Spent some quality time cleaning components this week. Tore down the wheel bearings and the cranks, cleaned them out and applied some mothers. It really makes a big difference in how they look. They're certainly not perfect, but they are shiny.

I was really happy to see the cones in these alloy rims are in fantastic shape. They look new and don't even have wear lines in them from the bearings. Tonight I hope to clean the remainder of the wheel bearings and repack them and mount the tires on the rims. If I get the gumption I'll pull the headset and bottom bracket and start cleaning them.



The Nitto B115's are perfect for this. I really could go wider, but this is an incredible improvement. I'm going to be able to breath a lot easier with the added width to these bars and actually having cushion on the hoods feels amazing. I didn't like the hoods before because it was just grabbing metal with the turkey leg sticking out, now this is luxury.