Wrong placement of spacers and loose goat link caused difficulty in shifting

Wheels of Happiness

As I left house this morning I noticed the chain slipping on the cogs. but only for the high (smaller cogs).  The problem disappeared when I shifted to lower (bigger cogs)  And was especially pronounced in 52 chain rings.  So I had to ride at 36t smaller chain ring. 

I examined my cogs when I arrived home and I noticed that spaces between cogs were uneven.  The 2nd and 3rd cogs had wider spaces.  So I examined further and found out that I placed another spacer on the cog that had built in spacer.   So one cog was wider spaced from another and closer  causing the missed shift.   

Disassembled the cogs from the freewheel, reversed the spacer and the problem solved. 

Also saw that the goat link shifted forward and thus the idler pulley was hitting the cogs, and could not even remove and reinstall the rear wheel easily (as it was in the past)  Loosened the goat link and reinstalled this at 90 degrees  Tried the bike today and as good as new

Met fellow kapadyak - represented his Uncle in a possible deal

Wheels of Happiness

This post prepared well for this meeting this morning for real estate deal.  However, his uncle, a 69 year old men, had returned to USA and he represented his uncle -  to present the document and relay how the deal would be.

Later when the formalities were lifted, this post found out that he is an RB rider from Taytay.  He has a twin brother who does the Audax.    We shared stories about riding, going to Bugarin and Teresa on big chain rings, Laguna loop.

You meet the nicest people on bikes.   Kapamilya.  Kanegosyo pa.