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Thanks for nudging me to pay more attention here.
2 years agoA new breed! Rare and valuable.
2 years agoLooks like my previous comment jumped the gun. Sorry to steal your thunder. :)
2 years ago"Nothing but bracken, grass and sheep."
Making it another example of a "desert" then, as per your explanation from a couple days back.
Fingers crossed for you for a successful fix this time.
2 years agoYou’re right about the hot rooms. We are staying in small places where the hotels don’t have air conditioning but the heat wave is over for now and now we just have to deal with some rain.
2 years agoI’m sure you’re right - one or the other must be bent out of shape. It is a problem with the long cage and smaller wheels alright - there’s such little clearance and it’s so close to the ground that it’s accident prone.
Fortunately we have a four day stay in Abergavenny tomorrow, they have a bike shop, and they’ll see me when we arrive. With luck I’ve just got the next two days to make it through before getting it resolved.
So do I. It has that authentic, lived in feel bout it. Probably an authentic odor too, but I wouldn’t know about that.
2 years agoNope. We seldom lock our doors when we’re in the room.
2 years agoNope. No bizarre dream sequence this time. This was the real deal.
2 years agoSounds like your derailleur cage is bent. That or the derailleur hanger is bent. The derailleur cage can be bent back with some very careful force. A bent hanger should really just be replaced.
I can attest to how much a rubbing derailleur slows climbs down. I didn’t bring a long enough Allen key to mount my derailleur last summer and I think didn’t get it on quite straight. It made for a miserable first day or so before I discovered the problem. I ended up switching to a shimano Sora midcage derailleur and shifter. I can still access all my gears and actually didn’t need or shorten the chain. Unlike the long cage derailleurs, the sora doesn’t hang down by my little 20” tire so I won’t have the rubbing problems. Sora is 9 speed so you’d want a triple chainring up front most likely.
Well, that opening story painted quite a picture. I kept expecting to read “…and then I woke up from my dream”. You DO know how to have an adventure.
2 years agoExciting wake up call! But, I have a question, was your door locked?
2 years agoThat's what I thought too. It looks top-heavy. I'm surprised it hasn't come down yet.
2 years ago
Hold your line, Rachael!
2 years ago