bike repairs: slow progress
Apr. 3rd, 2021 11:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kaberett(Previously.)
Things I have now managed: applying the rotary tool to the bike for a second time (to deal with all the rust that inexplicably developed after I did the first set of abrasions and then left it sitting in the rain for a week...), and covered up with primer. Tomorrow: paint.
Alas, my go-to London bike shop has (uncharacteristically) not replied to the inquiry e-mail I sent about parts and whether they could post them to me, so I think (it now being nearly three weeks on) that probably I need to actually apply my own executive function to trying to source all the bits. Which I am therefore copying out here, for ease of reference and in case any of you wish to advise me on search terms.
The bike itself: is a Pointer Horizon, purchased circa 2010, with 28" wheels.
I need:
Things I have now managed: applying the rotary tool to the bike for a second time (to deal with all the rust that inexplicably developed after I did the first set of abrasions and then left it sitting in the rain for a week...), and covered up with primer. Tomorrow: paint.
Alas, my go-to London bike shop has (uncharacteristically) not replied to the inquiry e-mail I sent about parts and whether they could post them to me, so I think (it now being nearly three weeks on) that probably I need to actually apply my own executive function to trying to source all the bits. Which I am therefore copying out here, for ease of reference and in case any of you wish to advise me on search terms.
The bike itself: is a Pointer Horizon, purchased circa 2010, with 28" wheels.
I need:
- a replacement inner wire for the (Shimano) front brake cable (which I think is straightforward)
- replacement stays for the front mudguard (one side of them got pretty badly bent at some point, but the mudguard itself is fine); still very ??? at how to look this up
- a bike helmet (head circumference 60cm) (straightforward)
- ideally a spare key for an AXA Solid lock (additional text: ART (R); five small circles on the left with stars in the top two; on the right 4002, reading downwards) (which I think additionally has a serial number on it that I... should step outside and copy down tomorrow for further research purposes, okay) eta OKAY, doable! -- oh. hmm. or not. because the number on the lock doesn't translate. apparently. :|