Originally Posted by
stormchaser
If you want to break the seized bolts loose, use a product called PB Blaster from the auto parts place.
By the way, sharp looking bike.
thanks for the compliment
and yeah i have liquid wrench but unfortunately i already stripped one of the bolts.. they are super shallow so it's hard to even hold the allen key in there
Originally Posted by
rumrunn6
get another bike
yeah, as I mentioned, I want to, but I also want to turn this bike into more of a road/city bike since I don't live near mountains or trails. plus it's fun to wrench on things and see what you can make, right?
Originally Posted by
himespau
Just so you know, I myself started along this path. I now have a bike mostly to my liking, but I've spent much more than I would have had I just bought a new bike that I wanted in the first place. At the time, my wife didn't want me to spend as much as the new bike would have cost and the more incremental costs haven't seemed as high, but they still add up over time.
yeah that's one thing i want to keep an eye on.. like you say it's easier to afford incremental upgrades but they can still add up over time. So far i've only spent $5 for the bar ends, and the tires I got using a little money I earned from amazon web site ads, so I'm not out very much money on this project so far.
I wanted to add drop bars but from everything I've read it's not going to be cheap. The bar ends i have now are great and so i might not bother with the drops.. though I am interested in messing with the gearing a bit.. i might not bother with the 48 gear.. maybe just removing the other chainrings will be enough