Monday, February 20, 2006

Baby's got a new pair of shoes


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Originally uploaded by Dan Bailiff.

This weekend I gave my ride some TLC. On Saturday, I changed the brake pads on the front. I had a little phone coaching from Cort, but did all the work myself. Except when I needed to bleed the brake lines, and managed to find a neighbor to push the brake pedal for me. What should have taken about 2 hours took about 3.5, but I blame the fact that it was about 20 degrees out and I had a rather primitive jack for the heavy lifting. New England rust is a pain. On one of the brakes I couldn't remove the pins so I had to dismantle the caliper (hence, the need to bleed the brake line). But I feel good about accomplishing something like that, even if it is a simple job.

Today I got new tires. I've been riding on a spare for about a year and a half (it's a long story) and I finally found the tires I needed at Costco and got a great deal. They're an odd size, so just the fact that they had them in stock was a big deal. I just took her down to the car wash and got these pics. Not bad for 10 years and 150k miles.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Lookin' good, Danno!

Anonymous said...

I've checked this blog almost everday. I wish you'd update it!

Anonymous said...

I wish you'd take me for a spin in your ride!

Anonymous said...

xo

Anonymous said...

We should make some music together sometime, Danno.

Anonymous said...

I could use some consolation!

Anonymous said...

Nice pics, Dan! I'd like to see more pics of you, though.

Danno said...

Nice to see I have so many fans. :-P

But I do have some potential news to share soon. I will know by tomorrow. Until then, I'll see if I can find something else to write about.