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Early start this morning to drop the daughter at work, then decided to have a change from the usual Saturday morning ride and headed to Tarland , near Ballater, theres a small section of man made trails with a pump track too.
Spent a few hours riding the trails there (theres only 3!) And had a blast on the pump track, finally started getting the hang of riding the pump track, which I think helped me get a personal best on the Blue trail which is quite flowy and being on a rigid Singlespeed I had to carry speed as best I could!
Then this afternoon I tackled a particularly stubborn bottom bracket that I'd already soaked in penetrating fluid for a few days, tried heat on it, tried my breaker bar + extension and managed to strip the teeth on the cup :roll: but it finally succumbed to a combined attack from a Dremel and a hammer and chisel
Fortunately the replacement bottom bracket went in without any problems
And.... I finally got around to finishing the build of my All-Terrain-Touring Bike, just needed cabling up and adjusting, so I'll take it out for a ride tomorrow and see how it rides...
Early start this morning to drop the daughter at work, then decided to have a change from the usual Saturday morning ride and headed to Tarland , near Ballater, theres a small section of man made trails with a pump track too.
Spent a few hours riding the trails there (theres only 3!) And had a blast on the pump track, finally started getting the hang of riding the pump track, which I think helped me get a personal best on the Blue trail which is quite flowy and being on a rigid Singlespeed I had to carry speed as best I could!
Then this afternoon I tackled a particularly stubborn bottom bracket that I'd already soaked in penetrating fluid for a few days, tried heat on it, tried my breaker bar + extension and managed to strip the teeth on the cup :roll: but it finally succumbed to a combined attack from a Dremel and a hammer and chisel

Fortunately the replacement bottom bracket went in without any problems

And.... I finally got around to finishing the build of my All-Terrain-Touring Bike, just needed cabling up and adjusting, so I'll take it out for a ride tomorrow and see how it rides...