Thursday, September 25, 2008

Bicycle Inventory / Status

(pictures to follow)

Ok, here's the official To-Do list for our fleet (we have five now!) of bikes:


the Wife's 3-speed

-- true front wheel
-- locking top for crate
xx baby bracket
-- permanent lights


my Utility/Baby Hauler bike

-- switch brake levers *
xx new shifters
-- buckets on pedals
xx rack
-- crate (on rack), removable?
-- replace front brake pads
xx kickstand


Fixie

-- build up rear wheel with flip/flop hub (ordered)
xx big chain ring (a 52!)
-- put vbrakes, levers on from K2
xx baskets on pedals

The "--" items are left to do, "xx" are things I did today...

* I am fully convinced that Right-hand Front-Brake, Left-hand Rear-Brake is the right way to go. Read Sheldon Brown's article if you don't agree with me and report back.


2 comments:

Toque said...

I agree about the brake lever setup...even though none of my bikes are set up that way (well, I have one bike with no brakes, and one with just a front); the first I heard about setting things up that way was Paul DeKroon, because he was a motorcycle rider.

Dz said...

Yeah, it just makes more sense. Especially from a motorcyclist.