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Week 4
Unfortunately we had a week off last week as I was ill so we jumped back into gear this week. The children were trying to source the last bits and pieces so that we could continue with the restoration of the bikes...an essential was to try and find a track pump and the kids have found one for £9.99 delivered (I’m a bit worried about the quality and have in mind the old adage: “Buy cheap, buy twice” but we do have a tight budget so we’ll see what happens.
The new bar tape went onto the children’s road bike and I must say that the kids did a very neat job! I’m coming round to the red and pink theme and think it might actually work when it all comes together. We hit a bit of a stumbling block with the new saddle. It seems that the seat post fixings have changed over the years and they aren't compatible...The site supervisor is on the job and is trying to adapt the original but I have a sneaky feeling that we might have to buy a new seat post L. We also started to clean up the adult Peugeot and, with a bit of help from some T-Cut by the site supervisor, it seems like we might not have to go to the expense of re-spraying/powder coating.
A new club record was set on the turbo! Three minutes of hectic cycling brought a distance of 0.825 miles which I must say was really impressive and the bar has been set very high! We’re hoping to have the children’s road bike up and running in the next two weeks and that will mean that we can have two bikes fighting it out head-to-head (I’ll be interested to see how the vintage bike hold up against the modern bike!).
Unfortunately we had a week off last week as I was ill so we jumped back into gear this week. The children were trying to source the last bits and pieces so that we could continue with the restoration of the bikes...an essential was to try and find a track pump and the kids have found one for £9.99 delivered (I’m a bit worried about the quality and have in mind the old adage: “Buy cheap, buy twice” but we do have a tight budget so we’ll see what happens.
The new bar tape went onto the children’s road bike and I must say that the kids did a very neat job! I’m coming round to the red and pink theme and think it might actually work when it all comes together. We hit a bit of a stumbling block with the new saddle. It seems that the seat post fixings have changed over the years and they aren't compatible...The site supervisor is on the job and is trying to adapt the original but I have a sneaky feeling that we might have to buy a new seat post L. We also started to clean up the adult Peugeot and, with a bit of help from some T-Cut by the site supervisor, it seems like we might not have to go to the expense of re-spraying/powder coating.
A new club record was set on the turbo! Three minutes of hectic cycling brought a distance of 0.825 miles which I must say was really impressive and the bar has been set very high! We’re hoping to have the children’s road bike up and running in the next two weeks and that will mean that we can have two bikes fighting it out head-to-head (I’ll be interested to see how the vintage bike hold up against the modern bike!).
