Winter Bike Upgrade Project My friend Garrick hooked me up
with a sweet deal on components and helped me (read: I helped hold stuff)
perform the upgrades over the course of two Saturdays in January.
I rode my bike over to Garrick's when it was -11° F out. Brrr!
We planned to install:
Before:
The fenders presented the biggest problem (hah, I thought they would be
easy).
The front mounting bracket did not match up with the hole in the fork.
Fortunately Garrick has an insane amount of tools including a shop drill,
so we were able to drill a new hole (photo by Garrick).
The whole process of putting on the fenders took about 3 hours, so we
called it a day.
The next weekend we finished the job. Putting on the handle bars was the
biggest part because we had to run two new cables. After that, getting the
lights and kickstand on was a snap, and we were done!
After:
So, how is it?
I like it! The fenders are great for keeping the slush off. The new
handlebars probably need to be a bit higher but they are much more
comfortable and a lot easier to ride with gloves.
More photos of the bike upgrade
by me and
by
Garrick.
One of my goals for this winter is to ride my bike to work. In late
November, I realized this was not going to happen without some upgrades
to my bike.
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