Monday, August 26, 2019

Miele Bicycle -- taking off bottle cage, pedals, bike computer, bar tape & brake levers -- Part 1





Shimano 600 groupset is equivalent to the current "Ultegra" groupset.  Dura Ace was the top of the line back in the days of the 600 and still is today.  I read that the Shimano 600 was also called the Shimano 600 Ultegra at one point.   Don't know how true this is... 

Took off the reflectors.  The top pedal has a section that's pretty bent.

Bent the pedal straight using a punch and hammer.  It's pretty good now.  Will clean the pedals because they're not bad and can still be reused on something.

I didn't know TREK made bike computers (in the late '80s or '90s?)




To take off the brake levers, need to remove the brake cables too.  This is the rear brake & cable.  Need to cut off the crimped end so that the cable can be removed.

Cable cut.

Removed from the brake assembly.

Someone drilled holes in the aluminum handlebar to route the brake cable housings through them.  This does not look to be by design.


Removed the rear brake lever and related components.


This is the rear brake cable housing coming through the drilled hole in the handlebar.

Need to cut the front brake cable also.


Front brake lever and it's related components.

This is the front brake cable housing coming through the drilled hole in the handlebar.  The bike was in a minor crash before.  The hole is deformed because the bar is slightly bent at the hole.   Due to the hole being drilled at this location, it creates a week spot and in a crash, it's understandable that it bent there...

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