1.09.2011

Rebuild, part 1

Hopefully there is only a part 2 before this all ends. The General Lee has been almost totally stripped down, cleaned and ready for rebuild. Ordered all new drivetrain, shifters and wheel set. This is the first major overhaul since I bought it in summer of 1997. So far everything is going great. I have to return a front derailleur (wrong size) and for some reason the bottom bracket is the wrong thread. Not sure how that is going to work. I guess that's part of the problem with going from Shimano to SRAM. Trip to the bike shop tomorrow, maybe they'll exchange my derailleur there so I don't have to pay to ship it back to California, then back again and wait 2 more weeks. In typical Maravolo fashion, I realized last night at 8pm that I didn't have any car wax to shine up the frame all nice, so I packed up the daughter and we headed off to Meijer - just to get wax. Running Maguires Nxt Gen Tech Wax. HA HA...$16 a bottle. Only the best.



5 comments:

  1. How could you not have car wax? That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard! It is looking good. Nothing better than rebuilding a bike on nice carpet.

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  2. That thing looks like a beast. How much does it weigh?

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  3. It's somewhere around 35 pounds. Pretty beastly, it's a medium frame (I should be riding a Large) and the rims are meaty, but very light so I guess it could be worse. I think all around. I'll have completed pics soon to post.

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  4. Hey, when you get done waxing and polishing the General Lee, why don't you stop down and give the Rasta bike the same treatment.

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  5. You still have my pressure washer? Yeah, let's start with that, then maybe we can see what color that thing is again!! HA I'm pretty sure your Mongoose still has mud on it from 1998.

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