As mentioned on Tuesday, I had a lovely day for myself, which I spent revising Timothy's bike.
The story: Timothy's too big for his bike, Sophy's too big for her bike. The solution: Sophy now rides Timothy's bike and Timothy is now riding on aunty Rachel's old bike (which must be about 20 years old).
To help this compromise along (Timothy wanted a new bike; but it isn't his birthday yet) I agreed to paint Sophy's bike purple (now silver) and Timothy's bike gold (now white (and rust)). Note that the kids chose these colours (really).
Being a perfectionist (or nerd), I couldn't stop myself revising Timothy's old bike when I stripped it for painting. So here's an illustrated guide to stripping down a bike. (Or rather, some of the action).
The bike before (under Timothy, with Sophy on a Sunday morning ride from Driebergen station):
Excitement as the coaster brake or back pedal brake or terugtraprem (:Dutch) is stripped:
.. For a 20 year old kid's bike, most of the mechanicals were in a remarkably good state.
Another view of the terugtraprem internals:
.. Note the screw for the 'clutch-like' mechanism.
And even more detail, obviously the elastic bands holding the brake pads are for display purposes only. This is a photo of the complete internals:
.. Spot the latex gloves; ideal when working with oily bike bits. You keep the feel and keep your hands clean. Admittedly they do wear out quickly (5 pairs for one revision).
Removing the crank, with my extractor (at long last a chance to use it in earnest):
And then there was the sudden, violent, hailstorm; just in time for lunch:
And at long last, the bike, stripped of everything and sanded down, washed and ready for the paint job.
To be continued.
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