rainy sunday blues

Yessir ! So it's rained nearly an inch and a half since last night and it's probably way too muddy to ride the trails not to mention that i can see a fresh layer of snow in dem der hills and she's kinda chilly and all, but the good news is that the Bitteroots are recieving some VERY much needed rain. Rain that will eventually turn the dry and dusty trails into some fantastic singletrack. But since the sunday ride was called off....now what ?

Football ? go for a walk ? welp.....i suppose there would be countless other things to do since its waaay to wet to ride the bike today. For me, i decided to come into work to mess around with a couple of projects that i've been putting off, waiting for a break in the shop action. Hobby wrenching i call it(sorry i'm not working on your bikes on a sunday folks)and sunday is better than any other day to goof around with the wrenches i guess, so i took the old Iver Johnson Truss frame down from the counter top to throw a few parts on the recently restored frame, fork and parts. Man, she's been sitting naked for soooo long that it felt really good to throw the bike into the repair stand and to finally get busy on it.

really good.

first...there was a ton of frame prep to do since the frame recieved it's fresh coat of paint. And since the parts recieved a fresh zinc plating all of the parts have all increased a little in size too ( i did have most of the fasteners plated also but not the threads). But still, there was a bunch of paint removal that needed done. The seatpost was and still is the most difficult fit and it still needs a flex hone to ream out the diameter a little more. As i worked on the old bike it was the old saying.... " take two steps forward and one step back ", however progress was made.

i also had to rebuild the wooden wheels with some Torrington spokes that were laying around.

beverage of choice while working on the old stuff:

Sierra Neveda's IPA

music choice when working on the old stuff:

6 1/2 hours of Bob Dylan compilations.

In six hours i felt like i made pretty good progress but there's still the needed attention of finding a 28 X 1 1/2 inch tire, installing a skip tooth chain, and reaming out the damn seat tube. Here's how she looks after a day of goofin' off in the shop:

thanks for looking !