The Kona Lanais’ main issue is the bottom bracket, it’s old worn and basically knackered so replacing that is most important, everything after that is just improving the performance. Unfortunately a lot of my tools are back at my parents place. The tools I have with me so far have allowed me to remove the cranks, which took a bit of brute force and ignorance, but once off allowed me to give them and the rest of the bike a proper clean up, as well as give me access to the bottom bracket in the future. I removed the rear wheel and set to work with a toothbrush, a small screw driver, a tub of hot water and washing up liquid and some Muc–Off I borrowed from one of the lads. I previously had always thought that a bit of washing up liquid was just as good as any specially made product, and decided to test this theory out, funnily enough Muc-Off works far far better.
Removing the cassettes made cleaning them and the hubs much easier, using the toothbrush to scrub the oil and detritus off and using the small screwdriver to clean between the rings, I am waiting for the proper brushes and a chain cleaner as it should save a lot of time and effort and actually work better. As well as the cassettes I cleaned down the frames, mechs, chains and chainrings so they’re pretty shiny now.
I decided to do a run to Ikea, which was an interesting experience, only half sure of the route and in no way used to riding through traffic - I got off and pushed at big junctions. When I got there I rushed around the shop worried that my, well locked up but very visible, bike wouldn’t be there when I got back. Thankfully it was and I only had a couple of sketchy moments riding through town, such as nearly running a pigeon over and the guy who decided to pull out of a side street as I passed it.
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