My obsession with bicycle tools is growing – not sure what I ‘really need’ next though. I’ve got the following at the moment. Park Tools – Crank Puller CCP-2 Shimano Cartridge Bottom Bracket Tool UN74 Park Tools – Adjustable Wrench PAW-12 Park Tools – Spoke Wrench Multiple Size SW-7 Am-tech…
Bicycles – human and petrol powered
Motorbike passed its MOT no problems – not a surprise – so once more its taxed, MOT’d and insured for another year. On the same day – we got our mountain bikes from Edinburgh Bicycles. Haven’t owned a bike for 10 years or more and Lorraine has never owned one.…
Winter is here
With the first frost of the year happening last night its time to put the bike off the road. So its anchored in the garage and we even manage to squeeze the car in there too. Along with tons of other stuff that seems to accumulate in garages. Don’t know…
Flat as a pancake
Good price for a new rear tyre from Alvins Moto-cal. Only £109 for fitting to the bike. Took a wee bit longer than anticipated and thank goodness it was dry on the way home as it always a bit slippery on a brand new tyre. Just need a spare weekend…
Knockhill pics online
As usual you can find the pics in my gallery. They are completely unsorted and uncropped so my apologies for the crappy ones you will find there.
Sunny Knockhill
At last, for the first time in what feels like an eternity, it was a gloriously hot and sunny day at Knockhill for the British Superbikes this weekend. The racing was good and Mike and I had the luxury of Knockhill VIP hospitality – mine was courtesty of my better…
New Bike Helmet!!
At last says Mike, he’s buying a new helmet! My current Shoei TXR is well past it so I finally got round to it and ordered a new Shoei Raid II from Gear4Bikers Of course you can’t have a new helmet without a new black visor so RaceVisors took some…
Woohoo – back on the bike
After two days of rain – in fact I think it rained pretty solidly for two days – I’m back on the bike today! Started no problems this morning so maybe the new battery is doing its job. Rather disconcertingly though I got an EXUP valve warning this morning –…
Bike Battery
With the battery on my Fazer 1000 failing on a regular basis I thought it best to invest in a new one. But not at £84.99 from hein gericke. Browsed about and found these guys able to supply the appropriate one for 50 quid plus 6 quid p&p. Paul Smeeton’s…