{"id":929,"date":"2009-03-12T06:59:19","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T12:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=929"},"modified":"2009-03-12T06:59:40","modified_gmt":"2009-03-12T12:59:40","slug":"rainy-day-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=929","title":{"rendered":"Rainy Day Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of days ago, I was on my way home from riding and saw a pile of bikes propped up next to a trash can. One in particular caught my eye- it was a bright blue geared bike of some sort with moustache handlebars. Noone was at home, so I left a note at the house asking if I could come back and get it. Later on that afternoon, the homeowner called back and said she didn&#8217;t mind at all, so I brought this home:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8087.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-931\" title=\"dsc_8087\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8087-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_8087\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8087-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8087.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8089.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-933\" title=\"dsc_8089\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8089-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_8089\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8089-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8089.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8088.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-932\" title=\"dsc_8088\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8088-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_8088\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8088-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8088.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8085.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-930\" title=\"dsc_8085\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8085-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_8085\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8085-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8085.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As luck would have it (for the bike, at least), the next day was cold and rainy. I spent most of the day with some rust remover and steel wool trying to get rid of a majority of the rust. I also dropped by the bike shop &amp; picked up some new cables and a chain. After a day of dissassembling\/reassembling, here she is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8091.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-934\" title=\"dsc_8091\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8091-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_8091\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8091-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8091.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8094.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-937\" title=\"dsc_8094\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8094-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_8094\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8094-224x300.jpg 224w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8094.jpg 479w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8093.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-936\" title=\"dsc_8093\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8093-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_8093\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8093-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8093.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8092.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-935\" title=\"dsc_8092\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8092-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_8092\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8092-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8092.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8096.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-939\" title=\"dsc_8096\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8096-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_8096\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8096-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc_8096.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The only thing I was worried about not working with the restoration was the front of the drivetrain- seems it took a hard fall on the drive side that bent everything up enough that the chainrings wobble as the cranks turn. It took a LOT of fiddling with the high\/low limit screws, but I finally got it to work (though it&#8217;s still pretty noisy and not incredibly smooth). Now I&#8217;m waiting for a set of new tires (the old ones were rotten beyond recognition) from Harris Cyclery (the rim size is an odd one- 26 x 1 3\/8). I plan on strapping some milk crates to the rack and turning her into a grocery getter. Hopefully once they get here, I&#8217;ll get some good out-of-garage photos!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of days ago, I was on my way home from riding and saw a pile of bikes propped up next to a trash can. One in particular caught my eye- it was a bright blue geared bike of some sort with moustache handlebars. Noone was at home, so I left a note at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8Uq-eZ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=929"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":941,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929\/revisions\/941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}