Second winter service for the Surly Long Haul Trucker in 2010 at 8,397 km. A full service history for the bicycle can be found here. This service consisted of: Cleaning the chain using a Park Tools CM-5 Cyclone Chain Scrubber. Once it was clean I applied Rock and Roll Gold chain lube; Checking of chain [...]
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Cleaning my Bicycles
Particularly with winter coming up keeping my bikes clean is becoming more important and hence I service and clean my bikes every 500 km during winter and spring and every 1,000 km during summer and autumn. My approach to cleaning my bikes is modelled on the process described in the Park Tool’s Big Blue Book [...]
Surly Long Haul Trucker 1000 km Service – April 2010
Following my Esperance to Perth road tour Sir Lancelot, Surly Long Haul Trucker was due for a 1,000 km service which it received today at a life time 6,978 km. A full service history for the bicycle can be found here. This service consisted of: Cleaning the chain using a Park Tools CM-5 Cyclone Chain [...]
Mavic Freehub Body Maintenance Video
A handy maintenance video for Mavic wheel owners, including myself! The RougeMechanic has published a video on servicing Mavic Freehubs. A handy resource for sure.
Look 555 “Froggie” 2010 #2 Service
Froggie, my Look 555 today received his second service for 2010 at 12,534 km, approximately 1,100 km since the last service. I try to do regular services at 500 km intervals (winter-spring) and 1,000 km services during the summer-autumn period. Anyway, this service consists of: Degreasing the chain using a Park’s Tool CM-5 Cyclone Chain [...]
