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I just did 15 miles (26km!).

Today in the evening I went for a ride to the London Eye and back. Passed trough London Bridge and Waterloo as well. Actually, I just got home from the ride.

I’ve also took some pictures from the nightlive around center London, but those will have to wait for tomorrow. Now is time for a bath and nice sleep.

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Yesterday I finished fixing the gears of the bike. I say sort of, because I kind of mess things up a little bit on the front derailleur. It works, the cable is secure, but I am not using the plastic protection on the cable, because the one I had was too big, and when I splitted it, well, let’s just say I did not use the correct wire cutter.

Fortunately I cut the protection a bit too long, so I will be able to amend things once I get a proper wire cutter and not those crappy £5 pound ones from B&Q.

Only missing the brakes now, but still waiting for a new brake for the rear. After that, will finally be able to ride it safely!

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This weekend I did roughly 30 miles (around 50KM) on bike. It was a good exercise, getting in shape a small step every day.

Now I just need to fix the mountain bike so I can do even more miles, since on a folding bike, because the top speed (around 20 mph if moving my feet really fast!), it is hard to go for a long time without getting tired soon.

I’ve started working on a mountain bike that was ‘lost’ on the back yard from a previous owner. I wast thinking of just throwing it on the garbage, but instead, started fixing it.

The list of problems is kind of big: no rear brakes, no rear brake lever, the saddle is well damaged, the gear shift is for six gears, where the rear cassette has 7 gears, a lot of rust, damaged cables, missing crank and missing one pedal.

I’ve already managed to snap a crank, and also bought of eBay new brake shoes and brake cables (very important not to kill any pedestian) and a simple computer to track the miles.

I’m also thinking of grabing on eBay the Shimano ST-EF29, which puts the brake levers and gear shifting into one piece (as I need one lever and one shifter, might just get this pack while it goes cheap). Never really liked the revo gear shifters, as is very easy to downshift while riding the bike.

I also need to pop up to a bike shop to see if they can offer some old pedals, and maybe a handlebar :p

Some pictures will come later…

Edit 17.08.09

Almost ready. Discovered today that I’m missing a bolt and nut to hold the brake shoe to the brake. I’ve to go to the bike shop to find a replacement for it. Already have everything else I need, just need to assemble it. Got a new bar and bar holder today, but still have to check if it fits on the bike forks. Hopefully tomorrow I’ll be able to ride it to work…

For the first time in a long time, I went for a ride on my new bike.

I tought I was going to be in bad shape, but it was actually very easy to go around the block. Tomorrow I’ll go to work on it, to see how it goes

Let’s see if I can burn some of the fat I’ve been acumulating…