The Bike That Might Ride Again One Day

Last night was an evening of fixing on a classic mountain bike and expecting to take it for a ride, plus a ride on a bike I wasn't expecting to ride.

A while ago, I found an old Huffy Stone Mountain bike that is like my old one as a teenager. Let's say things were shot on it here and there, so I did a lot of recycling.  At first I changed out the tires to some classic 1.75" ones, but discovered the rims were pretty wobbly and bent.

I was able to swap out a set of rims from a more modern one, putting used mountain bike tires on those rims. 

Things were still clunky and rattle-like, figuring the problem to be the bottom crank itself since it looked worn and loose. 

I've never fixed a bottom crank before, but was able to take it apart and see how it worked.  I had another parts bike that was the exact same size crank to replace.  Things fit perfectly and were very quiet after that fix and change-out. 

I decided to take it out for a good ride and unfortunately, couldn't take it very far.  The chain flew off after a third of a mile from home.  Thank goodness it was that close to walk my bike back. 

I feel the chain obviously didn't go on correctly.  I used a connection link from some parts, so I'll just have to get a chain with the full link inside.

So, my project of teenage memories is still in the fix-it stages.  My only other change I'm thinking of making will be smoother tires for hybrid riding on gravel and pavement. This would be a fun bike for low mileage rides.

I took another round of FIT products for my evening ride, as I'm fixing another bike and needed a good test ride for it.  I ended up going 17 miles on it and used the Pre- workout drink and the Post- workout drink with milk.  It's a cinnamon bun flavor and it went well with some 1% milk instead of using water.  I didn't get an Intra- packet made for this ride.

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This morning was a round of KB swings with the 40# kettlebell.  I did 300 reps in a fashion of 200 at once with a break, then 100 to finish, getting it all done in less than 10 minutes.  It was a good mini-workout for the body to get it loose for the day.

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Stay Strong,
Coach Rick
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