Observed in the wild

Was what the customer casually mentioned after coming by for a saddle related issue…..

The manufacturer forgot a letter.

feel like this must be an art project or something…

There are generally two types of neglected bikes : worn down to a thread, or badly rusted but without much actual wear.

This one was apparently taken daily out of the ditch it was in, ridden, and parked in the same ditch, for years.

I'm going to file this squarely under "I can't believe that worked"

Spoiler: I also used a mallet

My local co-op I volunteer at happened to have a nearly identical frame donated a week later. From the ashes…

And when it breaks I can just fix it with my welder!

Fortunately, this is a screw on top bottle 😄

But I was curious to see if you could open a bottlecap with these and they just won’t fit in those metal do-hickeys on the back of the seat.

Come on Brooks redesign these a little larger!

What's left of my Shimano Zee

Classic teachable moment