The project to turn my old mountain bike into a singlespeed has officially begun. I spent my spare time during the last week stripping off the old shifters, grips, brakes (that didn't work anyway) and levers, deraileurs, cogset, and cables. That was the easy part. Disassembly is free. While I was at it I cleaned and regreased the hubs. I'll also need to replace the crankset and BB, but I haven't been able to bring myself to actually do that part yet. It seems the idea of keeping the bike rideable during this process has been abandoned, but I don't feel so bad. I've got a couple other rigs to ride, and the parts I took off were either shot or sucked to begin with.
Now that the bike is broken down, it has been put back in the corner of my "shop" for a little while. No further progress can be made without parts, but that'll have to wait for some money. I'm excited, though, to see an old bike on its way to new life...
And now for something totally different...
Check out some cool, wooden surfboards, made here in the Northeast.
http://www.grainsurfboards.com
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