Laramie, ready to get back on the road - A bicycle ride across the Americas

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I picked up my bicycle from Lee’s Cyclery in Fort Collins. Diagnosis on the hub was nothing broken, but instead the hub had gotten fowled and oil was dirty and hence the pawls were sticking shut. A good cleaning and light lube and it should be ready to go again.

Otherwise, renewed both the chain and cassette which were worn. The bike rode well on the four miles from airport. Will see how things go from here. In addition, I’m also looking at a possible different hub (DT Swiss) that will be more easy for me to open and clean on the road.

Plan is to depart from here tomorrow headed towards Walden, CO. Still looking at exactly where on the Mexico/US border I will head towards: El Paso or San Diego or somewhere in between.

Comments

Laramie, ready to get back on the road — 4 Comments

Bob Gottlieb on 2016-09-20 at 5:20 am said:

The.cuisine in Santa Fe, NM is definitely worth a stop.
Margaret Lewis on 2016-09-20 at 6:37 am said:

Hope your hub issues are solved.
Mohan on 2016-09-27 at 6:33 pm said:

Missed meeting you again when you were in Fort Collins. Good to know that cleaning fixed the hub. Paper Dosa in Santa Fe is great (There were not open for lunch when I went). Looks like you are at a faster pace 🙂
- mev on 2016-09-30 at 8:11 pm said:
  
  Thanks for the suggestion, I had dinner at Paper Dosa and it was very good. I had a masala dosa and gulab jamun – have had both in south India but not recent enough to compare how authentic.