Bicycle Work
May. 14th, 2016 08:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogEarlier today, I was going to go outside and do some work on the bike I'm going to be selling. I got out to the parking lot and only stayed long enough to oil the chain on my Giant, Longing. It's cold out there today. Don't wanna, don't hafta.
I feel like the sale bike ought to have a name too, but I'm hesitant to give it one for the same reason, I suppose, that farmers don't name their food animals. I'd feel too connected to it. I already feel kind of connected to it. It has classic road bike looks; red and white paint, beautiful white-wrapped drop handlebars, friction-shift levers on the stem, a lugged steel frame, the maker's name, Takara, embossed into the top of the seat stays. I've never owned such a sporty-looking bike. It makes me wish I had room to keep it.
My dad and I picked it up at a Goodwill for $20. It was sitting next to a Schwinn priced at $30, but I do believe the Takara was a higher quality bike. I didn't have money for it, but I was pretty sure the frame was worth at *least* $20, and expected I could get $100 or so for the bike. So he bought it, I'm going to do a little work and sell it, and we'll split the proceeds minus parts. I figured inner tubes woudl be first, but amazingly enough, the tires and tubes held air when I pumped them up last week. It needs some cable adjustments and lubrication, but everything seems to work just fine.
But it will wait for a warmer day.
My brothers Tim and James got me stuck on Stellaris. James even bought a copy for me; I was touched. It's a great game, and I may have gotten Danae stuck on it now. I hope we all get to play together!
I feel like the sale bike ought to have a name too, but I'm hesitant to give it one for the same reason, I suppose, that farmers don't name their food animals. I'd feel too connected to it. I already feel kind of connected to it. It has classic road bike looks; red and white paint, beautiful white-wrapped drop handlebars, friction-shift levers on the stem, a lugged steel frame, the maker's name, Takara, embossed into the top of the seat stays. I've never owned such a sporty-looking bike. It makes me wish I had room to keep it.
My dad and I picked it up at a Goodwill for $20. It was sitting next to a Schwinn priced at $30, but I do believe the Takara was a higher quality bike. I didn't have money for it, but I was pretty sure the frame was worth at *least* $20, and expected I could get $100 or so for the bike. So he bought it, I'm going to do a little work and sell it, and we'll split the proceeds minus parts. I figured inner tubes woudl be first, but amazingly enough, the tires and tubes held air when I pumped them up last week. It needs some cable adjustments and lubrication, but everything seems to work just fine.
But it will wait for a warmer day.
My brothers Tim and James got me stuck on Stellaris. James even bought a copy for me; I was touched. It's a great game, and I may have gotten Danae stuck on it now. I hope we all get to play together!
