tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342856829001765305.post3598074281700349418..comments2024-03-21T23:31:28.521-04:00Comments on Irregular Velo Adventures: Around the World, and a Little Moreskiffrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17627376178648891371noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342856829001765305.post-54961490832153561402011-07-13T06:37:23.310-04:002011-07-13T06:37:23.310-04:00Andy is 99.94% pulling my leg. However:
---------...Andy is 99.94% pulling my leg. However: <br />-------------------------------- <br />Shellac? <br /><br />I haven't heard that word since my paternal grandfather died ... about 34 years ago. <br /><br />The frame has, however, received several tune-ups and cleanings at the hand of <a href="http://www.tlc4bikes.com/" rel="nofollow">Gary Smith</a>, whose cleaning process may include application of some protective wax. <br />------------------------------ <br />Handlebar wrap? <br /><br />I haven't kep track of handlebar wrappings in my Excel mileage log. However, I recall that the current outside layer of wrap was added after Alan's 2010 300 km brevet (I needed more padding / hand protection). Gary put that new wrap on top of the existing wrap which had been re-wrapped about a year ealier; that first layer of wrap had originally been put on ... probably two years earlier. The result has been much niceer to my hands. <br /><br />The current "base layer" of wrap was originally installed by the Bicycle Chain several years ago. THAT could make for a story in itself, but ... I'm not going there, except to note that the current base layer replaced the "original issue" wrap. <br />------------------------------ <br />:-pskiffrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627376178648891371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342856829001765305.post-4954056618484649192011-07-12T22:39:45.454-04:002011-07-12T22:39:45.454-04:00How about handlebar wrap and shellac?How about handlebar wrap and shellac?saghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12464803573474998355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342856829001765305.post-19602044135262329262011-07-12T13:16:02.581-04:002011-07-12T13:16:02.581-04:00Saddle. Good grief, I forgot to think about the sa...Saddle. Good grief, I forgot to think about the saddle! <br /><br />I rode the original crap Bontrager saddle that came with the bike a few times, maybe several times, but not many. My recollection is that I took that p.o.s. saddle back to the cycle shop where I purchased the bike and added it to their collection of Bontrager "new-bike-issue-saddles". I hope they properly disposed of those saddles. <br /><br />Rather than purchase a new saddle, I took the saddle off my previous bike. I rode that old saddle for another year-and-half and between those two saddles put 4860 miles on the bike. <br /><br />On Jun-28-08, I purchased a new saddle (on a test basis). I rode it three times for 123 miles. Two rides: great; half way thru the third ride: I couldn't get home soon enough. <br /><br />On Jul-06-08, traded the above-mentioned for the saddle I've ridden since then. As I type this, I have an estimated 21,189 miles on that saddle. I probably need to think about replacing it ... pretty soon.skiffrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627376178648891371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6342856829001765305.post-37464258932280866482011-07-12T10:03:45.061-04:002011-07-12T10:03:45.061-04:00The saddle has probably been replaced once or twic...The saddle has probably been replaced once or twice. Hope you get another 26K out of this bike.Biker Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02534518595270344813noreply@blogger.com