It took about 4 hours to get the taper--a polite word for a spear--fully into my bottom ear piercing, and while I didn't cry, I certainly whimpered and winced at all the ensuing throbbing. I don't understand how 0.337 mm difference can hurt so much. Initially, it was no worse ...

After a long steep downhill, one of my back brake pads started holding to the side of my tire, making a whomp-whomp noise and slowing me down. So we stopped, and I broke out the tools and tried from my 5-years-ago memory and the shitty online manual on my phone ...

It looks like it's actually in quite good shape, considering. The initial inspection suggests that all the brakes, shifters, and cables are fine. It was never left to sit out in the rain or anything, but it does have 4 years of dust on it. I'm using Deana's knowledge and ...