Bike updates

Updates on the bike projects:

The Bamboo bike

Removing the handlebars, greasing them, and reinstalling them (plus re-tightening the stem where it grabs onto the steerer tube) removed the creaking noise. The thing is, I had to reallllllllly tighten them down to get rid of the creak, I had to tighten them what I assume is far past the recommenced torque. I ordered a torque wrench, and I'm going to tighten them to spec and see how that goes.

Diamondback Outlook

The bike is looking really cool. I scored some mountain bike wheels for cheap off Nashbar, and snapped on some really big and cool looking tires. The seat is now a nicer looking and comfier Bontrager I pulled off an old trek hybrid, and the handlebars now have snappy click shifters and comfy Titchey grips. Next up? I couldn't resist a used Vuelta triple crankset I saw on Amazon, the granny gear was smaller than the granny on the current crankset, which is good because I'm not sure the granny on the cassette would be big enough for my girlfriend. My BB will theoretically work fine with it, but BB spindle/crank compatibility is a practice I've found to not always align with theory.

Harvey Dent

The dented schwinn is still dented and always will be. It is destined to become a suicide hub fixie, Sheldon says suicide hubs are perfectly safe if they are on a bike that is equipped with two brakes. So Harvey Dent will have two brakes. The rear axle needs to be re-spaced and the wheel redished for this to work, I have never redished a wheel, so this will be an interesting learning experience!

Other stuff

My winter beater, a old raleigh record converted to single speed, has a chain that recently started skipping. Perhaps that is because it has stretched a bit, and needs to be retensioned. The bridgestone still needs its bottom bracket removed, it will likely wait a while as I'm not sure when I will next have access to a vice grip!