2012
Packed bike in Mandalay for trip home
18/12/12 03:42 Filed in: packing/unpacking
Once again the bike was disassembled and packed for our homeward journey. Read More...
Brake pad worn off.. replaced
12/12/12 05:55 Filed in: brakes
Luckily I noticed and changed rear pads. Read More...Replace rear tyre essential
12/12/12 05:03 Filed in: tyres
The rear tyre which also had to be replaced Read More...Tyre walls breakdown tube wears
Getting replacement tyres on “The Road To Mandalay” Read More...Swapped tubes #12
07/12/12 05:50 Filed in: punctures
Found tyre flat in morning but could only find valve leak so put in spare tube Read More...
Puncture #11
06/12/12 05:47 Filed in: punctures
A slow leak need fixing on backroad to Inle Lake Read More...Puncture #10
04/12/12 04:02 Filed in: punctures
Again the rear tyre was a little flat and I found a very small hole. #10 Read More...
Puncture #7,8 & 9
03/12/12 04:01 Filed in: punctures
After mending a hole in the back & the front then one more Read More...Brakes shimmed
02/12/12 04:27 Filed in: brakes
The replacement pads were well worn so I added a shim to help Read More...Puncture # 6
02/12/12 04:25 Filed in: punctures
You can see 3 of the 4 patches on the rear tube in the one area Read More...Brake pads swapped
01/12/12 04:38 Filed in: brakes
on the bottom the old pads and the top the newer ones Read More...both front and rear had flats
01/12/12 04:35 Filed in: punctures
After 3 flats yesterday I woke to find both tyres soft, i.e. 2 slow leaks. Read More...
Punctures at Bagan, Burma
30/11/12 03:52 Filed in: punctures
With thorns everywhere in Bagan it was inevitable Read More...Packing in Yangon for bus to Mandalay
26/11/12 01:25 Filed in: packing/unpacking
packing the bike at “Bike World”... Read More...Index chain broke
25/11/12 19:23 Filed in: chains
On the ride in the countryside our index chain broke Read More...
Unpacking in Yangon, Burma
21/11/12 05:00 Filed in: packing/unpacking
bike packed at Terry and Yati’s and unpacked in Burma Read More...Unpacking the Tandem Malaysia
14/11/12 13:51 Filed in: packing/unpacking
The Tandem was unpacked on arrival in Malaysia Read More...New drive chain
10/11/12 19:56 Filed in: chains
As the bent chain tensioner had broken the chain a new one was installed
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New Chain Tensioner
New Rohloff Down Hill (DH) chain tensioner installed Read More...New Tyres
09/11/12 20:02 Filed in: tyres
The tyres we had used in New Zealand were well and truly worn out some they didn’t come home. Read More...
Unpacking after NZ trip
03/11/12 08:11 Filed in: packing/unpacking
The bike was packed on 30th October and we left NZ on 31st. IT was reassembled slowly due to broken chain tensioner. Read More...
Chain Tensioner destroyed
29/10/12 19:57 Filed in: Rohloff
What was two be our second last trail in the Whaka Forest became our last Read More...
Index chain replaced
27/10/12 20:00 Filed in: chains
As we were riding into the Whaka Forest the Index chain just gave way. In two places!! Read More...
Drive chain breaks
26/10/12 19:59 Filed in: chains
On the Moerangi Trail the drive chain broke. Shortened not replaced. Read More...Rohloff Hub Oil Change
14/10/12 03:14 Filed in: Hub oil change
I took new oil to New Zealand to do an oil change. Oil levels seemed fine with extracted oil. Read More...
Unpacking in Rotorua, New Zealand
12/10/12 23:07 Filed in: packing/unpacking
Here are the cases being unpacked in New Zealand Read More...
Rohloff email
16/07/12 12:35 Filed in: spokes
note email asks for wrong spokes (correct is 243 mm) Read More...