Training Log: Mr Wonderful

Event: Michigan Adventure Race: Epic (6 or 18 hours)
 

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To REI for race food and to test the new rear brake pads and new tubeless tires.

Some of the nubs burned off, phew.

I swear I degraded on general skill, but new trick improved slightly.

The pups are so slow!

Testing new 4" longer seat post. It's more comfortably, but slightly easier to fall to the side. Also it wasn't as tight as need be.

Then I got to work on more bike fixing - topped off the new two tubeless tires, but couldn't get the next set all set up - the old tire for the single speed is fine, but new wouldn't pop onto the bead (my compressor is only 45 psi max) so it's currently chilling with a tube in it to get used to the right shape.

dragonfixing got new rear pads on.

generalfixing - for some reason, one of the set screws I used to set axle position is not turnable by hex wrench (stripped the 2.5 mm internal, and still too small for 3 mm), and barely turnable by vice grips, like 1/8th turn per clamp twist unclamp sequence, with something like 30 threads to get out, so I guess that will be a process. :(

More skills training, slightly more success but nothing close to ready for prime time.

Since new tire #2 wouldn't seat, I recalled some internet wisdom and threw a tube in it and let it sit for a couple hours, which did the trick.

Also moved the stupid set screw about three more agonizing threads on the single speed. If I had a grinder/dremel and could whittle some flats, I think it'd go better. At some point I squeezed it so much the correct hex won't fit in any more, I should have checked more often in case that might have done the trick at some point.

Slept through opportunity to bicycle this morning. So instead I killed a little of the afternoon - perhaps it will cool off in the evening. I sweated a quart in the garage immediately after staring at the bicycle pile.

Some attempt to learn some skills. Not much success yet