Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Bike prep at HOT

... a final glimps of the river before leaving HOT......
ready to set off for Mae Hon Song.. Arie, 4th timer. Sunny probably 2nd or 3 time..
back to the resort with all smiles.. the guys having breakfast outside the room.... waiting for me
... a familiar sight in my country too.. one working, one holds the tool, with 2 supervisor on the look out..
after telling the mechenic the aluminium foil is needed for a better grip onto the shaft, he says he will file off one side of the lever so it could clamp the gear shaft.. job well done..! Extremely happy bout it, I asked how much..? he asked for BHT20/... ok thats 85cts SG..
.. not much of a problem relating to him the the problm.. lucking to have the end of the nut protruded out on the other side giving him room to use a lock spanner to get a grip to it.. he gently remove the broken end..
.. glad to see one... on the verge of opening shop..
...#*&$^&*... a very stress evening, having a 'nut in my head' the whole night... woke up extremely early.. waiting to go up to town to search for a bike shop..
.. after tightening it.. I found that the grip is not so good as it has some free play even after much thightening done. so I decided to remove the lever to insert or wrap a piece of foil before tightening it back.. upon putting it back I over thighten it and broke the nut.. OH SHIT>> that is not good.. and it's 10pm...
Bike check before setting off for Mae Hon Song tmr... pressure lost, 2psi on both my rear and frnt.. after checking through all the bolts and nuts, the only nut found to be loose is the one holding the gear lever..

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