Current Projects chat and miscellany

I had bought this otp pos mtb for my girl 9 years ago. Since then, I've built her up 4-5 bikes (in order to justify and balance out my bike hoarding) and this has gotten neglected over the past few years. By neglected I mean sat still outdoors for 4 years in Stockholm :/. The bike was in a sorry state to say the least. I decided to spruce it up a bit instead of throwing it in the skip which would clearly have been the most time efficient way of taking care of it. In the process of trueing the wheels, changing the cables, brake pads, bb and bearings I got a little carried away and raided my parts bin so it got a few upgrades. Actually the only components that stayed were the seatpost, saddle and v-brake calipers. Still needs a narrow wide chainring and a chain guide and some minor tweaks but it's nearly there. The lesson to be learned here is that sometimes it's better to cut your losses and throw shit away or something. Anyway hope she enjoys it.