Thanks for all the inputs, greatly appreciated.
Originally Posted by
mparker326
Bars are a personal preference. Your son might like the bars that are there now.
Great advice. This reminded me this is not my bike, but my sons. He is going to ride it back and forth to school the next couple days and see how he likes it before I start tweaking everything/anything. Kids have made this trip on mountain bikes with upright bars (and suspension lol!). If he wants to leave it more closer to stock, that's fine. Often better is the enemy of good enough.
That said, he has already asked about a longer seat post, which is in order. Also want to replace the axles with something quick release compatible. Hoping I can pick both these up at the bike co-op.
A bit more research shows my bike is a 1985 MB-2. According to the catalog I found on Sheldon Brown's site the freewheel is a Shimano MDF-1600, assuming that someone did not previously swap it out. I can see the rear derailleur has changed, but the other components appear stock thus far. As far as changing the freewheel goes, I am assuming a 7 speed setup would fit in the same space, need to research this more still.
