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Old 05-07-19, 02:21 PM
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I did a lot of maintenance last week, it was in the spring, but not because of it.

I had bought some bar tape and brake hoods, and thought I'd be able to just pop them on, but either I'm an idiot or there's no way to get brake hoods on except by taking the brakes off the bars completely and pulling them on from the back. In order to do that I (had to?) disconnect all my brake and shifter cables, and then wire everything back up again. Plus patch 3 of my 2 tubes, and while I was at it I swapped tires.

I'm a slow worker, it took me a solid 5 hours, and I didn't even have to redo much, except reopen that front tire to patch it again.

I didn't wash the frame though; I like my mud. It makes my bike look bad-as and also it protects the paint (right?)
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