Upgrades On The Crossroads

My old Specialized Crossroads hybrid, which was a dumpster find by Nova and gift to me for my birthday years ago, was in need of some improvements. The antiquated Suntour index shifting didn’t work very well and spokes were breaking on the rear wheel. I’ve been talking about getting a new bike to replace it for some time. Just can’t bring myself to do it yet. Decided to just do some upgrades to the Specialized. I had a bike shop replace the spokes in the rear wheel and put on a freewheel that was compatible with the derailleur I bought from them which was a Sram 8 speed. I’d been wanting a wider tire so I bought a pair from them but ended up putting them on one of Nova’s bikes. I ordered myself another, different pair online.