Someone else is working on my bike (replacing chain and cassette), I’ve resisted the urge to hover over the process like a protective mother bear, and have gone for a walk.
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Someone else is working on my bike (replacing chain and cassette), I’ve resisted the urge to hover over the process like a protective mother bear, and have gone for a walk.
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If those gears changed any quicker I’d suspect they were some kind of mutant mind readers. (New chain and cassette is lovely).
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I totally didn’t just headbutt the bike while trying to get a closer look at the shiny new cassette.
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The shiny new bits:
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The previous chain and cassette lasted me 5175km, so let's see how this one does.
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It’s the day for shiny new bike things apparently; Ortliebs arrived.
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Swapping things form old panniers to new panniers: I found some trail mix of unknown vintage (but at least it wasn't an apple this time).
Also these Ortliebs might be the bastard child of a TARDIS; they look all small and unassuming, till you put A LOT of stuff in them and they're somehow still mostly empty.
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The Ortleib handlebar mount: I had my doubts about its rigidity.
Then I got to the 'pull the cable' part and it was "ooh", and tighten the first clamp "ahah, right", then tighten the cable "oh, yeah, I get it now", then tighten the second clamp and it's just "oh right, yeah I could balance a herd of elephants on that thing and it wouldn't move."
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Thus, Ortliebs:
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@TicklishHoneyBee
I think you might have hit a pedestrian there.
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@Maker_of_Things You don't have skeleton guards in your garage?
