A Mechanical Ride

On yesterdays ride when I shifted, some of the gears seemed jumpy, some wouldn't shift right away and sometimes it would jump up 2 gears when I only wanted to shift up one... I didn't want to play with the cables too much because I was out for speed and the shifting wasn't too bad once you got used to it... so I figured I go out for a mechanical ride today to see which gears are giving me trouble and adjust accordingly.

I just couldn't get it right, if I had the lower gears finely tuned the higher gears would give me problems and vice versa... until finally I over-adjusted and the cable stopped working all together and I was stuck in the highest gear, luckily I didn't stray too far from home and I didn't have too much of a climb, and I made it home without too much hassle.

So now I have to go through my bike maintenance books to see if it's a problem I can easily fix myself or if I have to bring it into the shop... with all the the "Fix It Yourself" talent I have, I'm probably better off just bringing it into the shop, mostly likely it's a same day fix... and if I attempt it myself, it'll turn into a couple of weeks fix, plus 10 times the cost of what it would have costs me had I brought it in in the first place.

Anyway tomorrow I'll turn 54, so there goes my "Riding my Age in Miles" birthday ride... I could do it later in the week... so if you don't hear from me in a couple of days, I'm probably celebrating... it's a 3 day holiday for me... so everybody enjoy, I'll be back a little older and maybe a little wiser... nah, who am I kidding, LOL