I have a really nice bike….er it was once a really nice bike.  It has fallen on hard times.  I bought in 1992 or 1993.  I think it was $900.  Giant ATX 770.

Everytime I see it I get mad.  When I take it down to ride, it’s just broken.  No longer shifts properly, the tires have dry-rotted again.  Tubes don’t hold air.  It’s on my list of things to fix.

Today is that day.  I took it back to Lee’s Cyclery to get corrected.  New shifters, new brake levers (apparently my bike is old school and it’s a one piece…so updating a bit.)  New cables all around.  Since I’m paying for that, and I’m getting new tires and tubes anyways…I just added that into the things they do for me.  $7 to install tubes & tires, fine.  The new shfiters and brake levers are only $45 + $25 to install.

So for about $160 it’s going to be like new again.  Why did it take this long…why last year did they talk me out of new shifters 🙁

I get it back in 7 days.  Yay!  It should make it another 16 years now.