Month: August 2019
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Hot, sweaty and flat
We chose to ride to Haneda today, a short ride, because of the brutal heat and the fact I hadn’t verified everything was working OK with Kuroko. By the time I’d reached the Halfakid’s apartment, I knew that I had to tighten up some of the spokes in the rear wheel following the spoke replacement…
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The rims have shipped
I suppose I should order some spokes …
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Growing Schwag Pile for Ol’ Paint
A couple of more bits arrived for the Ol’ Paint refurb, and the schwag pile is starting to grow. Today we had a real Boxpocalypse as Amazon chose an enormous box for a single handlebar stem. Boxpocalypse I & II The handlebar arrived separately, in its own box. (I checked: the handlebar would not quite…
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Good day for bike maintenance
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Crankset maintenance attempt
I noticed when cleaning up Kuroko from the Lejog attempt that a piece was missing from the crankset. I contacted the maker about getting a replacement. Then, on the next ride, I noticed that the crankset was making some noise again. The last time this happened I just needed to tighten up the bottom bracket…
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New jersey for a new Tour de Tohoko
My jersey arrived today for this year’s Tour de Tohoku, which will be Sept. 15. This unnecessary packaging does not spark joy … I won’t be using my newly cleaned Evoc bag to transport Kuroko for the tour, because the delivery company insists on boxes.
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Cleaning up the bike bag
Since my return from England and my attempt on Lejog, the bike bag has been sitting on the balcony waiting for me to clean it up and put it away. Today was finally the day. The bag, with Kuroko inside, was actually half a kilogram heavier on the trip home. I’m thinking that’s how much…
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Nuke ’em from orbit
I went to the hardware store last night and got a lot more sandpaper, a wooden dowel to help with sanding out the seat tube, and some work gloves. Today I tackled the down tube, which still had a couple of stickers on it. I’d previously removed the bike parking sticker with a putty knife,…
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One sheet of #120
Today I tried drilling out the second broken water bottle cage bolt on Ol’ Paint’s downtube, without success. I’m just going to fill in both bosses with putty or epoxy before painting, and use the bosses on the seat tube. Those are in fine shape, and I’ve chased out the threads using the tap set.…