So I hit the garage and got out the old Raleigh M40 mountain bike I bought off my older brother many years ago. I would say maybe 12 or 13? Something like that I think. I know it was a long time ago.
Anyway, it has been taking up space in the garage as we moved from house to house, and then into our own home finally. But I thought, what better way to get outside and do something, then work on getting it back in riding shape. Then I can even do some riding again (once I loose a litle weight first, haha...)
But it has been pretty cool so far. I have replaced the grips with new Pedro clamp-on grips, replaced the tubes in both tires and put in new rim-tape, and adjusted the brakes and the derailers. The tubes were the funniest. The patches from the days of trail riding with my brothers, were hanging on by nearly nothing. Probably explains why the tires kept going flat. haha...
There is still more to go. I am going to put new brakes on it, and then eventually the big "refresh"...... Changing out ALL the cabling. Yep, it is all pretty damn rusty after over 10+ years of spending time in garages. It scares me to think of the hell it will probably be to strip out and replace all the cabling. But if I can do it, I know it will be cool. Plus I want to put on new Shimano shifter/brake lever combos. The shifter still works ok, but it is old and hard to run. But of course replacing the cabling will likely help that as well.
Anyway, here is a photo of the old beast. I will have to update this as I keep working on it through the summer.
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