Last night turned into a last minute trip to Bath for a night out, had a great night out with good friends and new people, starting in The Salamander eventually moving on to the Porter or something like that I don’t really remember. Me and another friend spent the night on the wonderful Anna’s floor –she also gave us a lift over from Bristol! Heading back on the train this morning then stopping into Wetherspoons for a much needed breakfast. When I got home I went to sleep for a few hours before coming down to do some work on the bikes, something to concentrate on while I sobered up! First things first get everything I need ready….
Having cleaned the other two bikes I thought I should do the Fire Mountain, this also gave me a chance to try out my shiny new chain cleaning device, which for the £5 or so I spent on it works pretty well. Again it was getting the wheels off cleaning the mechs, cassette and the chainrings and cleaning the frame, toothbrush and sponge at the ready.
Once I’d cleaned up the Fire Mountain I wanted to do a little work on the gears on my Trek, re-aligning my front mech so the chain didn’t rub on it and improving the shifting. At first I attempted to just move the screws unfortunately this wasn’t enough and I had to release the cable and pull it tighter, which is flipping difficult without an extra pair of hands. Fortunately I was able to get it tight enough and then went back to using the screws to fine tune it.
Finally a massive Good luck to all the Brits and selected others (Minaar and C.G.) at the Windham Downhill World Cup round tomorrow and also to everyone taking part in the Megavalanche! Oh and of course a good luck to the guys competing in the XC at Windham right now!
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