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Bikes: 2009 Trek Madone WSD, 2005 Independent Fabrication Crown Jewel SE, 2007 Fuji Absolute SX flat-bar roadie, 2005 Dahon Boardwalk 7 folder, 2009 GT Avalanche MTB, 1996 Trek 920 (beater bike) and last but certainly not least 1974 Schwinn Paramount
Originally Posted by
solveg
Well, Yeah! That and a bunch of other things. We even mucked with the BB. I'm just learning all this stuff.. just assembled my bike stand last night.
My concern was that this bike is so obscure, and the rims are unmarked. I'm just not up on how old rims interact with new tires-- I know some older rims are just not meant to take the higher pressure tires they have now, but I'm not sure what the limits are. I did put new rim tape in at the same time.
I'm glad I had someone show me how to muscle the tire in without pinching the tube. I've ridden about 4500 miles (if the odometer on my old bike is right) and I've never had a flat. Never did my own maintenance before, so I never took a tire off.
Girl's gotta start somewhere, y'know.
I remember the first time I replaced a tube on my road bike. It took me the better part of an hour and I was almost in tears. I just COULD NOT get the darned thing back on the rim. I almost swallowed my pride and took the thing into the LBS. I
finally got it back on there. I'm much better at it now. I've mastered the technique of using the heel of my palms to push that last bit up on there.
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