Wow, this is taking longer than I thought October 30, 2005
Posted by clayton in : , add a commentBike maintenance….It's interesting doing all these new stuff that the book tells me to do but it just takes way toooo much time. I have absolutely no problem with the Bike Wash ofcourse, but the chain, gears, etc is just killing me. I hate messing with the derailleurs especialy….I don't wanna mess with it but my gears aren't changing smoothly, I'd love to take it to the bike store where I bought my bike but it's 20km from my house plus all the traffic's in the way. So, I have to do it myself. Besides, once I know how to do it, I won't have to keep on depending on the bike stores. I wish they could teach me how, I did ask the store owner but he told me that I shouldn't mess with it much…Then how do I get better at it? I don't care if I break a few derailleurs as long as I get the hang of adjusting all the screws.
Here's my favorite part of bike maintenancing, Bike Wash!!! It's soooo goood to see my bike shining:-) Hey buddy, lookin good eh? hehe…I thought some of those dirty marks were hopeless to take off until THE saviour, BIKE WASH came to rescue my bike.
The worst part of bike maintenancing, getting used to it. This maintenancing thing is still stressful for me…Still? it's my first time but anyway I think this is something that I can't avoid because triathlon is a life long sport, isn't it??;-) I don't wanna become 40yrs old and say that I've been training for triathlons for 24yrs when I can't even maintenance my bike properly. I know young people will ask how to do things like this because I ask questions to people who have been in this triathlon thingy for…well atleast longer than I've been in. So, I gotta get used to it.
No workouts today…actually, for the past 3days…my body is starting to rust and I need some oil, or in other words, SWEAT!!! I feel like running tomorrow, only if the sky gets its blue back. Hopefully, it will and I'd love to run 20km. I'm also gonna get a haircut tomorrow, my hair getting long is really bothering me, especially when I run.