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VE day provided street parties and empty trails - woohoo...

Only an hour tonight, so localish. 13 miles. Took in my fav downhill road bit, where I can comfortably spin out.

Chain is starting to slip and I don't have a spare to hand so have to take it easy.
 

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Markybeau":29el3jqd said:
VE day provided street parties and empty trails - woohoo...

Only an hour tonight, so localish. 13 miles. Took in my fav downhill road bit, where I can comfortably spin out.

Chain is starting to slip and I don't have a spare to hand so have to take it easy.

Be interested in knowing more & pics of your crudcatcher & bottlecage.
 
Warm today, nice breeze though.

Havent been out much recently on the bike since having new tyres fited to the Triumph. Not one for going out at weekends due to, well, weekenders. It was as expected, busy, lots of cyclists out.

Helped a dog find its owner, apperntly it was a bit mutton and had hobbled off chasing a fox. Was worried i may have to cut the ride short and take it home, though the dog at mine would have thought i had bought it a toy and pulled all its stuffing out. Lady was kind of pleased, seemed more upset that she had been there from 9 this morning and was only out for a quick walk, i arrived on scene at about high noon, mad dogs and englishmen :shock: :)

The ride started off vague today, not knowing where i was heading, that theme carried on for most the ride infact. The fields are starting to bloom around here, i know a great loop for this time of year but it is quite a long one and if i was stopped at the furthest point it would be kind of hard to justify it at present. Seems silly to travel too far from where i am as the whole place is surrounded by woodland, including Sherwood Pines, hmmm, that should be a bit quieter at moment.

Anyway, it turned into a great ride on another fine day.
 

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I'm down for maintenance ... Only started off as a freehub body overhaul!!



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Eight .. yes eight bearings to replace on this backend
Two 6800, two 6001 and four 6901 types.

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Decided to bling up the linkages :roll: Well I was bored waiting on new parts...

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My partner has started coming out with me on a Sunday. She's not done much cycling recently, mainly because she had this horrible BSO made from scaffolding poles. A desperately debilitating thing just to look at, never mind ride. So to encourage her I made some minor changes to the Stumpjumper - pedals, seat, stem - and she loves it. 'Oh my god, that is so nice to ride. Her opinion of a bike being just a bike has now transformed into an appreciation of the difference between a good bike and something that merely resembles a bike. It's been quite a breakthrough.

So today was a nice steady pace over about 14.5 miles, taking in quiet lanes and some minor offroading. Temperature was about 17c when we left, with a stronger breeze than recently, but really pleasant. Very busy, lots of cyclists on and off-road.
 

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Built mine an explosif. She has no clue how desirable it is.
 

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