Son has rebuilt my college cycle from the storeroom. Apparently I'm not allowed to ride it yet

willow_kettle_584525 Apr 2026

It sat behind the water heater for about twenty years. He took it apart on the balcony over three weekends with videos and a borrowed toolkit: new chain, new brake cables, and a bell he is very proud of. Today he rode it round the block twice and announced that I'd need 'an induction' first.

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basil_diary_110425 Apr 2026
Did he true the wheels himself? That's the part I never managed. Ask him what the induction covers.
- willow_kettle_584525 Apr 2026
  Wheels he did with a spoke key from the cycle shop uncle, who now treats him like an apprentice. Induction covers 'not braking with only the front'. Fair.
- willow_kettle_584526 Apr 2026
  Update: passed the induction on Sunday evening. One lap of the block, with him jogging behind me the whole way as if I were seven.