Originally Posted by
irclean
Yes, our bikes are eerily similar. It looks like the biggest differences are that your fork is threadless, where as mine is threaded. I too plan to eventually switch to a rigid fork - at which time I'll likely go threadless. Also, my bike has the Altus 8-speed drivetrain where as yours has the Tourney (7-speed?). A friend of mine gave me an Acera derailleur that he was not using and I'll be switching to that eventually as well.
In full Winter Warrior set-up:
Yeah, my fork is threadless. Picked out a
suspension corrected rigid hybrid fork and a new headset last night. May place the order as soon as this afternoon. Interesting that your fork was threaded. Given my growing but limited knowledge of bicycle mechanics, I was under the impression that pretty much all hybrids and MTBs these days were using 1-1/8" threadless forks as stock, but I guess your bike might be the exception! ;-)
Yeah my bike is a seven speed in back w/ Tourney rear derailleur. Cheapest of the cheap in the brand name derailleur world, but it's gotten me through about 3,000 miles so far and shows no signs of giving up, so...
The rear wheel was originally a freewheel design, but when I replaced the rear wheel (for the second time) in January, I got one with a freehub.
Love the winter warrior photo BTW! I'll try to post some new ones of my own tomorrow night (going to a concert tonight, so probably won't have time).