Cycling home from work I noticed that the rear wheel felt strange. Looked down to notice a pronounced wobble. Checked it when I got home and found a broken spoke. A repair that couldn’t wait.
When I bought the SC1800, I anticipated that the wheels would be the weak spot, particularly since I […]
I find this kind of thing interesting. In its first two months online, this site has had 595 unique visitors who visited the site a total of 1,369 times (about 2.3 visits per visitor), who viewed a total of 7,079 pages (about 5 pages per visit). 321 of those unique visitors showed up […]
870 Km on the odometer, and a silent week on the road. The SC1800 continues to roll without a problem. I can’t say I miss the constant chatter of the bottom bracket. Like a Victorian child, it should be seen and not heard. If I do another overhaul of the BB, […]
After overhauling the bottom bracket yesterday, I took the BOD for a 25 Km spin. While riding I couldn’t help but hear the cacophony of squealing from the chain. It’s been a long time since I lubricated the poor bike. My ride has turned into one of those bikes you can hear […]
Well, I decided to go ahead and do the bottom bracket overhaul. I cycled the Bike of Doom to MEC this morning and picked up the tools I needed. The story below, in pictures.
There it is, the Bottom Bracket, ready to be dismantled.
I’ve never actually done this before. In fact, I threw out what was […]
I’ve been contemplating swapping out various pieces of equipment on the SC1800 Bike of Doom, including the bottom bracket, tires, brakes and saddle, but finally came to the decision that I’m not going to do it. I started this experiment to see how well a $99 bike would do as a commuter vehicle. […]
If so, I want to hear about!
If you use a department store bike for riding to work, tooling around town, running down to the corner store, why not take a picture of the bike (and you with it!) and send it to me? I’ll start up a section on this website about Other People’s […]
During the 500 Km maintenance for the BOD I removed the SuperCycle decals from the crossbar and downtube. Impulse, I guess. Today, I applied the BOD’s new name. Kate cut some stencils for me at school. A pretty simple process, all together. New pics below. The new header above […]
Strangely enough or, perhaps, expectedly, the Bike of Doom has met up with The Number of The Beast. In Kilometers, that is:
666
Yes, my commuting bike is Satan’s spawn. Of that, there can be no doubt. Its seat is like the three pronged tip of some hellish pitchfork, my ass the […]
The noise from the bottom bracket has become persistent. It could still be the pedal. I’ll take a closer look this weekend. I am expecting to purchase the tools required to remove the cranks and to service the bottom bracket. Based on the experience of the other SC1800 rider at Maple […]
