Lamar looked horribly backed up from my balcony, so, I decided to ride over to Mellow Johnny’s instead of driving the half mile. After trying out a couple of bags, I got the frame to fit in / on my old Chrome Metropolis (I think, it was the one under the Kremlin, but they don’t have that one anymore… so… not really sure, i’ve had it for years) so, I packed up the headset, fork, stem, and spacers.
The work on the bike that was needed is as follows:
Headset installed
Fork measured and cut
I brought spacers and the stem I plan to use in order to make the measurement. I had contacted the shop in advanced, so, when I got there, they knew exactly why I was there.
When checking out, I noticed some framesaver and realized that I probably should have applied that before getting the fancy Chris King headset installed. Doh! The mechanics gave me some good pointers and told me to follow the directions and be careful not to get anything on the bearings so as to ruin the headset. I applied the stuff after I got home after reading the directions over and over, but I still made a bit of a mess.
When taking this photo, I suddenly realized the colors are going to match my shoes with the pink headset, green frame, brown seat, and cork bartape. How embarrassing…
Earlier today, I had taken over the kitchen while cleaning my components from my old bike. I’ve been getting a lot done! Hopefully, after all of this framesaver stuff is done, I won’t run into any complications.
Shooting with black and white film is not only fun, creative, and exciting, but a pain in the ass. after taking so many carefully exposed and filtered photos, one has to process the film and print it.
Processing film is temperature sensitive and, usually in Texas, the water from the tap is been too hot. The heat in the summer warms the pipes in the ground, therefore, warming the water i would be using to process film (shake shake rinse dump), so, my film ends up sitting about with memories trapped inside (excuses, excuses).
This is a collection of my favorites from my 2008 travels to Japan, New Zealand, and Australia.
Japan
New Zealand
Australia
(Lots of photos of the Opera House, I know, but its so enchanting and amazing, I couldn’t stop snapping off shots.)
I need to take off and clean components from my old bike and get the headset pressed onto the frame and the fork measured and cut.
I’m going to take it to the shop and get the frame prepped for all the components. There may be paint gunked up around some of the threads in the bottom bracket shell and derailleur hanger that would prevent the components from screwing in flush against the steel, so, depending on the mechanic’s assessment, I might get the threads faced and chased.
I’m also going to spray framesaver into the tubes of the frame before I seal it up with parts so as to avoid hidden rust and corrosion in the future. Its always a good idea, with steel bikes, to remove the compenents, check for rust, and add some framesaver like product. And, while the parts are off, you could also deep clean them and make needed adjustments.
