Did not bike today, cleaned and fixed the MTB

Wheels of Happiness

This post biked to Hillsdale, Villa Angelina yesterday, with several tought hill climbs:    5 at least with some maybe at 15%...  Quite a view of the metropolis and Laguna lake.  Today I did not ride.  But fixed the MTB whose shifting has become hard.

So I loosened the cables of the fd and rd.  And found out that the inners all ready were leaking out rusty fluid .  I flushed out the rust with oil,  slid the outers in and out to scratch out rust that may be forming.   Oiled the cables and did the same process 2x.  Then got tissue paper to rub out some of the rusty fluid.  Then I greased the cables and put some more oil.   The shifting became easier.  (I should have replaced the cable but could not find Shimano now in stock)

Getting the back the proper tuning was the next problem.   I could not get the rd shift to the biggest cogs.   It was the problem with the barrel adjuster at the shifter that was the problem I did not screw it back in so

that I could tighten the cable by turning it ccwise.    For the FD, I was not able to get back the cable to the correct stopper thats why the cable at the fd was too long.  I got them back finally.   Then adjusted the brakes which all of suddent were rubbing the disk.

Nice job for me.  

Thats a P100.00 saved and a lot of learning

How to live a century - find your purpose everyday

Wheels of Happiness

This post saw a video who lived up to 105.  His father and grandfather were good up to 90 only.  But he outlived them.  Was it because of diet, meds, or exercise.

None of the above.  

He guessed and discovered that he could live longer not by waiting for the days, and his end.

FIND YOUR PURPOSE FOR THE DAY...

Sounds simple.   Maybe its looking at a flower, or minding your dog or pet cat.  Or tending garden.

Thats why retirees die early.  They no longer find a reason to wake up in the morning.

For bikers, biking and enjoying the wind blowing in your face and the scenery, or having reached your distance desired,   Thats a lot of meaning and purpose.

You must really know how to repair bike yourself; you may not be in the local mechanic priority.

Wheels of Happiness

All of a sudden my bike front headset got tight and could not turn it freely enough.  So I disassembled and greased this.   However when I reassembled this the situation got worse -  the headset got tighter. I could have made a terrible job of reassembly.

I brought to mechanic whom I gave some money occasionally even there was no job done,  The amount was equivalent to  job ordered (substantial)    However he didnt even flinch and said come back the other day.

So I tried to repair the problem my self.  On my 4th try I got this.  I placed some shims here and there and removed one of the parts.  There seem to be an extra lock ring that was not needed.  And so... I can use the bike again.  Thanks to me....