One Week, 4 Bikes, 2 Broken Spokes

  1. Wednesday – Superlight – Commute
  2. Thursday – Heckler – Bulldog Canyon
  3. Friaday – Blur – Desert Classic
  4. Sunday – roadie – Saguaro Lake

That is so harmonious, and so consistently novel, and so full of options!

And so much to repair.

I thought multiple bikes would mean less work, instead there is always more to do.   Always parts that are broken that do not match other parts on hand for other bikes.   Always drips and drabs.

Thursday was the rear shifter cable and derailleur pulley on the Blur, which was packed full of crud still from the Crazy 88; Saturday was spokes on the Heckler which required unmounting the rotor and the cassette.   Lacing spokes as repairs always bends the spokes, and here’s a tip – when you clip the spoke on the trail, leave enough length so you can grab it when you unscrew it from the nipple.   The front wheel of the Blur was rubbing the brake calipers and needed truing, and i can only hope that was why I was struggling so badly on Desert Classic.   The Superlight needs its handlebars aligned, and the roadie…well, I changed my cleats a ride ago they probably need to be tightened.   I need to lube the shock mounts on the Heckler, change rear tires on both the Blur and the Heckler, and I had to stick a cork from a wine bottle into the handlebar on the Heckler where i lost one of the bar plugs. I painted the tabletop of my work table, so the particle board will keep from fraying.   I hung a hook in the garage to hang my new #2 spoke wrench on.

This is basically a full-time job.

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