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This is my shitty road bike named Ful Väg (Swedish for ‘ugly road’).
It’s a 2006 Trek 1000 SL I paid way too much for ($150). Have always been a vocal anti-roadie but I’m getting less judgemental in my old age (opposite of what’s supposed to happen) and a mate was keen for me to join him on some rides so I thought I’d give it a whirl.
Was rideable when purchased, but grabbed it on the way to trails one night and didn’t realise how bad a shape it was in. Most bolts rusted to hell and some galvanic corrosion around the bolt bosses. Must have been sitting in a vat of some sort of electrolyte to end up that bad.
Not to be perturbed, I cleaned it up as best I could and started using it. First decent ride saw the rear wheel self destruct. Ordered a fresh set of cheap Shimano R501’s and committed to a full strip down and respray. Fork turned out ok with a blue/orange blend, but I couldn’t be stuffed painting the whole frame so just shot some matte clear on it and left it looking rough. Also picked up a cheap set of hollowtech cranks as the old square tapers weren’t really up to carrying my weight.
Brake calipers were in a really bad way. I managed to pull them apart and get them moving ok, but they’re going to need to be replaced soon. Quick bit of research suggests Shimano have applied 4 different pull ratios to their road brakes since 2000, which makes finding a compatible set a bit trickier. FFS.
Landsvägscyklar är skit och borde förbjudas. (Ancient Swedish proverb).
It’s a 2006 Trek 1000 SL I paid way too much for ($150). Have always been a vocal anti-roadie but I’m getting less judgemental in my old age (opposite of what’s supposed to happen) and a mate was keen for me to join him on some rides so I thought I’d give it a whirl.
Was rideable when purchased, but grabbed it on the way to trails one night and didn’t realise how bad a shape it was in. Most bolts rusted to hell and some galvanic corrosion around the bolt bosses. Must have been sitting in a vat of some sort of electrolyte to end up that bad.
Not to be perturbed, I cleaned it up as best I could and started using it. First decent ride saw the rear wheel self destruct. Ordered a fresh set of cheap Shimano R501’s and committed to a full strip down and respray. Fork turned out ok with a blue/orange blend, but I couldn’t be stuffed painting the whole frame so just shot some matte clear on it and left it looking rough. Also picked up a cheap set of hollowtech cranks as the old square tapers weren’t really up to carrying my weight.
Brake calipers were in a really bad way. I managed to pull them apart and get them moving ok, but they’re going to need to be replaced soon. Quick bit of research suggests Shimano have applied 4 different pull ratios to their road brakes since 2000, which makes finding a compatible set a bit trickier. FFS.
Landsvägscyklar är skit och borde förbjudas. (Ancient Swedish proverb).