BluesDave
Formerly known as DavidDecorator
- Location
- The leafy backroads of Surrey.
Yesterday I replaced my RH 5 speed Shimano shifter which took about 15 minutes.All the parts are new now and totally compatible with the old ones which never had a thing go wrong with them in 14 years till about 3 months ago.
I then spent the next three hours trying to align the rear gears according to what I had read in books.
It didn't work.
This morning I woke up at seven am and spent two hours watching how to align the gears on the internet and reading about it. Then when she woke up at 10 I cooked breakfast. I went into the Garden at 11 and from 11 to half past two I was trying again to align the gears and adjust the cable tension so that it does'nt get caught in my boots when riding.
I still haven't managed it and have spent two days trying to do what should take ten minutes let alone the time spent researching it.
So tomorrow I have to take it to a bike shop to have the LH front shifter replaced and all the gears aligned which will cost me the £20 I can't afford to spend and was trying to save which was why I wanted to do it myself.
The conclusion of this story is that I am so sick of living a life where the very best I can do is never actually good enough. It has always been like that.
Unbelieveable isn't it ?
I then spent the next three hours trying to align the rear gears according to what I had read in books.
It didn't work.
This morning I woke up at seven am and spent two hours watching how to align the gears on the internet and reading about it. Then when she woke up at 10 I cooked breakfast. I went into the Garden at 11 and from 11 to half past two I was trying again to align the gears and adjust the cable tension so that it does'nt get caught in my boots when riding.
I still haven't managed it and have spent two days trying to do what should take ten minutes let alone the time spent researching it.
So tomorrow I have to take it to a bike shop to have the LH front shifter replaced and all the gears aligned which will cost me the £20 I can't afford to spend and was trying to save which was why I wanted to do it myself.
The conclusion of this story is that I am so sick of living a life where the very best I can do is never actually good enough. It has always been like that.
Unbelieveable isn't it ?