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Today during my ride I explored the western slopes of Mt. Soledad for the first time - La Jolla Scenic S, and many of the twisty, low-grade roads around it: La Jolla Rancho, Muirlands... just wow. I can probably count on one hand the total number of roads that I have ridden that have been that nice. Takes some climbing and traffic to get up there, but boy is it nice.
Calm, quiet, smooth, with stately trees and tasteful, well maintained lots - fantastic.
Calm, quiet, smooth, with stately trees and tasteful, well maintained lots - fantastic.
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"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
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Decided I will join the full moon ride that starts in 2 hours (midnight CST).
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Today I feel like I can barely walk. Went on my longest ride yet on Saturday, 125 miles -- SF -> SC -> SJ. 7.5 hours moving time, 2.5 hours drinking/eating time, 3 hours waiting for my friends to catch up to me time. Not too shabby I'd say.
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Nice! What route did you take to get from SC to SJ? Isn't there a road that is parallel to 17?
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Today I have an eye exam. Desperately need spectacles again.....can no longer ignore the fuzziness
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Route: https://www.strava.com/activities/297052037
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I can't see the end of my nose without glasses.
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I tried to remove a seized pedal from a customers bike on and off for 3+ hours and no luck. We eventually tried drilling it out (after liberal amounts of PB, WD40, spray lubes, a soak in the parts washer lots of cranking, tapping and muscling) and the friggin' bit broke off in the thing.
I have seen a decent amount of stuck pedals but this was absolutely nuts. 4 people tried to get it off, 4 freakin' people and more WD40 than you could shake a stick at not even a little movement. The pedal was the correct pedal for the side in case you were curious.
A good note to the people who change out their pedals or the folks who try and build their own bikes from the internets...USE GREASE ON THE THREADS, IF YOU DON'T THINK YOU HAVE USED ENOUGH PUT MORE ON!
Seriously just pretend the pedal threads are a chip and the grease is guacamol' and load them suckers up, you can always wipe off excess.
I have seen a decent amount of stuck pedals but this was absolutely nuts. 4 people tried to get it off, 4 freakin' people and more WD40 than you could shake a stick at not even a little movement. The pedal was the correct pedal for the side in case you were curious.
A good note to the people who change out their pedals or the folks who try and build their own bikes from the internets...USE GREASE ON THE THREADS, IF YOU DON'T THINK YOU HAVE USED ENOUGH PUT MORE ON!
Seriously just pretend the pedal threads are a chip and the grease is guacamol' and load them suckers up, you can always wipe off excess.
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I tried to remove a seized pedal from a customers bike on and off for 3+ hours and no luck. We eventually tried drilling it out (after liberal amounts of PB, WD40, spray lubes, a soak in the parts washer lots of cranking, tapping and muscling) and the friggin' bit broke off in the thing.
I have seen a decent amount of stuck pedals but this was absolutely nuts. 4 people tried to get it off, 4 freakin' people and more WD40 than you could shake a stick at not even a little movement. The pedal was the correct pedal for the side in case you were curious.
A good note to the people who change out their pedals or the folks who try and build their own bikes from the internets...USE GREASE ON THE THREADS, IF YOU DON'T THINK YOU HAVE USED ENOUGH PUT MORE ON!
Seriously just pretend the pedal threads are a chip and the grease is guacamol' and load them suckers up, you can always wipe off excess.
I have seen a decent amount of stuck pedals but this was absolutely nuts. 4 people tried to get it off, 4 freakin' people and more WD40 than you could shake a stick at not even a little movement. The pedal was the correct pedal for the side in case you were curious.
A good note to the people who change out their pedals or the folks who try and build their own bikes from the internets...USE GREASE ON THE THREADS, IF YOU DON'T THINK YOU HAVE USED ENOUGH PUT MORE ON!
Seriously just pretend the pedal threads are a chip and the grease is guacamol' and load them suckers up, you can always wipe off excess.
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Take the pedal body off and use a box ended 15 and a 3ft breaker bar. A couple pedal straps around the crankarm and the seat tube will hold things in place.
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All the various penetrating stuff was on there for various segments probably could have let it go overnight but alas I was trying to get it done before I left. Basically I kept spraying and soaking all day in between folks trying to get it off.
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How can you even round off the flats on a pedal axle ? I mean, really ? I've never ever ever seen that happen, and I've removed dozens of pedals of all types over the past 40 years. Did you use a proper pedal wrench ? Did you use the correct end of the wrench ? Some pedals are metric 15mm rather than the more normal 9/16". Even if the threads were seized, you should have been able to break it loose before rounding the flats on the pedal. The crankarm aluminum threads will strip out before the steel axle on the pedal gives way.
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Who's the mechanic here....
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Uh.... You've really never seen stripped pedals?