Well, I have been busy on the bike just not posting at all. I've disassembled, cleaned and lubed the calipers (no pictures of that yet) and in the last couple days, I've been working on the handlebar. I unwrapped the bars to find a nasty, sticky mess from the tape along with several spots of rust which I quickly took care of with a bit of sanding and then covering the rust with a rust converter.

Below is what I found the brand to be on the bars after looking at them a bit more closely. I've seen a lot of pictures of similar bars around. Are they good/bad?


Here is why I haven't started wrapping yet. You may or may not be able to tell from the picture, but this bike doesn't have any PLUGS. These are caps that go around the OUTSIDE of the bar instead of going in the bar to hold the tape in place. I'll have to drop by the shop and see if I can get some.


And here's the bar after I finished taking everything off and cleaned it really well.


I'm still working on mostly stuff that I can pull off the bike and bring inside because it's gotten so cold outside so quickly. Hope I can get it in good riding condition by the time it's warm enough to ride!