New Year slackness
I’ve done little of interest since the weather became less than fun to be out in, although I am still commuting by bike and managed to get to work in yesterdays really high winds in a sort of oscillating across the road way (not fun). Me being sloppy I forgot to do an odometer check for the end of the year, I think it will have been 10550 miles on the Tricross. On Monday I finally got around to putting the Avid shorty 4 cantilevers on the back of the Tricross, replacing the brake cable at the same time, and using a slightly longer yoke. They were right to say in the instructions the longer yoke would feel softer but bite more, on my test ride – before I got any speed up – I touched the brake lever and felt the back wheel overtaking me. On proper commuting rides the extra weight ni my panniers seems to be countering that effect, but my back brake is far better than the front at the moment which is odd.
I also managed an hours ride (papershop) on NYE in just the middle ring. That was exhausting. I knew before the Xmas break that the new gear cable had bedded in and needed tightening up – preventing me from shifting up gears without a struggle, I didn’t realise that all the muck beneath the front derailleur had set during the fortnight in the shed preventing shifting at all. Park citrus cleaner and a toothbrush sorted that out though.
