Turbo Man's Fitness Blog: Bike Stuff Part 2

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'It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.' Theodore Roosevelt 23 April 1910

Monday, 16 February 2009

Bike Stuff Part 2

Having found my bottom bracket tool this morning I fitted the FSA Mega Exo ceramic bearing bottom bracket this evening. What a quality piece of kit this is - the bearings really are silky smooth. Now matched with the ceramic bearings in the rear jockey wheels and the new Planet X front wheel the bike should ride smoother this year.

And now my first submission for stupid eejit of the year - I ordered some stuff from Wiggle this morning, nothing particularly interesting, some mudguards and brake cables for my mountain bike commuter that I will be using next week for my new job, and a Park cable cutter. No problems. E-mail arrived later that day saying order had been received. Delivery address? Al Udeid! Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! I tried e-mailing them to change the address but they had been super efficient and already despatched my parcel. Guess I won't see that for a couple of weeks then.