Fox Fork Rebuild

I decided to take some pictures of a fork rebuild I did. These are the tools needed. The hammer is my favorite.
Fork before it is taken apart.
These are the uppers with nothing in them.
The lowers are on the right, the middle is the rebound cartridge and the left is the air spring.
It takes a downhill tire lever to remove the seals.

Old seals.
New seals.
Tool for installing new seals.
What is not seen is the hammer that pounds the seal into place.
The air spring back into the uppers.
The rebound cartridge back into the uppers.
Still need the lowers before the fork will work.
mmmmmmm... oily goodness

Done, now it is time to put it back on the bike.
You need the fork so you can steer.
Now we are complete.

Oktoberfest Ride

Mornings suck, it takes a cup of coffee and a few miles before I am awake, and the thought of food 2 hours away didn't help much.

Flat tires suck.
Here we are 10 to 15 miles into the ride and you would think we were miles from town.
This is what you look like after you pull around 20 people for 50 miles at 19mph average.
Sandra our fearless leader.
Waiting for food.
The nice thing about riding to the Bass Lake Draft House is the parking is right up front. Our table was o the other side of the fence.
After some food and beer it was time for the ride home. It was a long 10 miles.

Halloween 100

This is home base for the halloween 100, it all started around 8:30am and I didn't get back home untill around 5:30pm. This may seem like a short day but I was awake at 4:30am.

I would say that he is my competition but I like this guy he dose good work.
The calm before the storm. There were about 700 people out for this ride.

Just before the start people started overtaking the tent I was under that made working a little difficult.

This is what it looks like after everybody hits the road for the ride.

This is Wendy she is with a group called Girls in Gear it is also her first 100 mile ride.
This is the rest stop I stayed at after I drove most of the route. This is around mile 50 for the metric 100 and mile 78 for the full 100 miles.
Artistic shot of the van at the rest stop............unintended but it works

The Tridem

This is the longest bike I have ever worked on. So long in fact that it took two work stands to hold it up and two of us to work on it.
This is me tightening nuts and bolts while Jake works on the headset.
Almost done, you would think that it would take only one man to work on one bike. When we adjusted the braking and shifting one of us pedaled and worked the levers the other adjusted the gears and brakes.
Finished product. So what do you do after you finish a bike repair?
You get your two coworkers and go for a ride.
It took the whole parking lot to turn around. I thought a tandem was hard to turn.
Yes we tried to get up the hill.

New shop bike

Who said shop bikes can't be death traps. The red lever is the shifter and there is no brake.......yet.........well maybe
If you are looking for the seat it is the rear rack we haven't put much padding on it yet.

What is in the box?

When random boxes like this show up at the shop it makes you wonder.
So you open the box to see what is inside, and you realize there is room for two people.

This is the finale product. The test ride with Lee was interesting to say the least.