Got her back today after few days in the shop :)
Long story short, was in my more dusty Bangkok storage for 1 year and got hauled down to my new location on the coast here in Chon Buri just month ago. After previous service and cable replacement, everything else was falling apart - including skipping gears, jumping chain, just when you push hard on the crank to create a torque for crossing a main road ... a Thai main road. Yeah man, lethal weapon IV right there.
Shop Time!
So it was, here's a quick rundown of what's been changed..
- New Chain
- New top derailer gear
- New Gears/Cogs front
- New Gears/Cogs rear
- New Crank
That's 5 in all :) Now push down hard as you like in high gear, no more jumping or twisting chain.
Top down view of front derailer
It says ... "Hyperdrive" ... canny wait to try it!
New set of rear cogs
Ultra strong and higher torque rated crank
Last one!
Well, better get out and ride! Just a few things to do now like charging batteries for lights, and ensuring the power plant is fueled up — me! Perhaps also, to check out some of the off-road MTB (Mountain Bike) cycling/rural dirt track riding/explorer guides and groups around Pattaya, Chon Buri and Sattahip — Keen to hear from them!
Stage 2 Overhaul - bare metal powder coating at a local cottage business, TBA!!!!
Almost forgot the best part - Thanks to Speedy Bike Shop for all the great workmanship and coming in at an incredibly low price https://facebook.com/speedybikeshop
😉 I bet those Thai folks just love the rich Brit expats with their
"dusty Bangkok storage" and money to fix up toys like their MTB's
ha ha ha...nice post, I envy you. Upvoted.
I hope you don't think I'm one of them .... ;)
1 that doesn't look like a Cheap cycle, 2 you can afford storage, 3 you can afford to
Have someone else refurbish your bike, 4 you head
Some sort of APAsia.Tech and 5 own a crypto
Currency website "BitShares.org"...
Methinks Ross Walker is doing
Rather well for himself
in this world, I am
Envious. 😵
It's 100% organic :)
@APAsia.Tech is one to watch, and is yet to take a single dime from the BitShares blockchain ... otherwise we'll keep business talk off the private fun posts. I am however humbled by your comments and can say many thanks for the recognition, it's something to be proud of - a history of corporate IT and web projects and now blockchain, where none of it would become possible without my dear friend and biz partner extraordinaire, @murda-ra.
The rest is easily explained thus :
A) Bike was free, a friend gifted it to me when he decided to go live back in the UK. It would have cost a bit 10 years ago brand new
B) Storage, as luck would have it where my registered AP Asia location, it's a huge old place and friends around there let me store things ... cost is like buy them lunch when i visit, smile and say hello to the guards who've missed me and bring them a bundle of energy drinks and snacks.
C) Parts and labor cost, not a lot, around $100usd only!
Short version: Bike chained up in a dusty open sided car park under an office and condo complex, is not premium storage, got the bike free, recent service and parts $100 :)
I was just yanking your chain my friend.
However, I DID make a semi serious comment on another post on your profile, either the one before this one or before that. I was hoping you'd respond, but it is too complicated for a short reply to do any good.
Enjoy your day. @britcoins
Looks good. Few things worse than a chain that jumps around on you when you most need it to run true