So a guy down the street from me sold me an everything-but-the-wheels Schwinn Passage touring bike. Japanese, columbus tubing, very nice frameset, a bit on the large side but for $20 I figure it will be perfect for a friend of mine who's been asking for a touring bike...

I've got it on the stand and I can't figure out why the frame and parts-- chain and all-- seem to be covered in a white gritty substance. Almost as if the dirty bike was given a quick spray paint job and then left outside in the weather before the paint dried; left for quite a while...

I'm scratching my chin contemplating this and then I realize that I'm probably wrenching on a ghost bike...

So yeah, time to go back to the basement with some Nag Champa and white sage...

Be careful out there everyone...