SC1800 still rolling in 2023!

 I think it's been 19 year since I started this 'experiment'. 

See above for a recent picture of the original test subject. It still rolls, and I try to keep up maintenance on it. Truth be told mileage is way down, because I primarily ride that MEC Skyway for most short hops around town. They are both good beater bikes, but the Skyway is on the front porch and good to go and the SC1800 lives in the back yard. At this point it is really more of a study in corrosion and neglect than how it rides. It's amazing all I really have to do is oil the chain and pump up the tyres and it is still quite ride-able. I do occasionally (maybe twice/year) squirt TriFlow onto the derailleurs and brake mounting studs.

I think I put a new tyre on the front wheel a couple of years ago. The replacement Kenda Klaw has been gnawed on by a squirrel and made a hole that couldn't be booted. Darn squirrels. The new tyre came from Uncle Jacob and is a Maxxis that works okay. It was super hard to get bike parts in the summer of 2020 and supply chains got messed up, but Jacob always came through - I think he was getting inner tubes and stuff straight from China or something.

I am likely the only person on earth that still cares (do I ?) about this blog but since the machine is still rolling, I will try to update it once/year out of habit.

Cheers :)