Today dist : 5.5 km Total : 1478.1 km
Today Temp : 12 -18 C Sunshine all day
Ride time: 0 hr 26 min
Ave speed : 12.2 kmh Max : 29.5
Ave climb: 3 % Max: 11 %
Trip alti : 32 m Max: 88 m
Today spend : 8044 yen Total : 22343 yen
Can't imagine i had to spend the whole day in Asahikawa just to get my bike fixed. It started 7.30 morning when i saw a road bike cyclist, and stop him to inquire about any high end bicycle shop that i can repair or change my trouble rear hub,and i manually show him the problem. He is very helpful to ask me to follow him back to his house, where his wife served me hot coffee and biscuit. Then he drove his car with my bike loaded to a bike shop which open at 9.30 am, but he couldn't fix the problem after spending about 2 hrs, a lady cyclist by the name Nicole who spoke perfect English, then suggest we went to another shop, but my bike was totally down, the shop owner manually push me while cycling, still the 2nd bike shop couldn't do anything to help. Then the 1st cyclist that i met came again to fetch me to a 3rd bike shop,specializing in bike repair, but still not successful, he then drove me to the 4th bike shop which specializing in hand made bicycle. He is more experience and managed to identify the root cause due to a broken spring in the hub, but was rather confused in fixing the whole assembly,several times he assemble and then dismantle again,and this happens many times,as i was watching closely.Finally by 5 pm, the hub is fixed but was not that smooth turning like before,but at least the root cause had been identified. It cost me 7000 yen. He suggested a camping ground to me, but a little too far as already dark,i just went under another flyover to camp. A real dramatic day for me.
Today Temp : 12 -18 C Sunshine all day
Ride time: 0 hr 26 min
Ave speed : 12.2 kmh Max : 29.5
Ave climb: 3 % Max: 11 %
Trip alti : 32 m Max: 88 m
Today spend : 8044 yen Total : 22343 yen
Can't imagine i had to spend the whole day in Asahikawa just to get my bike fixed. It started 7.30 morning when i saw a road bike cyclist, and stop him to inquire about any high end bicycle shop that i can repair or change my trouble rear hub,and i manually show him the problem. He is very helpful to ask me to follow him back to his house, where his wife served me hot coffee and biscuit. Then he drove his car with my bike loaded to a bike shop which open at 9.30 am, but he couldn't fix the problem after spending about 2 hrs, a lady cyclist by the name Nicole who spoke perfect English, then suggest we went to another shop, but my bike was totally down, the shop owner manually push me while cycling, still the 2nd bike shop couldn't do anything to help. Then the 1st cyclist that i met came again to fetch me to a 3rd bike shop,specializing in bike repair, but still not successful, he then drove me to the 4th bike shop which specializing in hand made bicycle. He is more experience and managed to identify the root cause due to a broken spring in the hub, but was rather confused in fixing the whole assembly,several times he assemble and then dismantle again,and this happens many times,as i was watching closely.Finally by 5 pm, the hub is fixed but was not that smooth turning like before,but at least the root cause had been identified. It cost me 7000 yen. He suggested a camping ground to me, but a little too far as already dark,i just went under another flyover to camp. A real dramatic day for me.
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| Met this RB cyclist who will lead me to a bike shop |
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| Met this RB cyclist who will lead me to a bike shop |
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| Calling the owner of the bike shop |
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| Waiting for the Bobbish bike shop owner to come |
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| Noticed this strange rubbish collector with a hanger clip to secure the opening |
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| Tour de Hokkaido just over |
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| My problem rear hub |
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| The owner Hideo Nakamura working on the hub but still unsuccessful |
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| Nicole ( center ) speaks fluent English came to the rescue |
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| Going one bike shop to another to solve the hub problem |
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| Going one bike shop to another to solve the hub problem |
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| Still unable to dismantle the whole hub assembly,then he drove me and the bike to another place |
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| Finally the root cause identified - two steel O-rings were broken |
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| The master sifu working on the hub |
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| Sifu specializing in Hand Made Bicycle |
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| Ezo Cycle |
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| Recumbents in the shop |
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| Recumbents in the shop |
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| Its almost dark when the hub problem solved,so just go under flyover to camp |
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| Consecutive 2 nights camped under flyover, but different one |
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