Originally Posted by rjhammett

Before I sold the bike I repacked the headset and hubs, trued the wheels, cleaned and polished the derailleurs and lubricated everything. I also put on new bar tape, brake hoods and shifter cables. It was shifting and riding quite nicely. In reality the components probably weren't too much worse than what was originally on it. Come to think of it I shouldn't feel guilty since I put a bit of work into it and it turned out pretty nice.