Day before Memorial Day

I fooled around with the new parts for the Schwinn today. I decided the bearings were ok on the old Specialized hub, so popped on the freewheel, no problem. That was the EASY part.

I took off the chain, then realized I should have loosened the pedals and the cranks bolts while I had something to torque against.

After much grunting and cursing I got everything apart.

I replaced the granny on the new crank with the 24t granny.

I bolted everything up, except the pedals.

I really am anal about torque specs., so I have to look them up and tomorrow I will torque the crank bolts down. But of course I have to go buy an 8mm Allen socket...

Maybe I will get one of them crow-feet wrenches so I can torque the pedals, too. But then I would have to do COMPLEX MATH calculations because of the offsett!! Yikes! Forget that!

To sum it up, it ain't done yet!

I also weighed the bikes today, on my super-accurate bathroom scales.

James 29 lbs.

Schwinn 27 lbs.

Blackwind 31 lbs.

What's a Blackwind? It's a plumping pipe pig from Harriet Carter or some such mailorder. It certainly FEELS a lot heavier than the Schwinn, what's the deal?

Weekly Mileage Statistics:

Schiwnn -- Zip City
Jamis -- 55.8