Packed bike in Mandalay for trip home

Once again the bike was disassembled and packed for our homeward journey. Read More...

Brake pad worn off.. replaced

P1130135 Luckily I noticed and changed rear pads. Read More...

Replace rear tyre essential

P1130133The rear tyre which also had to be replaced Read More...

Tyre walls breakdown tube wears

picture-21 Getting replacement tyres on “The Road To Mandalay” Read More...

Swapped tubes #12

Found tyre flat in morning but could only find valve leak so put in spare tube Read More...

Puncture #11

IMG_1622 A slow leak need fixing on backroad to Inle Lake Read More...

Puncture #10

Again the rear tyre was a little flat and I found a very small hole. #10 Read More...

Puncture #7,8 & 9

P1120671 After mending a hole in the back & the front then one more Read More...

Brakes shimmed

P1120657 The replacement pads were well worn so I added a shim to help Read More...

Puncture # 6

P1120655 You can see 3 of the 4 patches on the rear tube in the one area Read More...

Brake pads swapped

P1120639 on the bottom the old pads and the top the newer ones Read More...

both front and rear had flats

After 3 flats yesterday I woke to find both tyres soft, i.e. 2 slow leaks. Read More...

Punctures at Bagan, Burma

IMG_1463 With thorns everywhere in Bagan it was inevitable Read More...

Packing in Yangon for bus to Mandalay

P1120432 packing the bike at “Bike World”... Read More...

Index chain broke

On the ride in the countryside our index chain broke Read More...

Unpacking in Yangon, Burma

P1120297 bike packed at Terry and Yati’s and unpacked in Burma Read More...

Unpacking the Tandem Malaysia

P1120221 The Tandem was unpacked on arrival in Malaysia Read More...

New drive chain

As the bent chain tensioner had broken the chain a new one was installed
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New Chain Tensioner

P1120197 New Rohloff Down Hill (DH) chain tensioner installed Read More...

New 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

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

What was two be our second last trail in the Whaka Forest became our last Read More...

Index chain replaced

As we were riding into the Whaka Forest the Index chain just gave way. In two places!! Read More...

Drive chain breaks

P1110981 On the Moerangi Trail the drive chain broke. Shortened not replaced. Read More...

Brake pads replaced

Put in genuine magura pads. Read More...

Rohloff 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

P1110718 Here are the cases being unpacked in New Zealand Read More...

Rohloff email

P1110044 Shifter, spokes and sproket remover Read More...

Rohloff email

note email asks for wrong spokes (correct is 243 mm) Read More...