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The Avid BB5 brakes get a bad rap, in my opinion. Yes, the BB7 are better because they have an easier alignment procedure, since both brake pads can be adjusted, whereas the BB5 have one pad fixed. But, that’s to my mind the only real advantage. Change my mind. Anyway. I have the BB5 on […]
Read More Avid BB5 quick alignmentHealth issues and this damned pandemic have kept me from riding even as the weather starts to warm on the coast. So, instead, I embarked on a thorough maintenance run-through on the trike. Which has led me down the road to cascading upgrades. It started with Erin Wade over at Applied Life and his blog […]
Read More Cascading upgradesWinter weather, and some still unresolved health issues, have kept me from riding since last I ventured out in *checks* Ocfreakintober!!! Bark Hasn’t kept me from tinkering and thinkering, though. Upgraded, or cross-graded maybe, my cyclocomputer from the Magellan Mio Cyclo 505 to the Garmin Edge 130. I really liked the Mio, but it has, […]
Read More ImmobilityBecause every bike blog has to have one, right? Pretty sure there’s a law or something. I started biking at eight years old. I followed the school bus down a rural Texas highway to get to school without having to deal with the bullying. It’s hard to convince a bully that you are too badass […]
Read More The obligatory post on helmet useHappy day, oh happy day, all the parts are in order, and I’m ready to go install the new ICE indexed handlebar guides! No more fussing about with handlebar placement every time I fold and unfold the trike! I looked, but I don’t see an install process promulgated by ICE anywhere. I feel like their […]
Read More Steering Upgrade!!I haven’t been riding much. Lots of reasons for that, which I don’t wanna get into, and which aren’t terribly likely to change before the winter weather returns, much to my chagrin. I won’t make the Recumbent Retreat this year, barring a miracle. Nor Ride the Rim, which I will do. Someday. Oh. There’s another […]
Read More Upgrades and AlignmentsA bit over four years back, I was waiting to take delivery on my trike, and I wrote a post about my old trailer, desperately in need of a refurbishment. Today, I (nearly) finished the job. The flag is a make-do until I figure something better out, the old fender was too brittle to do […]
Read More Next stepsTest ride! The pedals work exactly as hoped. The cleat is as far back as possible on the shoe, putting the support from the pedal under the forward ball of the foot all the way back to the rear of the arch. Success!
Read More Mamba time!To finish off the new pedals, I ordered two different sets of tools, one for on-the-road repairs and one for the home shop. The cleats are mounted on using Torx-drive (star) bolts, T-10, and my computer repair set of Torx drivers was just not up to the task of busting them loose (yay Loktite!). Two […]
Read More Hot Mamba, part deuxI must confess that, before my stroke, when I rode a standard diamond frame mountain bike, I never thought about pedals. Never. I didn’t need to, you know? Most cyclists don’t think about them, I’m pretty sure, because they aren’t an issue on an upright bike. They’re just there, the place where your feet go […]
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