So I have my daughter's bike on hold because I am rebuilding a 24 inch Trek 240 for my good friend Diana's son Geer. Geer is a cool kid who needs a bigger bike, and my friend found this Trek for $6.88 at a thrift store. This Trek needs a lot of love as it obviously spent many nights outside in the cold and rain. I should have taken a before picture, but I have a habit of immediately removing the crap parts off of second hand bikes as soon as they enter my basement. I did shoot a picture this evening with most of the heavy steel bits removed (see above). It's too bad that even the "good" brands put heavy steel parts on kids bikes. I guess it helps keep the costs down, but this bike was heavy. It is getting a new seatpost, handlebar, and rear derailleur all in aluminum.
So as I said before, this bike was abused. The chain was so rusted that it was a solid piece of metal that was impossible to get out of the rear derailleur. I didn't shoot a pic of that, but I do have a photo of the cassette. The one on the right is the rusted original, and the one on the left is an almost totally clean replacement from a donor bike.
Yikes. I was worried that it wasn't going to come off.So I wrapped up tonight with rehabbing the rear hub with Phil grease (only the best for Geer) and reinstalling the replacement cassette. I have a lot of work to do with a deadline of March 7. Tomorrow I plan to grease the front hub, bottom bracket, and stem.
Sean you're the best and Geer is going to love his bike. So with all the work and the bad parts was it still a good deal?
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Yes, definitely a good deal. I knew there would be a lot of rusty parts to throw away. This is why I keep a bunch of spares. Getting rid of the heavy steel is just my own personal crusade. This one is in much better shape than the last kids Trek I worked on, and that one sold for $137.
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