Had a moment of panic this morning when I tried and failed to get the pedals off.my bike.
The storage room at Auckland International YHA is crammed full of bikes, such a change from when I was first here in early January, so it's a challenge to disassemble and box up anything in here, let alone deal with a mini crisis. Even my fellow cyclist buddy, Les, who happens to be staying here as well, after we rode off in opposite directions from National Park 2 weeks ago, couldn't loosen the devils.
Lucky for me that Mike at the Giant bike store here could torque them loose with his much better allen wrench.
Phew! Was having nightmares of not being able to box up. Guess the road is so rough it dried up all the grease I'd rubbed into the pedal sockets before installing the pedals themselves.
I thought I'd only finger tightened them. Hmm. Note to self: practice more.
Les is off to.catch a.plane home to Vancouver tomorrow.
He's already planning his next bike tour.
I know exactly why. Me too!
NZ has been an experience. But now time for somewhere else.
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