February 17th, 2009 by 
Michael in Greensboro, NC 
As strange as it sounds, this past week had temperatures up into the upper 60′s for the whole week!! I definitely took advantage of the weather by getting out and mountain biking. Before I headed out though I did some good ole cleaning for the start of the new season. I tore down the rear section of my bike and cleaned all the gears in the cassette. Getting the cassette off in the first place was the hard part but with a lending hand, a pair of bird gloves, a chain off an old Raleigh and some muscle it would eventually give way.
Simple Green also helped with getting the dirt out of all the crevices. I never knew how much fun it was to take apart bikes but I love to work on cars too.
Hopefully there will be more warm days in the future than cold…
February 18th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Those warm temperatures were just what everyone needed to shake off the chilly January we shivered through. I’m glad your bike received some good ole fashion TLC along with a photo op to boot! My favorite picture-the sepia toned one with the gears (?) Gre