catfish
09-13-01, 10:48 AM
yesterday I posted about the poorly run motel i stayed at. I wasnt too thrilled with this town at that point. Since then I have met some verry nice people here I was at the red cross giving blood yesterday and everyone i came incontact with were some great people.
As far as the bike goes I had developed a bit of trubble with my free hub. it was making some noise like there was grit in the bearings and a rubbingh noise. I at first thought it was a wheel out of true or the breaks off center and rubbing the rim. I checked the ture and it was fine, the breaks i re adjusted and centered, then i thought it might a tire rubbing on the fender so i reset them.
I went for a long ride yesterday afternoon without the bags and the noise was loud enough to drive me nutzzz. I looked up a bike shop in the phine book and called for advice. this morning i was waiting at 9 am when they opened. I helped the guy open by moving all the display bikes out side for the guy and then we got at my bike. He loaned me the tools and a bike stand to remove the free hub take it apart and clean and lub everything he also checked it all out when i had it dissasembled and found nothing wrong so *** i was reassembling it he gave me a new set of premium bearings to put in and checked the adjustment of the cones when i was done. While i had the cassette of i put on a new freewheel protector cause the one i had was cracked and the ears were broken off and was just flooping arround. everything together was 12 dollars. It seem to be much better now, and am about to go for a 30 mile loop ride today.
early tomorrow morning I will take off for Havre it is a little over 110 miles so Ill probeley take two days to get there there is one big ole hill outside of loma.
I hung arround the bike shop for a couple hours talking about biking and touring with Brin the owner and he has ridden soem of the same route i have been on so we were engagauged in many stories.
still in Great falls.
As far as the bike goes I had developed a bit of trubble with my free hub. it was making some noise like there was grit in the bearings and a rubbingh noise. I at first thought it was a wheel out of true or the breaks off center and rubbing the rim. I checked the ture and it was fine, the breaks i re adjusted and centered, then i thought it might a tire rubbing on the fender so i reset them.
I went for a long ride yesterday afternoon without the bags and the noise was loud enough to drive me nutzzz. I looked up a bike shop in the phine book and called for advice. this morning i was waiting at 9 am when they opened. I helped the guy open by moving all the display bikes out side for the guy and then we got at my bike. He loaned me the tools and a bike stand to remove the free hub take it apart and clean and lub everything he also checked it all out when i had it dissasembled and found nothing wrong so *** i was reassembling it he gave me a new set of premium bearings to put in and checked the adjustment of the cones when i was done. While i had the cassette of i put on a new freewheel protector cause the one i had was cracked and the ears were broken off and was just flooping arround. everything together was 12 dollars. It seem to be much better now, and am about to go for a 30 mile loop ride today.
early tomorrow morning I will take off for Havre it is a little over 110 miles so Ill probeley take two days to get there there is one big ole hill outside of loma.
I hung arround the bike shop for a couple hours talking about biking and touring with Brin the owner and he has ridden soem of the same route i have been on so we were engagauged in many stories.
still in Great falls.