i have a new project.
her name is lola. i rescued her from community bikes, where even they had given up on her, and were not even bothering to fix her. but i saw so much potential to be such an awesome bike, and i just felt this need to bring her home, and give her a lot of love and attention and breathe new life in to her.
so i did. and i am learning how to build a bike from the ground up, which is really fun, and really interesting, and super exciting. i've never worked on a bike before, and up until Saturday, did not even know how to change a bike tire. i have now not only learned to change the tubes and tires, i patched a tube. and took apart and reconstructed the entire bottom bracket, including bearings, crank, pedals, and sprocket. the chain comes friday. i also removed a lot of the rust, buffed out the fenders, replaced the wheels, and learned how to attach a coaster brake.
Now, it hasn't all been easy. Or fun.
lola bit me. which actually means that i tripped over the forks while i had her upside down on the floor in the kitchen with the wheels off while i buffed out rust. OUCH. i do not recommend it.
hopefully, i will have an assembled picture, and one of me riding her by the end of the week. so stoked!
it feels really good to have a project. and to be learning a useful skill like this. and to be doing and making things with my hands again. i am super stoked.
