hey look! another bicycle!!

The newest member of the Imperfect'd stable: a 70's French Motobecane road bike, which clearly saw yeoman commuter duty in its past.  I stripped off pounds of reflectors, the unnecessary rear brake, brake lever extensions and other such nonsense.  Now she's ready for training duty as I try to get myself in shape for the Solvang Century in March...

Here's a few photos....(pay no attention to the background, yes projects take center stage in the apartment. 

 By the way, I ought here to put in a plug for the Park Tool PCS-9 stand, $79.99 from Amazon.  It's not overly sturdy and won't hold the bike from moving if you're really torquing down, but it's fabulous for adjusting derailleurs, general tinkering, and bike storage.  You can position the machine anywhere you want it at virtually any angle making maintenance a snap.)

(And I really have no idea how to format a page using blogger, so forgive the messy image layout)