{"id":239,"date":"2020-07-10T23:44:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T21:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jakob-volkmer.de\/?p=239"},"modified":"2020-09-11T12:56:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T10:56:40","slug":"retro-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jakob-volkmer.de\/en\/retro-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandpa's bike"},"content":{"rendered":"

My grandfather's bike, an old Motob\u00e9cane \"Classic\", had been sitting in my parents' cellar for twenty years. When the decision was made to move to Dresden to study, I remembered it and thought about whether it could be made roadworthy with a few simple steps. Unfortunately, not only was the shifting system completely broken, but practically all the bearings were rusty. But after Corona had shortened my gap year in New Zealand, I suddenly had a lot of free time and decided to do a general overhaul: So first I stripped everything down to the last screw - applied stain - scraped off the paint with an angle grinder and wire brush - sanded - clear-coated - treated with linseed oil - cleaned the components - greased the ball bearings - took out the old gears - put in new Alfine 8 hub gears (best decision ever) - re-spoked - new cables - new wiring for the lights - new saddle - new seat post - done. The nice thing is that I got almost all the components apart from the hub gears and the cables quite cheaply via \"Kleinanzeigen\". Let's see how it rides in Dresden.<\/p>\n\n\n