2016

Rohloff Splined Sprocket Installed

26/08/16 23:55

Replaced Bearings in Front Wheel

26/08/16 01:00 Filed in: wheels

Rohloff Oil Changed

26/08/16 00:50 Filed in: Rohloff

Drained cleaning oil which had been in a while. New oil. Read More...

Rohloff DH chain tensioner repaired

26/08/16 00:01 Filed in: Rohloff | chains

Installed Rohloff Chain Guide on Hub

25/08/16 23:56 Filed in: Rohloff | chains

Chain jumping on Hub Sprocket

22/08/16 00:02 Filed in: Sprockets | Rohloff | chains

New Chains but hub sprocket too worn. Kept jumping Read More...

Re-built Crank Bros Pedals

20/08/16 16:25 Filed in: pedals

Rebuilt 2 sets of pedals and engraved numbers on all. Read More...

Crank Brothers Pedal bearing

20/08/16 04:31 Filed in: pedals

Pedal Bearing is Enduro 686 LLU Read More...

MSC New Stoker Stem and Captain Seat Post

19/08/16 20:02 Filed in: MSC

The Stoker Stem on the MSC was too long and surprisingly it had a 27.2 MSC seat post with sleeve although the frame was made for 31.6mm.

I purchased a new 31.6 Ritchey Seat Post from Chain Reaction in UK.
I purchased a new ControlTech Tandem Stoker Stem from Bike Barn in USA.

There was a considerable weight saving of nearly 300gm:

	original weight	new weight	saving in gm

Seat Post	272
plus sleeve	64
total	336	268	68

Stem	588
sleeve	16
total	604	376	228

Seat	368

TOTAL			296

This allowed the stoker cockpit to be lengthened. It was tricky to setup as there were so many movable parts. The original distance:
from the tip of the seat to the centre of the handle bar along centre line was 365 and this became 440
from tip of seat to end of handlebar centres was 440 and this became 490
from the centre of the captain stem measured back to centre of end of stoker bars became 830 and this double checked the bars were straight.
The bars were set at the same height: 615 from level on axles and 645 to centre about in line with grips.

The captain's seat was again set at 170 from frame clamp to centre of seat rails. The new stoker post was set 70mm above the frame clamp. The stoker stem was set at 170mm from seat post centre to bar centre and this meant there was 50mm protruding from outer sleeve to centre of bar clamp.

MSC Tandem Cranks

25/07/16 02:41 Filed in: MSC

Trying to sort out the Cranks on the new MSC Tandem Read More...

Swing-arm Broke Again (14,102)

17/07/16 01:50 Filed in: frame

Swingarm suddenly broke again Read More...

Replaced Rear Tyre

10/07/16 10:54 Filed in: tyres

Replaced rear Tyre Read More...

Stoker gets dropper Post.

25/06/16 01:25 Filed in: seat post

Annette wanted a new dropper post at 14,041 km. Read More...

replaced bolt on chain guide

24/06/16 01:44 Filed in: chains

The rear bolt on the chain guide was too short. Replaced with a longer one Read More...

Tyre Repair (454 km of use)

19/05/16 13:36 Filed in: tyres

Rohloff cleaning oil in hub (13914 km)

19/05/16 12:09 Filed in: Rohloff

Rohloff axle plate bolts loose

16/05/16 12:08 Filed in: Rohloff

Rohloff Axle Plate bolts sheared. Read More...

Installed new Rear Brakes (13797km)

07/05/16 01:59 Filed in: brakes

New Magura MT7 Rear Brakes with 180mm Storm Rotor & Rohloff Monkeybone. Read More...

riding Record to date

10/04/16 00:56 Filed in: Records

year	date	place	detail	hours	km	sub total kms	year kms	notes	hours sub totals	running total km
2008	22/Jul	got bike in Calaifornia
							1000			1,000
2009		no record of riding away until July
		rode in Bali in September					1500			2,500
2010		no record of riding away April to July
							2000			4,500
2011		no record away Japan,St Am, Nepal
							2000			6,500
2012		record from May, rotorua October
		including riding in Burma Nov 1468 km					3515			10,015
2013
		Rotorua for 3 weeks					1000			11,015
2014
	06/Dec	Sisters Creek	Tasmania	01:50	31.8		1300	only ride after broke swingarm		12,315
2015
	02/Apr	Garrawarra		00:10	0.9				00:10	12,316
	02/Apr	Audley	Lady Carrington	00:58	20.6				01:08	12,337
	05/Apr	Darkes Forest		01:11	21.3				02:19	12,358
	08/Apr	Darkes Forest		01:05	21.2				03:24	12,379
	10/Apr	Jindabyne		01:27	16.7				04:51	12,396
	10/Apr	Jindabyne	Bingara	00:30	6.1				05:21	12,402
	11/Apr	Thredbo	River Trail	01:38	21.6			with Emma & James	06:59	12,423
	13/Apr	Mt Buller	Alpine Epic	04:44	44.5			broke chain tensioner	11:43	12,468
	13/Apr	Mt Buller		01:36	13.1				13:19	12,481
	14/Apr	Mt Buller	Stonefly	02:50	20.0				16:09	12,501
	15/Apr	Mt Buller	River Trail	01:09	16.8				17:18	12,518
	28/Apr	Darkes Forest		00:41	11.0				17:59	12,529
										12,529
	01/Sep	Shellharbour	around town	00:56	12.9	226.7			18:55	12,542
			NEW FORK							12,542
	10/Nov	Christchurch	Around Town	01:14	17.2				20:09	12,559
	12/Nov	Christchurch	Port Hills	02:09	23.4				22:18	12,582
	13/Nov	Hanmer Springs		02:02	23.4				24:20	12,606
	14/Nov	Craigieburn		02:40	22.3				27:00	12,628
	16/Nov	Queen Charlotte		02:33	28.5				29:33	12,657
	17/Nov	Queen Charlotte		04:45	38.2				34:18	12,695
	18/Nov	Nelson	Hira Forest	02:00	19.7				36:18	12,714
	19/Nov	Nelson	Dun Mountain	04:15	37.9				40:33	12,752
	20/Nov	Takaka	Remeka Track	02:39	32.5				43:12	12,785
	20/Nov	Kaiteriteri	MTB Park	01:01	11.6				44:13	12,796
	21/Nov	Kaiteriteri	MTB Park	02:27	26.6				46:40	12,823
	22/Nov	Nelson	Codgers	01:47	16.0				48:27	12,839
	22/Nov	Nelson	Hira Forest	02:02	22.1				50:29	12,861
	23/Nov	Richmond	Silvan Forest	00:57	6.8				51:26	12,868
	23/Nov	Nelson	Codgers	01:16	10.8				52:42	12,879
	25/Nov	Buller Gorge	Old Ghost Road	05:10	43.4				57:52	12,922
	26/Nov	Seddonville	Old Ghost Road	03:58	35.5				61:50	12,958
	27/Nov	Hector	Charming Creek	02:13	19.5				64:03	12,977
	28/Nov	Wanaka	Deans Bank	01:54	23.4				65:57	13,001
	29/Nov	Wanaka	Sticky Forest	00:51	8.0				66:48	13,009
	30/Nov	Wanaka	Sticky Forest	01:29	12.1				68:17	13,021
	01/Dec	Mt Aspiring	Track to 1st Hut	01:57	18.2				70:14	13,039
	02/Dec	Wanaka	Diamond Lake	00:18	9.5				70:32	13,048
	02/Dec	Queenstown	Gondola	02:30	21.0				73:02	13,069
	03/Dec	Wanaka	Sticky Forest	01:08	9.1			broke pedal, broke rear shock mount bolt	74:10	13,078
	04/Dec	Queenstown	7 Mile MTB Pk	01:45	13.4				75:55	13,092
	04/Dec	Queenstown	Moke Lake	00:32	6.1				76:27	13,098
	05/Dec	Queenstown	Moke Lake	02:24	21.9				78:51	13,120
	05/Dec	Coronet Peak	Rude Rock	01:02	10.7				79:53	13,131
	06/Dec	Routeburn	to Greenstone	01:41	29.4				81:34	13,160
	10/Dec	Alexandra	Butchers Dam	01:22	10.8				82:56	13,171
	10/Dec	Alexandra	Airport Loop	01:05	12.4				84:01	13,183
	11/Dec	Dunedin	Nicols Creek	01:55	18.9				85:56	13,202
	12/Dec	Dunedin	Signal Hill	02:32	24.2				88:28	13,226
	13/Dec	Nasby		01:43	15.0				90:11	13,241
	13/Dec	Nasby		01:20	13.4				91:31	13,255
	14/Dec	Nasby		02:44	25.3				94:15	13,280
	15/Dec	Alps 2 Ocean	to Ohau	03:42	51.6				97:57	13,332
	16/Dec	Mt Hutt		01:13	11.0				99:10	13,343
2015	17/Dec	Kaiapoi		00:43	9.5	810.3		total km/time in NZ: 80:58 hrs	99:53	13,352
2015		TOTAL					1037		99:53	13,352

2016	04/Jan	Mersey	2 rides	01:58	29.6		29.6		01:58	13,382
	05/Jan	Mersey		01:02	12.1		41.7		03:00	13,394
	15/Jan	Derby	Warm-up	00:46	8.5		50.2		03:46	13,402
	15/Jan	Derby	Atlas etc	02:04	23.3		73.5		05:50	13,426
	16/Jan	Derby	Atlas	01:25	17.1		90.6		07:15	13,443
2016	16/Jan	Derby	Krushkas	02:05	17.1	107.7	107.7	broke swingarm	09:20	13,460

	since last broke swing arm					1176.5		hours riding	111:03
	since installing new fork					918			90:18

2016	26/Mar	to Warilla	Blackbutt Forest	01:20	14.0		121.7		10:40	13,474
	08/Apr	Kangaroo Is	Flinders Chase NP	05:48	90.3		212		16:28	13,564