Gwylan
Veteran
- Location
- All at sea⛵
You know how it is. "I'll just....., then go for a ride.
1030, I'll just go and check the connections to the ebike motor. And clean the motor bearing
Next, bike in stand, rear wheel off. Big clean.
Whilst the wheel is off I'll check the brake pads.
They've been squeaky.
Examination reveals that they are very thin
Have spares, of course I do. I'm that sort of OCD. But not anal, do don't know where they are
Search begins.
Eventually find them under a scrap phone on the bench.
Install brake pads. Might as well bleed the brakes then.
Bad move.
Bleedin' kit? Is that in the Everyday bike bits box, the must take on Tour bike box or the Forever bike bit box"? Or did I lend it to Dave?
Eventually locate and bleed the brakes.
But the design of the bike requires me to remove the brake cylinder to get at the gizmo to add fluid.
Who dreamed that one up?
Restore cylinder etc. Start to replace wheel. Realise I've left the funny yellow bit if plastic in the brakes and not the shiny new pads.
Remedy error, proceed.
How many different Allen keys and Torx keys should you need on a bike?
Replace wheel and reconnect.
But the Gates belt tensioning is a farce. Twang the belt to the app on the phone to get the right note. Unbelievable and unpossible.
Notice, one of the plugs has a gap in the insulation. Think that was where I'd started.
So a quick bit of shrink on sleeving will fix that.
Now it's lunch time, the bike is still on the stand but the end is in sight.
Well finally done the back wheel, suppose the front pads need replacing
So they were replaced.
That brought me to tea time and re tensioning the Gates belt. Another great udea, in principle.
1030, I'll just go and check the connections to the ebike motor. And clean the motor bearing
Next, bike in stand, rear wheel off. Big clean.
Whilst the wheel is off I'll check the brake pads.
They've been squeaky.
Examination reveals that they are very thin
Have spares, of course I do. I'm that sort of OCD. But not anal, do don't know where they are
Search begins.
Eventually find them under a scrap phone on the bench.
Install brake pads. Might as well bleed the brakes then.
Bad move.
Bleedin' kit? Is that in the Everyday bike bits box, the must take on Tour bike box or the Forever bike bit box"? Or did I lend it to Dave?
Eventually locate and bleed the brakes.
But the design of the bike requires me to remove the brake cylinder to get at the gizmo to add fluid.
Who dreamed that one up?
Restore cylinder etc. Start to replace wheel. Realise I've left the funny yellow bit if plastic in the brakes and not the shiny new pads.
Remedy error, proceed.
How many different Allen keys and Torx keys should you need on a bike?
Replace wheel and reconnect.
But the Gates belt tensioning is a farce. Twang the belt to the app on the phone to get the right note. Unbelievable and unpossible.
Notice, one of the plugs has a gap in the insulation. Think that was where I'd started.
So a quick bit of shrink on sleeving will fix that.
Now it's lunch time, the bike is still on the stand but the end is in sight.
Well finally done the back wheel, suppose the front pads need replacing
So they were replaced.
That brought me to tea time and re tensioning the Gates belt. Another great udea, in principle.
