Finished up the job this morning after making an attempt last night. Got too late so I decided to resume today. All i was able to do yesterday was clean the chain again and cut the cable and housing to its the proper size.

Old one is on top, while the newer one is on the [...]

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I started the morning by purchasing a pair of shifter cables, one with housing, the other without. Bought some at the LBS here in Carson just to support them. Their prices may be overpriced compared to other bike shops around the South Bay, but at least by buying small stuff, that should be enough to [...]

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Didn’t really have much planned today so i thought, why not do something with the bike? If you have been following the blog, you might have read that my rear derailleur is bent and the front derailleur’s limit screw joint is broken. In response to that, I’ve been researching endlessly about the differences between some [...]

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Here’s an article about the bike hardware company, SunTour.
Origin of the SunTour company
The Maeda Iron Works Company was founded by Shikanosuke Maeda in 1912 in Kawati-Nagano. Maeda made freewheels and sprockets for bicycles and agricultural machinery. Maeda was owned by the Maeda and Kawai families. A few months later, Maeda moved to Sakai. The original [...]

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After searching endlessly on Ebay for a new candidate to retire my front derailleur, I wondered to myself why some front derailleurs had some clamps while others didn’t. I personally thought it was just missing a piece or can easily swap parts around but they’re actually different. On one of the posts on Ebay, somebody [...]

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i convinced myself to try to take care of my bike stuff today since i had a bit cash so i biked to the local bike shop along Carson ST. asked them what i needed and they said it was a spacer. unfortunately, they just full headsets to replace the current one. i kinda didn’t [...]

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alas, so wheels have been finally trued close to perfection, courtesy of Fr. Bill. when i left St. Philomena after my wheels trued and brake calipers re-centered, the wheels didn’t hit the calipers at all. awesome-town! i can finally bike with ease… that is, when i can stop being anal about what other stuff i [...]

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took the bike for a ride to torrance real quick to visit heather. not much photos. just when i came back. definitely a good bike ride with the weather and what not. believe it or not, i think i was busting about ~20+mph along 223rd thanks to the toe clips. the cars were only speeding [...]

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