Maintenance time

It was time to get down to some bike maintenance this weekend.  Sunday morning I realized that of the 4 bikes I own that only a single bike was in a condition to actually ride.  One bike (an 1998 Trek Y-Foil 66) is being stripped down to sell with some parts going to the Colnago C40.  The Colnago was stripped down to clean the drive train and to convert the rear wheel from Campagnolo compatible hubs to Shimano compatible hubs so that the wife and I can swap wheels.  And the Trek 400T commute bike was out of commission waiting to get spokes to repair the rear wheel that was damaged a week and a half ago.  Only the Tallerico touring bike was operational.  Sigh!

Sunday afternoon I spent finishing the cleaning job on the Colnago drivetrain, then tore down, cleaned, and rebuilt the Chris King hubs on the wheels that had been on the Y-Foil.  I then swapped the old 9sp 12-25 cassette for a new 10sp 12-27 cassette and mounted the wheel on the Colnago. I added a new SRAM 10sp chain, and then realized I had no Campy derailleur cables.  Rather than file down the end on a Shimano cable, I ran to the bike shop and stocked up.  I replaced the right (rear) derailleur cable, adding a JTek Shiftmate Model 1 to handle the difference in spacing between Campy and Shimano.  On Monday morning, after adjusting the derailleur, I joined the wife on a 17 mile coffee shop loop to try out the new shifting; it all works great!

When we got back from the coffee shop there was a package containing the 291mm Wheelsmith 2.0-1.7-2.0 spokes needed to fix the Trek.  I sat down and replaced the 9 damaged spokes, carefully weaving them into position.  I pulled out the truing stand and ran through tensioning, centering, and truing the wheel.  When it was good enough I remounted the tire, pumped it up, spun on the freewheel, and prepared the Trek for the Tuesday commute.

I am now feeling less guilty.  I now have 3 operational bikes, and the 4th just needs to be sold off ASAP.  Anyone want a 56cm Y-Foil?