Okay so I've really let this posting business go, mostly because progress is really slow. I underestimated how much time I needed to dig out all my tools and crap every day. And cleaning is not as fun as I had dreamed. So I will probably be posting weekly, if not bi-weekly, for the rest of the summer.

That said, I've done some stuff. I cleaned all the grease off, which took seriously a week. Maybe I'm just bad at it, but those parts seemed to have an endless supply. I bought new tires, which I haven't put on yet, and I got a good look at the 3-speed hub and transmission thingamajig.

After it looked pretty good, I put it all together and took it for a ride. The shifting is still not working, unfortunately. I was thinking earlier that this was a problem that would simply be solved by cleaning, but obviously not. It's doing that thing that bikes do when they suck where when you pedal hard, it can't handle it and it makes a clink noise as your pedals give. Hopefully you all know what I mean. Lots of pressure, usually on a hill, then CLINK! and your pedals have turned a 90 degrees forward with no movement. I discovered that my hub us a Shimano 333, just as Bill Kapaun suspected. And judging by what I read on that Sheldon Brown guy's web page, it's not unlikely that the hub has plain crapped out on me. So I really don't know what to do about that. I guess I'm gonna have to look for a new trike hub. Bummer.

I'll post again when I've come up with something genius, or when I start working on the other bike.

-J