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  • Just to add to this, a pair of bolt cutters is an excellent rusty chain removal tool (if you have some laying around) and with the replacement chain 10 and 15 speed chains come with quick connects so gettin the new one on is literally a snap. Make sure to lube everything that’s supposed to move (worry less about rust unless its bad enough that it compromizes integrity i.e. things bending and flexing that shouldnt), bearings (pink grease is good), cables (shoot some wd 40 in at the top, it runs down hill), there are bearings under that little cap where the handle bats meet the frame. Disc brakes let a bike mechanic handle it. Parts you’re looking at $50 (just tubes and a chain), to worst case scenario maybe $150 if you picked out puncture resistance tires and shopped around. Brake job, I think my last one ran ~$80, but mines hydraulic so a cable system is likely cheaper.

    Honestly, if you’re trying to pick yourself up out of a funk, picking up a cheap set of wrenches and Allen keys armed with some youtube videos may be just what the Dr ordered.