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| Keywords: marco-bicycle marcobicycle marco-pantani marcopantani bike bicycle yellow-bike yellowbike rebuild white-seat whiteseat vehicle I should finish this today. All that's needed is adding the chain there on the work table and those two water bottle cages. I won't be putting one on the down tube, water bottle cage, just yet. I'm going to mount one on the seat tube and one on the stem and see how that works out. Less bending over you see. It'll be different but should work fine. I'm amazed I haven't scratched up the paint on reassembly of the Marco. That all too often happens when I'm putting something together on a rebuild. Just part of the game, eh? You may have noticed, I got a new seat. A WHITE SEAT. (I wonder if there's a group for bikes with white seats?) I did this on purpose. My reasoning is lighter colors don't absorb sunlight and thus, heat, as dramatically as do black or leather toned saddles. I've used a lot of different kinds of saddles in my riding days. Hopefully, this seat will be a bit more comfortable on remount when coming out of a, store, restaurant, making some lunch, taking a break, or just plain riding on it in my desert countryside. Utah is the second driest, (and one of the sunniest), states in the Union. Hot-seats-ain't-no-fun. Of course, the most important feature is knowing the saddle itself is comfortable. Time will tell. New parts/cost for this rebuild are the seat; seat-post; hand grips; freewheel; and paint, all costing $117. Cheaper than some of my rebuilds and a bit more than most. (They're usually $90, about.) Most expensive parts were the freewheel and seat; $30 each. Seat-post was $25, all bought from my local bike shop, Lovelands Custom Bicycles, in Brigham City, Utah. I should finish this today. All that's needed is adding the chain there on the work table and those two water bottle cages. I won't be putting one on the down tube, water bottle cage, just yet. I'm going to mount one on the seat tube and one on the stem and see how that works out. Less bending over you see. It'll be different but should work fine. I'm amazed I haven't scratched up the paint on reassembly of the Marco. That all too often happens when I'm putting something together on a rebuild. Just part of the game, eh? You may have noticed, I got a new seat. A WHITE SEAT. (I wonder if there's a group for bikes with white seats?) I did this on purpose. My reasoning is lighter colors don't absorb sunlight and thus, heat, as dramatically as do black or leather toned saddles. I've used a lot of different kinds of saddles in my riding days. Hopefully, this seat will be a bit more comfortable on remount when coming out of a, store, restaurant, making some lunch, taking a break, or just plain riding on it in my desert countryside. Utah is the second driest, (and one of the sunniest), states in the Union. Hot-seats-ain't-no-fun. Of course, the most important feature is knowing the saddle itself is comfortable. Time will tell. New parts/cost for this rebuild are the seat; seat-post; hand grips; freewheel; and paint, all costing $117. Cheaper than some of my rebuilds and a bit more than most. (They're usually $90, about.) Most expensive parts were the freewheel and seat; $30 each. Seat-post was $25, all bought from my local bike shop, Lovelands Custom Bicycles, in Brigham City, Utah. | ||||
