Well, the bike parts showed up yesterday afternoon, and I changed out the cassette and the chainring last night. The chain itself had to wait until morning, I was just too tired. (Good decision: the job was a piece of cake once I was fresh and rested.)
Among my Master Mechanic Moments last night:
- dropping a wrench, reaching down and finding the chain whip I thought I’d lost months ago, just lying there on the floor, and
- Struggling to get the rear thru-axle back in place, while at the same time looking for a missing spring on the old-style skewer I’d used to help take off the cassette, only to find the spring jammed into and blocking the thru-axle threads. Lord knows how it got there…
Anyway, everything is done except replacing the front tire. If it’s nice tomorrow (fat chance) I might go for a test run on the towpath. We had Iris today, so cello duets got pushed to early afternoon tomorrow; lets hope for a reasonably dry afternoon.
