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Rohloff Splined Sprocket Installed

2016-08-26T23:55:56+12:00

Replaced Bearings in Front Wheel

2016-08-26T01:00:19+12:00

Rohloff Oil Changed

2016-08-26T00:50:02+12:00

Drained cleaning oil which had been in a while. New oil.

Rohloff DH chain tensioner repaired

2016-08-26T00:01:26+12:00

Installed Rohloff Chain Guide on Hub

2016-08-25T23:56:25+12:00

Chain jumping on Hub Sprocket

2016-08-22T00:02:07+12:00

New Chains but hub sprocket too worn. Kept jumping

Re-built Crank Bros Pedals

2016-08-20T16:25:56+12:00

Rebuilt 2 sets of pedals and engraved numbers on all.

Crank Brothers Pedal bearing

2016-08-20T04:31:00+12:00

Pedal Bearing is Enduro 686 LLU

MSC New Stoker Stem and Captain Seat Post

2016-08-19T20:02:51+12:00

The Stoker Stem on the MSC was too long and surprisingly it had a 27.2 MSC seat post with sleeve although the frame was made for 31.6mm.

I purchased a new 31.6 Ritchey Seat Post from Chain Reaction in UK.
I purchased a new ControlTech Tandem Stoker Stem from Bike Barn in USA.

There was a considerable weight saving of nearly 300gm:

	original weight	new weight	saving in gm

Seat Post	272
plus sleeve	64
total	336	268	68

Stem	588
sleeve	16
total	604	376	228

Seat	368

TOTAL			296

This allowed the stoker cockpit to be lengthened. It was tricky to setup as there were so many movable parts. The original distance:
from the tip of the seat to the centre of the handle bar along centre line was 365 and this became 440
from tip of seat to end of handlebar centres was 440 and this became 490
from the centre of the captain stem measured back to centre of end of stoker bars became 830 and this double checked the bars were straight.
The bars were set at the same height: 615 from level on axles and 645 to centre about in line with grips.

The captain's seat was again set at 170 from frame clamp to centre of seat rails. The new stoker post was set 70mm above the frame clamp. The stoker stem was set at 170mm from seat post centre to bar centre and this meant there was 50mm protruding from outer sleeve to centre of bar clamp.

MSC Tandem Cranks

2016-07-25T02:41:08+12:00

Trying to sort out the Cranks on the new MSC Tandem

Swing-arm Broke Again (14,102)

2016-07-17T01:50:01+12:00

Swingarm suddenly broke again

Replaced Rear Tyre

2016-07-10T10:54:17+12:00

Replaced rear Tyre

Stoker gets dropper Post.

2016-06-25T01:25:26+12:00

Annette wanted a new dropper post at 14,041 km.

replaced bolt on chain guide

2016-06-24T01:44:28+12:00

The rear bolt on the chain guide was too short. Replaced with a longer one

Tyre Repair (454 km of use)

2016-05-19T13:36:27+12:00

Rohloff cleaning oil in hub (13914 km)

2016-05-19T12:09:03+12:00

Rohloff axle plate bolts loose

2016-05-16T12:08:13+12:00

Rohloff Axle Plate bolts sheared.

Installed new Rear Brakes (13797km)

2016-05-07T01:59:00+12:00

New Magura MT7 Rear Brakes with 180mm Storm Rotor & Rohloff Monkeybone.

riding Record to date

2016-04-10T00:56:57+12:00

year	date	place	detail	hours	km	sub total kms	year kms	notes	hours sub totals	running total km
2008	22/Jul	got bike in Calaifornia
							1000			1,000
2009		no record of riding away until July
		rode in Bali in September					1500			2,500
2010		no record of riding away April to July
							2000			4,500
2011		no record away Japan,St Am, Nepal
							2000			6,500
2012		record from May, rotorua October
		including riding in Burma Nov 1468 km					3515			10,015
2013
		Rotorua for 3 weeks					1000			11,015
2014
	06/Dec	Sisters Creek	Tasmania	01:50	31.8		1300	only ride after broke swingarm		12,315
2015
	02/Apr	Garrawarra		00:10	0.9				00:10	12,316
	02/Apr	Audley	Lady Carrington	00:58	20.6				01:08	12,337
	05/Apr	Darkes Forest		01:11	21.3				02:19	12,358
	08/Apr	Darkes Forest		01:05	21.2				03:24	12,379
	10/Apr	Jindabyne		01:27	16.7				04:51	12,396
	10/Apr	Jindabyne	Bingara	00:30	6.1				05:21	12,402
	11/Apr	Thredbo	River Trail	01:38	21.6			with Emma & James	06:59	12,423
	13/Apr	Mt Buller	Alpine Epic	04:44	44.5			broke chain tensioner	11:43	12,468
	13/Apr	Mt Buller		01:36	13.1				13:19	12,481
	14/Apr	Mt Buller	Stonefly	02:50	20.0				16:09	12,501
	15/Apr	Mt Buller	River Trail	01:09	16.8				17:18	12,518
	28/Apr	Darkes Forest		00:41	11.0				17:59	12,529
										12,529
	01/Sep	Shellharbour	around town	00:56	12.9	226.7			18:55	12,542
			NEW FORK							12,542
	10/Nov	Christchurch	Around Town	01:14	17.2				20:09	12,559
	12/Nov	Christchurch	Port Hills	02:09	23.4				22:18	12,582
	13/Nov	Hanmer Springs		02:02	23.4				24:20	12,606
	14/Nov	Craigieburn		02:40	22.3				27:00	12,628
	16/Nov	Queen Charlotte		02:33	28.5				29:33	12,657
	17/Nov	Queen Charlotte		04:45	38.2				34:18	12,695
	18/Nov	Nelson	Hira Forest	02:00	19.7				36:18	12,714
	19/Nov	Nelson	Dun Mountain	04:15	37.9				40:33	12,752
	20/Nov	Takaka	Remeka Track	02:39	32.5				43:12	12,785
	20/Nov	Kaiteriteri	MTB Park	01:01	11.6				44:13	12,796
	21/Nov	Kaiteriteri	MTB Park	02:27	26.6				46:40	12,823
	22/Nov	Nelson	Codgers	01:47	16.0				48:27	12,839
	22/Nov	Nelson	Hira Forest	02:02	22.1				50:29	12,861
	23/Nov	Richmond	Silvan Forest	00:57	6.8				51:26	12,868
	23/Nov	Nelson	Codgers	01:16	10.8				52:42	12,879
	25/Nov	Buller Gorge	Old Ghost Road	05:10	43.4				57:52	12,922
	26/Nov	Seddonville	Old Ghost Road	03:58	35.5				61:50	12,958
	27/Nov	Hector	Charming Creek	02:13	19.5				64:03	12,977
	28/Nov	Wanaka	Deans Bank	01:54	23.4				65:57	13,001
	29/Nov	Wanaka	Sticky Forest	00:51	8.0				66:48	13,009
	30/Nov	Wanaka	Sticky Forest	01:29	12.1				68:17	13,021
	01/Dec	Mt Aspiring	Track to 1st Hut	01:57	18.2				70:14	13,039
	02/Dec	Wanaka	Diamond Lake	00:18	9.5				70:32	13,048
	02/Dec	Queenstown	Gondola	02:30	21.0				73:02	13,069
	03/Dec	Wanaka	Sticky Forest	01:08	9.1			broke pedal, broke rear shock mount bolt	74:10	13,078
	04/Dec	Queenstown	7 Mile MTB Pk	01:45	13.4				75:55	13,092
	04/Dec	Queenstown	Moke Lake	00:32	6.1				76:27	13,098
	05/Dec	Queenstown	Moke Lake	02:24	21.9				78:51	13,120
	05/Dec	Coronet Peak	Rude Rock	01:02	10.7				79:53	13,131
	06/Dec	Routeburn	to Greenstone	01:41	29.4				81:34	13,160
	10/Dec	Alexandra	Butchers Dam	01:22	10.8				82:56	13,171
	10/Dec	Alexandra	Airport Loop	01:05	12.4				84:01	13,183
	11/Dec	Dunedin	Nicols Creek	01:55	18.9				85:56	13,202
	12/Dec	Dunedin	Signal Hill	02:32	24.2				88:28	13,226
	13/Dec	Nasby		01:43	15.0				90:11	13,241
	13/Dec	Nasby		01:20	13.4				91:31	13,255
	14/Dec	Nasby		02:44	25.3				94:15	13,280
	15/Dec	Alps 2 Ocean	to Ohau	03:42	51.6				97:57	13,332
	16/Dec	Mt Hutt		01:13	11.0				99:10	13,343
2015	17/Dec	Kaiapoi		00:43	9.5	810.3		total km/time in NZ: 80:58 hrs	99:53	13,352
2015		TOTAL					1037		99:53	13,352

2016	04/Jan	Mersey	2 rides	01:58	29.6		29.6		01:58	13,382
	05/Jan	Mersey		01:02	12.1		41.7		03:00	13,394
	15/Jan	Derby	Warm-up	00:46	8.5		50.2		03:46	13,402
	15/Jan	Derby	Atlas etc	02:04	23.3		73.5		05:50	13,426
	16/Jan	Derby	Atlas	01:25	17.1		90.6		07:15	13,443
2016	16/Jan	Derby	Krushkas	02:05	17.1	107.7	107.7	broke swingarm	09:20	13,460

	since last broke swing arm					1176.5		hours riding	111:03
	since installing new fork					918			90:18

2016	26/Mar	to Warilla	Blackbutt Forest	01:20	14.0		121.7		10:40	13,474
	08/Apr	Kangaroo Is	Flinders Chase NP	05:48	90.3		212		16:28	13,564

Seat height calculation

2016-03-27T01:13:22+13:00

Checked seat height and calculated desirable position

Replaced Brake Pads Front & Rear

2016-03-25T22:14:35+13:00

Replaced Front & Rear Brake Pads

Thomson Dropper Post installed

2016-03-25T19:00:05+13:00

I decided I wanted a fully adjustable dropper post and got a Thomson Dropper Post

Replaced Cleats Annette and Garys

2016-03-24T23:25:06+13:00

Replaced cleats for Annette's shoes which were very worn. Did mine at the same time.

Serviced Fox 40 Forks

2016-03-24T20:00:08+13:00

Serviced Fox Forks. new oil & seals.

Replaced Pedals

2016-03-24T19:00:57+13:00

Replaced both sets of pedals with ones from Dave

Riser in Stoker handlebars

2016-03-24T19:00:00+13:00

Satori 50mm riser to raise Stoker handlebars.

Replaced Tyre on Rear wheel @13,460

2016-03-24T18:59:04+13:00

New Rock Razor rear Tyre at 13,460 km

Bashguard installed on front chainring

2016-03-23T19:02:02+13:00

Installed 2 new bash guards on Captains Chain Ring.

New Cranks & Bottom Brackets

2016-03-23T19:01:01+13:00

New Front and Rear Cranks and Bottom Bracket Bearings 13,460 km

Replaced Swingarm 13,460km

2016-03-23T19:00:00+13:00

Replaced broken swing arm.

Replaced Sleeve on Rear Shock

2016-01-29T23:37:19+13:00

Replaced the bush and spacers on bottom of rear shock.

Broken Chain Stay or Swingarm

2016-01-16T23:47:48+13:00

Chain Stay breaks again!! (at 13,460km)

Pedal bearing collapsed: Gary L

2016-01-04T20:17:28+13:00

On a road ride at Mersey the outer came off.

New Rear Tyre Fitted with tube.

2016-01-01T20:24:44+13:00

Chunder tyre 2.3 fitted as it was all I had. Problem see more.

Rear Tyre side wall Cut.

2015-12-12T11:46:40+13:00

Another split in the side wall and had to install a tube in the rear.

Rear Shock mounting bolt sheered

2015-12-04T21:46:11+13:00

Rear Shock bottom mounting bolt sheers again.

Pedal bearing collapsed: Annette's R

2015-12-03T21:44:39+13:00

Annette's Right pedal collapsed and amazingly as it was my left so we had a spare.

New Stoker handlebars 90mm rise

2015-12-03T21:44:17+13:00

We ordered a 90mm rise handlebar which made it possible to mount the dropper posts.

installed dropper posts

2015-12-03T21:43:35+13:00

T-MAR Dropper Seat Posts back & Front.

removed seized stoker seat post

2015-12-03T21:42:28+13:00

Trying to extract Annette's seat post.

Suspension Travel Measurements

2015-12-02T11:44:52+13:00

I lowered the front forks about 20mm

Pedal bearing collapsed, Gary Left

2015-11-30T19:55:53+13:00

The pedal outer fell off, the bearing had disintegrated.

Repaired Tyre and again running tubeless.

2015-11-29T21:27:15+13:00

A split in the side wall of the New Tyres.

Damaged Side Wall and Replaced Tyre

2015-11-26T21:31:38+13:00

New Tyre due to side wall damage to rear.

Cracked Spider on Captains Crank

2015-11-21T21:35:47+13:00

New Spec Sheet

2015-11-02T23:38:06+13:00

Here are the up to date specs

New Front Brakes: Magura (~12,542)

2015-10-23T18:03:20+13:00

New front brakes

New Front Fork Fox 40s

2015-10-13T17:52:04+13:00

New Fox 40 Forks (~12,542)

New Longer Rear Suspension Swing Arm

2015-10-10T16:45:00+13:00

New Longer swing Arm Installed (~12,542)

New Rear Shock

2015-10-06T06:58:22+13:00

New Fox Shock installed (~12,542)

Brake Mounts for Fox 40 forks

2015-05-30T01:17:33+12:00

Problems with fitting new forks.

Still trying to get spoke nipples

2015-05-05T21:18:05+12:00

Wrote to Greg at TWE to try to get spoke nipples

new Fork Wanted

2015-04-29T12:54:28+12:00

Here is some research

Tubeless Tyres work a treat

2015-04-14T21:30:15+12:00

I bought a digital pressure gauge to monitor pressure

Chain Tensioning Spring Breaks

2015-04-12T20:36:35+12:00

26 km into the Australian Alpine Epic our bike breaks!

New Wheels Now fitted @ 12,315 km

2015-04-02T21:35:40+13:00

New wheels now installed see costs etc

Garmin wheel sensor and cadence

2015-04-01T16:20:58+13:00

A new wheel design of wheel sensor and cadence sensor installed

Front wheel install problems

2015-03-31T16:18:09+13:00

The front wheel hubs were too large and had to be filed back

New Rohloff rear hub install problems

2015-03-31T16:11:20+13:00

New drive chain and chain ring

2015-03-31T15:57:00+13:00

New Chain and chain Rings installed. (~12,315 km)

Tubeless Tyres installed

2015-03-30T15:23:24+13:00

Tubeless tyres were installed on new wheels (~12,315 km)

New brake disc front and back

2015-03-30T15:13:13+13:00

Installed new brake discs on new wheels (~12,315 km)

Swingarm arrives: installed

2014-11-25T13:15:48+13:00

New stronger swing-arm arrives

New Wheels Problems

2014-11-24T02:37:28+13:00

New wheels not quite right!

Broke Chain Stay Again!

2014-10-25T14:11:51+13:00

On Wollemi Trip the Chain Stay broke Again

Upgrading front Fork

2014-10-10T13:52:58+13:00

Thinking of Upgrading Front Forks

Upgrading Wheels

2014-10-10T13:02:56+13:00

Upgrading to Wide Carbon Rims

Bought "New" Rohloff hub from Brett

2014-09-23T12:07:14+12:00

New Rohloff Hub that Brett had.

Wheels Trued

2014-09-22T12:33:49+12:00

Both wheels had the spokes tightened

Suspension Service

2014-09-22T12:09:39+12:00

Suspension Service Front Forks and rear shock

I like this bike

2014-08-30T00:35:24+12:00

I like this bike

New Eggbeater pedals installed

2014-07-25T22:09:54+12:00

New pedals installed

New Timing/Index Chain

2014-07-25T21:47:05+12:00

Installed new index chain. Sram PC951

New Tyres

2014-07-25T21:39:09+12:00

New tyres front and back

New Ergon Grips for us both

2014-07-23T21:35:53+12:00

New Ergon grips front & back

Annette new shoes: cleat mounted

2014-07-23T21:28:58+12:00

Annette got new shoes, cleats fitted

Headset replaced

2014-07-14T22:25:20+12:00

Pressed the new headset on successfully

Headset removed

2014-07-14T00:59:31+12:00

Using a punch I removed the old headset.

S & S Coupling Cleaned: Water in frame

2014-07-14T00:03:59+12:00

When S&S coupling undone the frame was full of water.

Pedal bearing replacement failure

2014-07-09T03:20:57+12:00

I tried to replace the bearings but it was too late.

Rack on back of Sprinter

2014-06-20T10:31:15+12:00

Rack successfully on back of Ambie the Sprinter

Fixed gear cables

2014-06-17T10:27:45+12:00

Cables ere set up back to front and this was fixed.

Headset creaking.. ordered new one

2014-05-30T00:56:45+12:00

The steering was a bit stiff and so I pulled the headset apart to find

New gear cables installed

2014-05-30T00:55:31+12:00

I had had these new cables since October and was concerned I might get it wrong and I did....

Broken timing Chain fixed on trail

2014-04-16T23:01:53+12:00

Timing chain breaks on Cascades Ride

New Tubes and changed tyres

2014-04-13T22:46:53+12:00

New tubes: Michelin Protek Max fitted front & back

Annette's Seat replaced

2014-04-13T22:33:25+12:00

Annette gets new seat

Bottom Bracket Bearings Replaced

2014-04-13T22:28:10+12:00

Bottom Bracket Bearings Replaced

Rear Brake Disc Replaced & pads

2014-04-13T22:14:01+12:00

Replaced the rear brake disc

Replaced broken Spoke, Rear Wheel

2014-04-13T22:10:31+12:00

Replaced broken spoke on Rear wheel

Rohloff Hub Seals replaced

2014-04-13T22:03:09+12:00

Only replaced the seal on the Left side

Captains Seat Post Breaks

2014-03-21T01:41:17+13:00

The seat post came off as we rode Lady Carrington Drive

Riding Record

2014-01-01T15:06:59+13:00

For 2014 we rode the Tandem 1293 km

Replaced Aluminium Swing Arm

2013-11-30T01:54:46+13:00

Here testing our new trailer which did NOT fit

Chain Stay Breaks at Fling

2013-11-11T18:34:18+13:00

About 35km into the Highland Fling disaster struck.

service for highland fling

2013-11-11T18:34:01+13:00

Packed and Unpacked from NZ

2013-10-17T04:00:18+13:00

It took a few days to get to unpacking the bike

Specifications

2013-10-16T15:39:32+13:00

See HERE for full Specifications

Replacement Parts

2013-10-16T15:22:43+13:00

ordered replacement parts from Rohloff and have ordered bits from Chain Reaction & Wiggle

Chain Stay breaks

2013-10-12T15:13:58+13:00

The left side chain stay broke! Thursday 10th October.

Lost bolts from Rear brake caliper

2013-10-08T22:49:59+13:00

Luckily we were riding along the flat when suddenly no rear brake!

Gear cable lengths

2013-10-05T14:21:20+13:00

Here are the lengths of the cables:

Re oiled rear hub

2013-10-05T14:13:26+13:00

Refilled the rear hub as it had been leaking a lot.

cleaned gear cables, what a difference

2013-10-05T14:04:33+13:00

On Friday I could not even change gears and decided something had to be done.

loose front hub

2013-10-05T08:16:02+13:00

When I arrived in NZ I noticed the front hub was sloppy.

Sheered suspension bolt

2013-10-02T22:57:57+13:00

Bolt through bottom of shock sheered.

Packed/unpacked bike for NZ trip

2013-09-21T13:37:18+12:00

This is reassembling bike in Rotorua

Pressurized shocks

2013-04-01T21:49:29+13:00

pumped rear shock to 200 PSI, pumped front shock to 80 PSI

Replaced oil in rear hub

2013-03-28T17:19:38+13:00

Replaced rear hub oil

replaced brake pads

2013-03-28T17:17:13+13:00

Replaced front and rear brake pads

replaced rear wheel spoke

2013-03-28T13:50:54+13:00

Broken spoke from Burma finally replaced

Packed bike in Mandalay for trip home

2012-12-18T03:42:54+13:00

Once again the bike was disassembled and packed for our homeward journey.

Brake pad worn off.. replaced

2012-12-12T05:55:16+13:00

Luckily I noticed and changed rear pads.

Replace rear tyre essential

2012-12-12T05:03:24+13:00

The rear tyre which also had to be replaced

Tyre walls breakdown tube wears

2012-12-11T05:01:00+13:00

Getting replacement tyres on “The Road To Mandalay”

Swapped tubes #12

2012-12-07T05:50:27+13:00

Found tyre flat in morning but could only find valve leak so put in spare tube

Puncture #11

2012-12-06T05:47:15+13:00

A slow leak need fixing on backroad to Inle Lake

Puncture #10

2012-12-04T04:02:51+13:00

Again the rear tyre was a little flat and I found a very small hole. #10

Puncture #7,8 & 9

2012-12-03T04:01:41+13:00

After mending a hole in the back & the front then one more

Brakes shimmed

2012-12-02T04:27:52+13:00

The replacement pads were well worn so I added a shim to help

Puncture # 6

2012-12-02T04:25:45+13:00

You can see 3 of the 4 patches on the rear tube in the one area

Brake pads swapped

2012-12-01T04:38:34+13:00

on the bottom the old pads and the top the newer ones

both front and rear had flats

2012-12-01T04:35:19+13:00

After 3 flats yesterday I woke to find both tyres soft, i.e. 2 slow leaks.

Punctures at Bagan, Burma

2012-11-30T03:52:16+13:00

With thorns everywhere in Bagan it was inevitable

Packing in Yangon for bus to Mandalay

2012-11-26T01:25:42+13:00

packing the bike at “Bike World”...

Index chain broke

2012-11-25T19:23:59+13:00

On the ride in the countryside our index chain broke

Unpacking in Yangon, Burma

2012-11-21T05:00:59+13:00

bike packed at Terry and Yati’s and unpacked in Burma

Unpacking the Tandem Malaysia

2012-11-14T13:51:00+13:00

The Tandem was unpacked on arrival in Malaysia

New drive chain

2012-11-10T19:56:00+13:00

As the bent chain tensioner had broken the chain a new one was installed

New Chain Tensioner

2012-11-10T19:55:00+13:00

New Rohloff Down Hill (DH) chain tensioner installed

New Tyres

2012-11-09T20:02:00+13:00

The tyres we had used in New Zealand were well and truly worn out some they didn’t come home.

Unpacking after NZ trip

2012-11-03T08:11:11+13:00

The bike was packed on 30th October and we left NZ on 31st. IT was reassembled slowly due to broken chain tensioner.

Chain Tensioner destroyed

2012-10-29T19:57:00+13:00

What was two be our second last trail in the Whaka Forest became our last

Index chain replaced

2012-10-27T20:00:00+13:00

As we were riding into the Whaka Forest the Index chain just gave way. In two places!!

Drive chain breaks

2012-10-26T19:59:00+13:00

On the Moerangi Trail the drive chain broke. Shortened not replaced.

Brake pads replaced

2012-10-17T04:43:00+13:00

Put in genuine magura pads.

Rohloff Hub Oil Change

2012-10-14T03:14:11+13:00

I took new oil to New Zealand to do an oil change. Oil levels seemed fine with extracted oil.

Unpacking in Rotorua, New Zealand

2012-10-12T23:07:50+13:00

Here are the cases being unpacked in New Zealand

Rohloff email

2012-07-24T12:41:43+12:00

Shifter, spokes and sproket remover

Rohloff email

2012-07-16T12:35:57+12:00

note email asks for wrong spokes (correct is 243 mm)

Shocks and Fork Serviced

2011-02-05T00:36:26+13:00

Left bike at The Bike Shack Nowra to be serviced

Paid for Ventana Tandem

2008-04-14T12:00:44+12:00

Paid for Tandem from Mountain Bike Tandems