Kicked if off by trying to recharge Roxy's battery for the second time. The last time I did it, it took 5 minutes and it was back to 6 volts. This time I left it charging for almost 3 hours and... zilch. It started at 3.6 volts and actually went down to 3.4 by the time I rechecked. I even added distilled water to bring the levels up. Think it's toast.
Though given how little I'm riding Roxy now, maybe it's for the best, as it would be hard to maintain. Maybe better to just run her off the sealed battery as needed.
Did an oil change on Ivy and planned to go the full nine yards and check both filters, but the struggles with the tire changed will delay that till the next time. Added 700mL back in.
Cleaned and lubed the chain, too.
So... on to the tire change. Swapping out the old knobbies on Red for the new Michelins. Tried to "wing it" from memory. Did pretty well, though made a couple mistakes and had to back track.
For example, went around pulling out the entire circumference of the old tire instead of just half so then it was hard to actually get the rim out. Then totally forgot the step on the new tire where you have to add in the tube! Lucky I even had a spare tube as I forgot there's no point doing a tire change without a tube and rim strip on hand. Had to leave the old rim strip in, and it was very brittle.
All that and I was thinking to myself that I should really write all this down. Only later that night did I realize, I ALREADY HAD. Beautifully detailed set of step-by-step notes sitting there in the dropbox folder. D'oh!
That old knobby was a real bear to get off. Felt like I'd gone a few rounds on the mat by the time I was done.
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