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.