Maintenance Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/maintenance/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Thu, 17 Sep 2020 09:12:23 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Maintenance Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/maintenance/ 32 32 2696646 Bike Bits https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/07/bike-bits-2/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/07/bike-bits-2/#respond Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:56:15 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=8408 I’m still out of action due to torn ligaments in my ankle. I didn’t do the Lake Bala swim on Saturday as I thought it was best to rest it so that I’ll hopefully still be able to do the Bontrager 24/12 MTB race in a couple of weeks where I’m supposed to be ‘racing’...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/07/bike-bits-2/feed/ 0 8408 Bike Maintenance – Re-routing gear cables https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/10/bike-maintenance-re-routing-gear-cables/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/10/bike-maintenance-re-routing-gear-cables/#comments Sat, 02 Oct 2010 15:35:15 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=6040 The rear gears on my Commencal haven’t been great for a while now. There’s been quite a bit of friction on downshifts and changing up through the gears has been a nightmare. Basically the cable hasn’t been slipping though on its own and I’ve been having to reach down and actually give the bare cable...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/10/bike-maintenance-re-routing-gear-cables/feed/ 1 6040 Never Ending Mountain Bike Maintenance https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/12/never-ending-mountain-bike-maintenance/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/12/never-ending-mountain-bike-maintenance/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:27:06 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=3203 The trouble with having a nice Mountain Bike is that it takes a lot of looking after. Not only that, but if you have nice components on it then when they wear out you want to replace them with bits and pieces that are at least equal if not better than the originals and that...

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