Fun, Fit and 60!

Free bike!

I picked up a bike from a post-garage sale giveaway.

I was almost home from an early morning ride when I saw it next to a "free" sign with a lot of other stuff.

I called Mrs. MTBMan1 and asked her to come over with a car and bike rack and we took it home.

Here it is:


The shifting seemed a little sluggish so I thought I would replace the rear shifter cable. When trying to take the shifter cover off, the nut sheared, like so:


It's an odd little item. There is a slider on it that if you turn it one way you get indexed shifting and the other way it's old-style friction shifting! It's Shimano Deore XT but certainly a very old model. There are only 5 cogs in the rear. I suppose I could replace it with a friction type shifter.

There is no brand to be seen on the bike as it has been painted.

The nice thing about it is that it's a large size good for either Mrs. MTBMan1 or myself. My idea is to make it as much a comfort bike as possible for Mrs. MTBMan1 as she is having neck problems with the high seat-low handlebar arrangement on the Trek.

Also, no quick-releases on the wheels:


What I would like to do is either see if the stem will extend or get a longer one and get high rise handlebars. Then maybe a shock mounted seat and some shocks for the front. All free of course! :-)

But wait, there's more!

They were also giving away 2 sets of biking shoes that fit me!


How 'bout that!? The only problem is, they are Look style and I have spd pedals. With my luck, maybe I'll find a free set of Look pedals before my current ones give out. ;-)

Remember, MTBMan1 says "You can't have too many bikes!"

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Cycle - 1.1 hours - 08/31/2009

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 08/31/2009
• Time: 16:30:00
• Total Time: 1:03:42.00
• Average Heart rate: 119
• Calories: 939
• Distance: 15.52 miles
• Average Speed: 14.62 mph
• Average Cadence: 78

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Cycle - 1.8 hours - 08/30/2009

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 08/30/2009
• Time: 13:00:00
• Total Time: 1:45:46.00
• Average Heart rate: 137
• Max Heart rate: 162
• Calories: 1559
• Distance: 24.96 miles
• Average Speed: 14.16 mph
• Average Cadence: 73

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Cycle - 0.9 hours - 08/27/2009

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 08/27/2009
• Time: 16:00:00
• Total Time: 00:55:24.00
• Average Heart rate: 132
• Calories: 817
• Distance: 14.4 miles
• Average Speed: 15.6 mph
• Max Speed: 36.7 mph
• Average Cadence: 78

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Cycle - 1 hours - 08/25/2009

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 08/25/2009
• Time: 16:30:00
• Total Time: 00:59:58.00
• Average Heart rate: 122
• Calories: 884
• Distance: 14.5 miles
• Average Speed: 14.51 mph
• Max Speed: 33.7 mph
• Average Cadence: 75

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Cycle - 0.6 hours - 08/19/2009

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 08/19/2009
• Time: 19:00:00
• Total Time: 00:38:23.00
• Average Heart rate: 132
• Calories: 566
• Distance: 9.34 miles
• Average Speed: 14.6 mph
• Max Speed: 30.8 mph
• Average Cadence: 80

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Cycle - 1.1 hours - 08/18/2009

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 08/18/2009
• Time: 07:00:00
• Total Time: 1:04:34.00
• Average Heart rate: 111
• Calories: 761
• Distance: 14.76 miles
• Average Speed: 13.72 mph
• Max Speed: 32.7 mph
• Average Cadence: 75

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Cycle - 1.2 hours - 08/17/2009

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 08/17/2009
• Time: 16:00:00
• Total Time: 1:10:53.00
• Average Heart rate: 126
• Calories: 836
• Distance: 14.7 miles
• Average Speed: 12.44 mph
• Average Cadence: 66

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Cycle - 2.4 hours - 08/15/2009

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 08/15/2009
• Time: 13:00:00
• Total Time: 2:23:55.00
• Average Heart rate: 131
• Calories: 1697
• Distance: 31.32 miles
• Average Speed: 13.06 mph
• Max Speed: 36.4 mph
• Ascent: 984 ft
• Descent: 974 ft
• Average Cadence: 68

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Cycle - 1 hours - 08/12/2009

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 08/12/2009
• Time: 16:00:00
• Total Time: 00:58:23.00
• Average Heart rate: 121
• Calories: 861
• Distance: 14.48 miles
• Average Speed: 14.88 mph
• Max Speed: 36.7 mph
• Average Cadence: 70

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