Kim (they/dey/iel)[10.07.2024]
New setup for a new adventure ⚒️
In the next 1 1/2 months I will cycle from Prague to Istanbul, passing through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, and Bulgaria 🚴🏼♀️
As I am cycling with a 50 year old road bike, things will probably not always work out as planned, but that’s part of the adventure I guess! For better food supply, rain clothes, a solar panel, and some other handy stuff I replaced my 11 liter Cyclite saddle bag with two 20 liter pannier bags by Ortlieb.
Due to the additional weight my handlebars got wobbly. I’ll try to fix this problem so I can trust my bike and enjoy cycling 161 %.
I tightened the headset, lowered the forkbags in front compared to the picture, tightened all screws of the rack, and rearranged the weight, which all helped a little bit. A local bicycle mechanic in Prague told me that a crack in the frame seems unlikely to him. At least there aren‘t any visible cracks. But there is some kind of creaking noise when I‘m cycling uphill or on gravel roads. Hopefully, I’m gonna figure out where it comes from in the next days. Fingers crossed!
If you have any hints on how to find the cause of my wobbly handlebars, pls dm me 📩
Stay tuned, take it slow & be part of team 161
#bike #bikepacking #biketouring #biketrip #cycling #travel #prague #cyclinglife #vintagebikes #retrobike
New setup for a new adventure ⚒️
In the next 1 1/2 months I will cycle from Prague to Istanbul, passing through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, and Bulgaria 🚴🏼♀️
As I am cycling with a 50 year old road bike, things will probably not always work out as planned, but that’s part of the adventure I guess! For better food supply, rain clothes, a solar panel, and some other handy stuff I replaced my 11 liter Cyclite saddle bag with two 20 liter pannier bags by Ortlieb.
Due to the additional weight my handlebars got wobbly. I’ll try to fix this problem so I can trust my bike and enjoy cycling 161 %.
I tightened the headset, lowered the forkbags in front compared to the picture, tightened all screws of the rack, and rearranged the weight, which all helped a little bit. A local bicycle mechanic in Prague told me that a crack in the frame seems unlikely to him. At least there aren‘t any visible cracks. But there is some kind of creaking noise when I‘m cycling uphill or on gravel roads. Hopefully, I’m gonna figure out where it comes from in the next days. Fingers crossed!
If you have any hints on how to find the cause of my wobbly handlebars, pls dm me 📩
Stay tuned, take it slow & be part of team 161
#bike #bikepacking #biketouring #biketrip #cycling #travel #prague #cyclinglife #vintagebikes #retrobike
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