The Build

Saturday I was lucky enough to have the combined genius of Mike and Zach help me out with rebuilding dad's bike. We put it up on Zach's fancy bike stand, stripped it, then stripped the donor Panasonic bike. The the hard part. Mike got a few cuts, and after a few PBRs and a couple of trips to Halcyon we got it going pretty good. The shifter and brakes took some doing, but they work great now. We were able to keep the frame, of course, and the bars. We got some new grips and everything else on the bike was replaced. I need to get a new seat or try to get the rust off of the original. Sadly, we had to loose the fenders and rack to make way for the new wheel set. In addition to the seat, I will also get some LED lights to put on the front and rear. The bike looks great and it's almost there.


Stripped on Zach's bike stand



Here's the badge, pretty cool.



Work table, if you look hard enough you may be able to find the case of PBR.



Old rusted and busted parts.



Getting close, new derailer.



Almost there, Zach hamming up for the camera.



The new grips from Halcyon, I love them.