The reports of the demise of my bike have thankfully been greatly exaggerated. I took the rear wheel off and sure enough my Bicycling Magazine's Complete Guide to Bicycle Maintenance and Repair was right when it said that the cassette may just be gummed up with rust or something preventing it from turning. It was hard to turn until I shot with a few shots of PB Blaster and then some WD-40 and it spun freely once again! I also got a closer look at the cassette cogs themselves and man, are they worn.
It had me thinking and I tried to fit my old Araya 700c wheels with old 700X21 or 23c cyclocross tires on them, but not quite enough room in between the down tube and the stays... Just thinking out loud about something smaller and with lower rolling resistance... If it had fit it would have given up some gearing for my old road bike's I think, 14-24 cassette six speed.
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