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Spotted a modern equipment looking bikeshop in a street around the plaza in front of the church. Went there first thing this morning 'cause we had some potential fixes on our bikes. They have been really good for 4000km, but after that kind of riding it's pretty normal to have some wear-n-tear. Line had a somewhat loose casette lockring for the last days, but we couldn't find a shop with a lockring socket anywhere in Vietnam. No problem for this shop 'cause they have all the 'modern' tools needed for fixing your euro/US/jap bike. The lockring was tightened quickly & they also had a hollow bottom bracket for a measly 6usd so this part was also quickly replaced on Ardan"s bike. For some reason I just keep wasting (leftside) bottombracket bearings?? Same happens after about 2000km on my mtb & on my roadbike it's more around 4000km. Normal wear or is my left leg motion/strength causing good ol' shimano to fail? Anyway, if you need repair while in Savannakhet, Laos: Holien Bike Center.
Bikes back in shape so we headed to the outskirts toward some lake & stupa. At mid-day it got hot, too hot. Especially for Ardan who just needed to lay down in some drinking hut alongside the lake & just nap, drink, watch the buffalo's a bit till the temperature went down so we could bike back to town. Finished our rest day with some chocolade pudding roll & fruit. Also clearly learned a lesson for the remaining bike days...we have to start early. Really early! Daybreak early to be specific. So the alarm will ring at 5am tomorrow allowing us hopefully to make it to Thakhek before 1pm.
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Spotted a modern equipment looking bikeshop in a street around the plaza in front of the church. Went there first thing this morning 'cause we had some potential fixes on our bikes. They have been really good for 4000km, but after that kind of riding it's pretty normal to have some wear-n-tear. Line had a somewhat loose casette lockring for the last days, but we couldn't find a shop with a lockring socket anywhere in Vietnam. No problem for this shop 'cause they have all the 'modern' tools needed for fixing your euro/US/jap bike. The lockring was tightened quickly & they also had a hollow bottom bracket for a measly 6usd so this part was also quickly replaced on Ardan"s bike. For some reason I just keep wasting (leftside) bottombracket bearings?? Same happens after about 2000km on my mtb & on my roadbike it's more around 4000km. Normal wear or is my left leg motion/strength causing good ol' shimano to fail? Anyway, if you need repair while in Savannakhet, Laos: Holien Bike Center.
Bikes back in shape so we headed to the outskirts toward some lake & stupa. At mid-day it got hot, too hot. Especially for Ardan who just needed to lay down in some drinking hut alongside the lake & just nap, drink, watch the buffalo's a bit till the temperature went down so we could bike back to town. Finished our rest day with some chocolade pudding roll & fruit. Also clearly learned a lesson for the remaining bike days...we have to start early. Really early! Daybreak early to be specific. So the alarm will ring at 5am tomorrow allowing us hopefully to make it to Thakhek before 1pm.
Mecanic guys look the same all over the globe.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenMaar jullie fietsen hebben het tot zover goed uitgehouden. Ardan, ik vraag me af of je ook geen last hebt van te warm, teveel zon? Mocht je belladona bijhebben, neem er eentje. Line, je hebt een heel leuk petje, op reis gekocht? En sla die buffels maar goed gade, dat is jouw chinees horoscoop teken Ardan. groeten, MAMa xxx
Rustig ritje op platteland, dutje en drankje in hutje, wat beestjes kijken en lekker ijsje, wat kan het leven toch mooi zijn.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenLine bijzonder plastische reactie op Toon zijn commentaar van vorige dag.
kus knuf mams Mieke
Ça Va Na, Ket ? Op naar Vientiaene met z'n guesthouses van 1.2 euro per nacht... WILLIAM
BeantwoordenVerwijderenHehe, plastische reactie was van ardan, maar onder line haar account gepost...wat anders ;-)
BeantwoordenVerwijderen1,2E/nacht...wij gaan voor de "P"enthouses gaan aan ongeveer 10E/nacht ;-) Eerst nog een weg worstelen door wat karst gesteenten, rotsmeren & grotjes.