On your bike!

On your bike!

Friday, June 10, 2011

Bike repairs

I took a day of work to work on fixing the bikes so I would have no excuses not to ride. I cleared the bench at the back of the garage, and set up a make shift bike repair stand by putting the car towbar bike rack in the bench vice. I clamped the bike ( it has an aluminium top tube) so I could work on the bike without it falling over, I then laid out the tools , cranked up the radio and set to work.  On my commuter bike I replaced the broken front derailleur, fitted new pedals, replaced the bearing cones on the back wheel, adjusted the breaks, cleaned and lubed everything that moved, and fitted some race-blade mud guards (what an adventure that was!). The hybrid got a little less love and attention but  I managed to replace the broken spokes trued the wheel (well almost)and gave it a bit of a service. I’m now ready to hit the road! ( unless of course I can find some other excuse not to ride!)

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