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Kent Ridgeland

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This post is in reference to my series on the Kent Ridgeland, see playlist below:   YouTube playlist link Max weight bike can support according to Kent: according the the Kent general manual the max weight for their bike is 275 lbs. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0251/7286/9219/files/HybridTrekking_manual_2017.pdf?670 29er tire After some great comments I learned that bell also sells a 40 and 38mm tires and and it's even $5 cheaper. So I ended up repacking the 29er tires and returning them to walmart. Only after successfully returning them to walmart did I make the order on amazon.com for the new 40mm tires, at the time they didn't have and of the 38mm in stock.    Here are some photos of the new 40mm tires mounted:   Here is my affiliate link if you want to get a set for yourself. At just $14.75, I don't see how you can go wrong. But I'll ride them and report back when I have some usage out of them. https://amzn.to/3ngJ6fy   One final note, just the other day while
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Updates on: "$20 Schwinn restoration - 1x9 road bike" video

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Schwinn build updates   I've had many questions about the Schwinn build, let me try to document the answers here: The headset The inner diameter of the headtube where the upper and lower headtube race sits is about 30mm.    another measurement I did had it right at 30mm.        example photo from wikipedia Here is headset I ordered which worked perfectly, it's an Amazon affiliate link. https://amzn.to/2Snio7N    The size the bike came with:     The size I went to when converting to threadless:   these tables are from here: https://sheldonbrown.com/cribsheet-headsets.html   The paint color The paint is called "Krylon COLORmaxx Gloss Blue Ocean Breeze". I used two cans and bought it at Lowes hardware. The wheels and fork The wheels and fork both came off of my old 1999 aluminum Pinarello. I don't know much anymore about the details of the parts, but the wheel are Mavic, however I don't know the specific model. I don't know what make or model the fork is, bu
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