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This bike popped up on the local Facerook selling pages and for £45 (Wanted £50) I thought it was well worth a punt. Now at the wrong side of 50 I know I am too old for the Hipster look but it goes well. Well now it does when I picked it up the guy selling it told me his mate had sorted out the rear wheel, but since then some bearings had come out the drive side, so I gave the wheel a wiggle and it was a bit loose but not too bad, so I bit the bullet and rode it the nearly 2 miles home. Which given the state of the brakes and wobbly rear wheel was quite exciting/terrifying. So as the heavens opened not long after I got home I waited until the next day to service it and fit an extra pair of brake levers and some narrower tyres. So first job rear wheel I removed the axle and was totally shocked to see the drive side had grease in it but had no evidence of any attempt to fit any bearings whatsoever :facepalm: so I put some bearings in and it ran well, fitted some new pads and cables to the brakes and new tyres cheapy Kenda on the rear GP4000 on the front and, et voila finished for now
This bike popped up on the local Facerook selling pages and for £45 (Wanted £50) I thought it was well worth a punt. Now at the wrong side of 50 I know I am too old for the Hipster look but it goes well. Well now it does when I picked it up the guy selling it told me his mate had sorted out the rear wheel, but since then some bearings had come out the drive side, so I gave the wheel a wiggle and it was a bit loose but not too bad, so I bit the bullet and rode it the nearly 2 miles home. Which given the state of the brakes and wobbly rear wheel was quite exciting/terrifying. So as the heavens opened not long after I got home I waited until the next day to service it and fit an extra pair of brake levers and some narrower tyres. So first job rear wheel I removed the axle and was totally shocked to see the drive side had grease in it but had no evidence of any attempt to fit any bearings whatsoever :facepalm: so I put some bearings in and it ran well, fitted some new pads and cables to the brakes and new tyres cheapy Kenda on the rear GP4000 on the front and, et voila finished for now
