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Old 08-16-24 | 10:13 AM
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Gone in 60
Digging Bikes Again!
 
Joined: Jun 2024
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From: Southern California

Bikes: Trek 930, Trek FX3, Electra Amsterdam, Electra Ticino

I rode the 930 to work this morning and will leave it in my office for a while as "art". I'll take the FX3 home.
Since that older picture, I've put the new Michelins on it, which I do like, along with new brake pads and new pedals. The original pedals had plastic guts and after 30 years, fell apart within the first few rides. The new MKS pedals are the closest I could find to replicate the look of the originals in all aluminum.

My old bar-ends were a bit scraped up, so I put these on it recently, same style as what I put on it when it was new. She's a great rider, but there's a bit of vague shifting here and there, so I'll replace the old cables soon and fine-tune the derailleurs. It's still all original STX, but the shifter/brakes were switched out years ago with Alivio stuff.

The braking surfaces on the rims are pretty shabby, but are clean, and bring back some memories... I rode her in the L.A. Marathon for a few years back in the mid-90s (they let bikes run the route before the runners. Might still do, but I don't know). Both times it was rainy and sorta grimey, so the brakes got pretty roughed up.








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