Thursday, January 31, 2008

new balls for hugo

after the "skaters are little shits" incident:

scene: richmond skate park
issue: the grind ramp stolen
result: leaving just the dyna bolts exposed - man so dangerous
problem: back wheel/gatorskin deciding to slam it on the side wall, instant puncture, causing the side bead to break, creating flat spots in the tire... ffs

hugo hit the road a little earlier than expected. the spindle isn't right. i did take him for a ride after the build over the weekend - he did 17km to the golf course and back - but the premature beginnings of his station run have made the spindle issue a priority.

today i purchased 26 x 1/4 ball bearings so i will repack the BB over the weekend and hopefully it will fix the issues of tightening and loosening spindle play. the bag of bearing looks like some kind of new fangled drug with metallic ball bearings covered in a white grease.

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