our friend Justin at Porkchop BMX.
Right now I am in the middle of changing them all over and servicing each bike. I remove the left pedal and take out the crank after removing the chain guard, then I clean or replace bearings and cups. I replace the 44t with a 36t then remove a few links from the chain and reassemble. It's a bit tedious and kind of messy but I'm enjoying getting all these bikes ready for the public.
4 down, 16 to go, mostly reassembly today and chainwheel swapping, but thankfully all bearings and cups are clean, just a lot of grease to pack today.
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I talked to them about bikes and trail improvements and logistics. Soon they had some money and needed bikes. I came here to ask and someone showed an ad on Craigslist from nearby Virginia Beach where a bike rental company was selling off some of their bikes out of rotation. I passed that information along and they went and purchased 20 used Fuji cruisers, Sanibel and Cape May bikes in mens and womens frame styles.
I suggested that a gear change was in order to make it easier for people to pedal on our relatively hilly trail on these single speed bikes, so I ordered 20 Wald 36t chainwheels from our friend Justin at Porkchop BMX.
Right now I am in the middle of changing them all over and servicing each bike. I remove the left pedal and take out the crank after removing the chain guard, then I clean or replace bearings and cups. I replace the 44t with a 36t then remove a few links from the chain and reassemble. It's a bit tedious and kind of messy but I'm enjoying getting all these bikes ready for the public.
4 down, 16 to go, mostly reassembly today and chainwheel swapping, but thankfully all bearings and cups are clean, just a lot of grease to pack today.
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