Month: September 2025
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Splittin’ heads
It’s been seven weeks since I put new wheels, tires, cassette, chain, brake pads and disc rotors on Kuroko in one big maintenance session. After a huge fight to get the tires on the rims, the stopping point in the end was the front brake caliper, which wouldn’t expand enough to allow the wheel to…
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Tohoku Terminated
An event seven years in the making! The bikes were ready! The paperwork was in order! The riders were … the riders were present! I’d first ridden the Tour de Tohoku in 2018, after several years of Nana’s prompting. In 2019, I rode with a friend after José failed to register. The tour was cancelled…
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Hijacking José’s bike
The youngster and I are leaving first thing Saturday morning for a group ride (psst! Tour de Tohoku), so he told me earlier this week he’d be bringing over the bicycle beforehand, saving him the hassle of an early morning ride / ride on the train with the bike in a bag on Saturday. I…