My bicycle project
28" street and forest racer

Content:

1. Make one bicycle from two wrecks
2. Gear changer, lights etc
3. To be continued

1. Make one bicycle from two wrecks:

More than ten years ago my friend gave me his old bicycle. After finding the keys to the lock I could test drive it and it worked very well. Just some minor problem with the crank shaft. I used it a lot and it served me well. But after a couple of years the pedal crank shaft's roller bearing gave up. I could of course repair it but the spare parts and needed special tools cost a lot more than I can buy another used bicycle for. I drive my bicycle mostly on the streets but sometimes out in the forest. A 26" mountain bike is a bit to clumsy but a 28" with narrow tires and a sturdy frame fits my goals better.

And more, it's expensive to fill up the tank on the car nowadays !

More to read about bicycles:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle(Bicycle, Wikipedia)

Old bicycle:

This is the old bicycle, a 28" wheels Yosemite Wapama, I got it from my friend, still looking good but the pedal crankshaft roller bearing problems make me to not used it very often. I made plans how to fix it.

Another old bicycle:

During the midsummer I saw an ad where there was a 28" bicycle, a Soda Sport Comp, and it had a frame made of aluminum. Not very common but perfect for me, it share a lot of parts with my old bicycle. It had one fault, one spoke on the rear wheel was cut and the wheel wobble a lot, it hit the break pads when rotating. It was in the city and I took the subway to see it. Little bit more work than I expected, but the seller lowered the price and I had a new project. 15 km to to home and I started bicycling home, the rear breaks was on all the way and I got a little bit exhausted.

When I went home in the garage I inspected it more carefully of what to do and what parts I can take from my old bicycle to use on this. The frame on this new bicycle is lower, it makes it easier to move up and down on the bicycle.

I have never liked these parking stands, very easy to hook up on something and it add some extra weight.

With it removed it's more space to the ground. I now have a box with nowadays not used parking stands.

Lock:

The rear lock from my old bicycle I can move over to the new.

The frame of the new bicycle is more compact and I had to plan carefully where to place the lock.

An old broken bracket, I just removed it.

Rear wheel:

The new bicycle has the same type of wheels as the old one.

It fit perfect on the new bicycle, maybe I try to repair the broken wheel later. The difference between them is that the new is black and the old is silver.

Rear breaks:

The wire for the rear break came at an angle, not correct. I have to move it to the other side.

The bent guider for the wire was too long, I cut it 20 mm. I also cut the wire and taped the end. Add a rubber protection for the wire.

This break has adjustable springs that returns the clutches in rest position. I adjust them to be equal between right and left side. That's important, otherwise the breaks align against the wheel and cause a lot of unwanted friction.

I also replaced the uneven worn disc pads. I took them from my old bicycle, it wasn't long ago I had replaced them.