WE AREN'T OUT OF THE WOODS YET
THERE A FEW SKILLS YA JUST GOTTA HAVE if you're gonna be a rider of any respect. Whether or not you have 'em is real apparent when you're far from help, like we were today. My sexy MTB had be come a downer. Not a rip downer...
... a slow downer.
The back brake was dragging.
A lot.
The rear wheel would barely we spin and we wanted to rip this little single track. Stretch our legs after a long drive. Loosen up before BWR in the morning.
Simple recentering the brake didn't work.
I didn't have all the perfect tools, so here's the hack.
I cut an old credit card in half...
I loosed the brake, again,
dropped the wheel,
jammed a flathead between the calipers to spread 'em wide,
slammed the wheel back in...
... and shoved a piece of the credit card on each side of the rotor...
... then, pulled the brake lever, bringing those calipers in snug,
tightened the brake,
removed the credit card halves,
tightened the brake,
spun the wheel,
no drag,
went for a ride.
Normally, I have this cool little piece of steel with me. But, I didn't. I think that's one of the best parts of breaking down far from help...
... remembering how to improvise.
It's part of expecting good things to happen.
Which is part of The Way of The RACER.
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165ish? no scale
7 hrs Sleep
10 PullUps 30 PushUps
No stretch today
20 minutes reading + journaling
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