I’ve always enjoyed fixing bikes and have spent the last 13 years or so doing up my own bike which started life as a rigid Trek 820. The first thing I did was replace the forks, bars and stem after I’d snapped my handle bars while doing my paper round, since then the only original things left are the frame and the saddle and seat post. While embarking on the last leg of this transformation I was asked to have a look at a few friends bikes, doing what I could to fix them.
Having now moved into a house with some old friends in Bristol I was asked by one of them to do some work on his mountain bike, a Kona Lanai and another of my house mates is having some minor issues with his Kona Fire Mountain so as the project on my bike draws to a close, more opportunities have appeared to practise my bike maintenance skills. At the same time other friends in the area have mentioned they could do with their bikes getting a quick once over. More than happy to help and only asking a couple of beers and the price of any parts I’ve set to work and decided to try and report my progress in this blog, as well as documenting the occasional ride or event.
Speaking of events big congratulations to Josh ‘Ratboy’ Bryceland and Danny Hart for their results at last weekend’s Mountain Bike World Cup round in Mont Sainte Anne.
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