Comments on: The Joy of Bike Maintenance http://cityexile.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/the-joy-of-bike-maintenance/ From the edge of Zone 1 to the middle of nowhere... Thu, 23 May 2013 05:16:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: patrick http://cityexile.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/the-joy-of-bike-maintenance/#comment-17250 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:49:24 +0000 http://cityexile.wordpress.com/?p=4035#comment-17250 Anything is easy when you know how to do it.

I hope this is useful…
http://www.madegood.org/bikes/mount-a-wire-bead-tyre/

]]> By: disgruntled http://cityexile.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/the-joy-of-bike-maintenance/#comment-17112 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:58:24 +0000 http://cityexile.wordpress.com/?p=4035#comment-17112 by law, they should only be allowed on the ride home

]]> By: Jo http://cityexile.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/the-joy-of-bike-maintenance/#comment-17111 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:51:52 +0000 http://cityexile.wordpress.com/?p=4035#comment-17111 Tailwinds are great if you know you’ve got one but oh so demoralising if you don’t.

]]> By: disgruntled http://cityexile.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/the-joy-of-bike-maintenance/#comment-17098 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:30:42 +0000 http://cityexile.wordpress.com/?p=4035#comment-17098 @john – that may have been exaggerating my usefulness
@Bob – full chain case and hub gear? Best left to the professionals…

]]> By: Bob http://cityexile.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/the-joy-of-bike-maintenance/#comment-17096 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 08:52:57 +0000 http://cityexile.wordpress.com/?p=4035#comment-17096 Ugh. I haven’t had to change a bike flat in a long, long while. When we were in the Netherlands, I had this brilliant idea to change out the inner-tube of an old reliable that our landlord had left behind for our use. It was a slow leak that eventually became an annoyance that I could no longer tolerate.
I went out and purchased an inner-tube (it’s a ‘binnenband’ in Dutch, in case you needed to know that) and was all set to go, when I realised that I might very well not be able to get the contraption put back together again. It was the rear tire….
I put the bike in the car, took it to a nearby bike shop (not hard to locate in the Netherlands) and then next day, and €25 later, it was all taken care of.

]]> By: commuterjohn http://cityexile.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/the-joy-of-bike-maintenance/#comment-17085 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:34:57 +0000 http://cityexile.wordpress.com/?p=4035#comment-17085 I am trying hard to imagine you as a pair of cable ties……….hmmm!

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