I changed the chain on my bike this weekend, but I think I jumped the gun on that. My chain measuring device was showing the old chain to be in fair condition (between good and replace) but I replaced it anyway. Upgraded from Shimano to Sram.

Changed my front tire with a new one and then changed my back tire with the used one that came off the front rim. All Specialized Nimbus 1.5, but I'm planing to upgrade to Schwalbe next time, based on all the great things I read about them here.

The rubber rim strip on the rear was kinda messed up so I replaced (upgraded) it with Velox cloth rim tape. The width I usually use on 26 inch rims was too wide so I used the narrower width that I use n my 700c rims. One problem with narrow rims drilled for Schraeder valves is the hole in the rim strip is almost as wide as the rim strip.