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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 10/06/2026

and here she is, all cleaned up. - headset cleaned and regreased - bottom bracket cleaned and regreased - handlebar deep cleaned and had grepp grippers replacing the old wrap - derailleur hanger realigned - derailleur cleaned and greased - jockey wheels scraped and lubed - gears indexed

drive side of the freshly cleaned bike, standing in the sun

non drive side in the sun, leaning over the kickstand towards me. especially proud of this one

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 10/06/2026

removed the crusty old bar wrap

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 10/06/2026

messed up my post i guess. anyway here's a recent project

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 12/05/2026

aska, nisse and i are hosting an alleycat thursday the 14th at the Alternativa Kuriren office! now you know what to do on your red day. bring your bike, a phone for photos, a lock and a pen. doors open after lunch

PET THE ALLEYCAT poster. may 14th kl.14:00, sevedsgatan 1b, malmö. helmet, pen, lock, phone. be there or be square!!

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 05/05/2026

finished my track bike finally

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 25/04/2026

come ride with us! it'll be fun!!

poster for ncmc26 sister alleycat, today at sevedsplan 16 o clock

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 22/04/2026

surely i can't be the first one to do this

xena the warrior princess, but i've replaced her chakram with a sugino zen track chainring

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 28/11/2025

i've been busy just riding my bike AND riding as a messenger recently! picked up a pair of pista wheels for my fixie build tho :]

me with two bike wheels attached to my little crossbody bag, supported with an elastic cargo strap

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 02/10/2025

kitted 2 bikes with pelago commuter racks these last days. shoutout Bien Vélo for letting me hang in their workshop 🙏 always a good time

black fixie with a polished rack, hanging in BienVélos workshop

me riding the fixie with the new rack, the other rack packaged onto the mounted one

second rack mounted in my home workshop, this one in black

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 23/09/2025

she's looking straight tactical

innerbarends mounted, picture from above

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 23/09/2025

innerbarends finally arrived and wow. they're e-bike ready 😳😳

the box for SQlab innerbarends, with a green plug shaped badge in the corner reading "e-bike ready"

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 10/09/2025

two perfectly healthy tires now in place. lots of annoying little issues popping up here and there. at least it hasn't cost me THAT much because of the lovely ncmc peeps giving me a gift card for my volunteering :3 decided to put 28-622 in front and 25-622 in rear to see if it handles comfier

old converted Peugeot bike on the stand in my living room, with fresh new tires

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 26/08/2025

chain replacement had 2 options: super sloppy and slightly too tight. because it'll stretch over time i went with tight, but that made me have to go back to the least bad 28-622 tire. that means it went from back->front->off->back! a full rotation!?

new chain in the drivetrain, coupled with the old rear tire

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 26/08/2025

second not sundried and cracked tire in place

25-622 tire on the front wheel of my bike

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 26/08/2025

tried to swap quill stem for a less aggressive one since i don't have or want drop bars on this one. that thing is stuck as hell. ended up twisting the fork a bit despite 5-56 and hammered down wedge, bent it back to somewhat straight but damn.

me holding a better fitting quill stem in front of my current one

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 25/08/2025

didn't like putting my thumbs on threads so i flipped the fasteners

handlebar grip fastening bolt facing upwards

handlebar grip fastening bolt facing down

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 24/08/2025

yay! sorry for the shitty pic i went to bed and remembered i should make progress pic lol

new rear tire on the bike, it hanging from the stand in my living room

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 24/08/2025

front tire seems to have been on its last legs for a WHILE. tried changing to the old beater tires (!! almost new) but the frame lacks the clearance, so i swapped the back tire to the front and used the old beater tire for the back.

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 24/08/2025

as i tried to shift the saddle ever so slightly forward, the saddle mount nut gave out. luckily i had a spare seat post from the old beater!!

rear view of the saddle mount, with the rounded nut held in front

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 24/08/2025

new thread finally! city bike project

a blue/white peugeot racer converted to sram automatix

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 28/07/2025

final moping post i swear!!

old picture of my now gone beater bike, just serviced

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 28/07/2025

i guess i have a few decent parts from her

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 19/07/2025

considering that the frame snapped a while back it's probably for the better. this i solved by hammering a seatpost in there

beater bike frame with a rusty break between the seat tube and the "top" tube

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 19/07/2025

rest in peace beater bike. the spokes are so brittle i can't true the wheels anymore.

clean snapped old spoke and its lonely nipple, pining for it

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 29/05/2025

this one is pretty cute now

the specialized, proper clean. it's gleaming in the spotted sunrays

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 29/05/2025

new wrap is just a little bit better

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 29/05/2025

new bar wrap and a good thorough wash

the remaining springlike coil of caked on since forever

the previous wrap, flat as electrical tape

washed and wrapped, shining red in the sun

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 29/05/2025

family time (fixing up my dads road bikes and going for a ride)

a red Centurion Le Mans and a silver Specialized Allez Sport outside the garage in the sun

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 24/05/2025

long time no see, road bike. new seatpost that is actually the right width installed.

shiny seatpost in its proper place, well seated

seatpost clamp no longer looking like a capital A, i.e no longer straining against itself

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 08/05/2025

it's also waaay safer now

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 08/05/2025

i gotta say. the reach is a bit much for me right now. thinking i'll swap back to the previous steering tube

new steering tube and new handlebar. both are pretty long

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 08/05/2025

guess who's feeling better! new handlebar, new brake wires + wire hoses and a new rear wheel rim

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 08/05/2025

swapping for a rim without a flat spot

rear wheel of the bike, taped to a rim in better condition. this is to conveniently move one spoke at a time over to the new rim

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 07/05/2025

alright. everybody say thank you for the rims and handlebar mr trash sco!

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 06/05/2025

wrapped it anyway. figure if i'm gonna try to straighten it out, the dampening wouldn't hurt.

top view of the handlebar from ahead. the fresh wrap does not hide the bend.

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 06/05/2025

oh okay. so the handlebar is uhhh. bent. like a lot

ahead view of the bike. without the tape it becomes apparent it's not very straight at all

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 06/05/2025

started peeling the old handlebar wrap off. underneath seems to be the original wrap. it smells like an old church. oh yeah!! the reason the right brake handle doesn't have a cable is because the rear caliper brake would constantly sit against the tire when i got it

the bianchi in my kitchen. the right handlebar wrap is partially peeled

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 06/05/2025

check this out. there's a metal lump on the shelf of the back rim, where the beads are supposed to go. it doesn't budge whatsoever when tried. this, coupled with a good flat spot in the rim is giving it a nasty bump when ridden. very likely how i got that first flat.

the tire pushed aside to reveal the metal lump

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 06/05/2025

new tire is on. after the fourth seating i ran into a brand new problem.

the back of the bianchi, wheel still off center in the frame

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 06/05/2025

went and got tires, tubes and handlebar wrap

me with two tires over my shoulder. i'm walking the flat tire bike back

the bike on its back, back wheel is off for repair

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isa 🜄 @bike.dyke.city · 06/05/2025

right so here we go. against my better judgement i rode it to and from my buddy's house 4km away from the commuter rail. flat rear tire halfway back

the back of my bike. the rear tire is flat

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