So I had to break down and finally embrace my inner cycling geek. I went and got a front fender for my bike. WOW. It is due to the location in which I live. Being that it rains like 200 some odd days in the year. So I went over to the shop and got a Topeak DeFender M1. I hate it. It makes my bike look stupid. But I will see how well it works today. Being that it is supposed to be raining today by the time that I get off work.
So after I cleaned my bike up and got it looking nice again, I installed the fender. Holy shit it looks bad. If it works it means that I will not have to eat as much dirt and road grime that flies off my front tire. This is going to be the only good thing.
On Friday when I was going home I noticed that I was having a tough time shifting in and out of the bottom three gears. So after I got the bike cleaned up and wiped down I struck it up on the stand and took the back tire off and noticed that there was a stick and some other junk stuck in there. So I got the bag 'o' tools out and took the rear cassette apart. Wow, what a mess of junk down there ( and Jesse if you are reading this one after the seat post was cleaned well the bike stopped squeaking ) dirt and grease and sticks and I am not sure what all else. And this brings me to my next point. It is very important to clean your bike. So this next weekend I am going to have to tear down the BB and the steer tube and make sure that it is all clean and not filled with road grime.
Till next time.
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