Braking. It’s important. I bought JagWire RoadPro complete cables with shift and brake cables and housing. It comes with everything needed including endcaps, but not the tools or know-how. Those items one must bring to the party. It’s a BYOB and you are the mechanic. In this case, I would be t he mechanic. Also […]
The easiest way to start seemed to be disassembling the brakes and gears along with the headset. I had the headset in my possession so while I gathered the rest of the parts, the big fix would be underway and ready for each logical next phase. Off came the shifters, off came the brakes, off […]
Author’s Note: Please bear with me while I deflect from my Miyata chronicles for this personal story. Thank you. One of my best earliest memories is of riding bikes with my brother and one of his friends from our neighborhood. There was a large lot behind our house which was known as “The Field”. This […]
It must have been a moment of sheer delirium or exasperation when I had my chromoly steel Miyata converted to a commuter bike. Straight bars and bar shifters replaced drop bars and down tube shifters — a granny gear in the back and more black cable housing made up the transformation. It was my fault. […]
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