Fresh Goods Sunday - Park Tool SD-0 Phillips Screwdriver

A few Fresh Goods Sundays ago I mentioned this was the one screwdriver that I did not have from the set of four so decided to buy it, not that I already don't have a few Phillip's 0 sized screwdrivers! This is a perfect size / length for most screws you find behind Shimano sti hoods on caps for removing renewing gear / brake cables or removing plastic hoods to reach brake reservoir cap bolts. As ever with small head screwdrivers you have to take it steady and not overtighten the screws / damage the heads. As like all my other Park Tool screwdrivers / other similar tools the handle feels very comfortable in your palm and will no doubt be used many times over the up and coming years.
RRP £4.99 and I paid £4.49

Manufacturers Blurb -
Shop quality screwdriver designed for comfort and durability. Featuring dual density grips and heat-treated tips and shafts.
The #0 is a 1/8" shaft, for those small computer cross-tip screws and many hydraulic brake reservoir caps.

Might be time for a larger tool box before long!

Day out to Whitby and Weekley Catch Up

Today Arran set off on  trip to go skiing with the school and Angus was working again so me and Jane had a drive down to Whitby for a day out. After some delay early morning in Toolsation and Euro Car Parts we hit the wet and dark A19 which was quiet for a change. Even the road over the moors to drop down into Whitby was quiet. We parked up easily enough and coughed up £5 for 4 hours. We were going to park further out of the town centre and walk in but we wanted to do some shopping first and drop it back off so not humping bags around all day. The rain had dried up but was still real cold but no wind for a change. As you can see in the photos below there was no sun or much daylight come to think of it. It was lovely and quiet to start with but picked up after dinnertime and the car park was full when we left. Just as we were on our way to the chippy it started raining and by the time we left it was quite heavy and never stopped on the drive back.
Also on the way home we called in past Bike Scene, both NRG's shops and Greggs for a cuppa. I was pleased to get back home as I had been up since 5.30am and on the roads from 7.10am. Sorry for the lack of cycling blogs of late but I have had bad man flue again all week and also had a small op on Tuesday to remove four growths so quite sore of that still. Hopefully get back out soon.

And this weeks delivery -

More of this is up coming Fresh Goods Sundays Blogs after some testing / man cave use!

Hunt 650b wheelset - converting to tubeless

After buying some more Stan's and a Park Tool value core remover tonight's job was to convert the Hunt 650b wheels / tyres into tubeless set up.
I had already applied the gold rim tape a while ago when these was a safety recall on the rim tape but I applied a fresh couple of sections for the valves to go through. I left one side of the tyre wall seated and removed the inner tube. Soaped up the non fitted tyre bed and inflated the tyre through the new tubeless valve. Once seated I let the tyre down again and removed the core with the new Park Tool. I wish I had bought one ages ago instead of using pliers, so much easier and less damage. Injected 90-100ml of Stan's per tyre. Screwed the core back in with the new tool, reflated the tyre and did the usual spinning wheel both ways, upside, shaking wheel, bouncing wheel, left to settle etc. I then cleaned off the valve area and rim bead and there was no problems. I did the rear wheel first with the Panaracer Comet Hard Pack tyre then the front with the Spec Fast Trak tyre. No problem's with either of them airing up or seating.
Tomorrow morning will tell if there has been any major air leakages. If they end up the same as the Hunt 700c wheelset I own then I only have to add a small amount of air each week but they have Panaracer Gravelking tubeless tyres fitted.

Tubes for spares now when going out on a ride, just in case!

Local hike out and bits n bobs

Later on the Monday me and Jane had a brisk walk over to Pity Me Nurseries café for a quick cuppa and cake before it closed and then another brisk hike back. The sun was out and so was the wind. We also bumped into the farmer who owns the land / wood opposite the chicken farm where there are loads of jumps/ramps etc now. Says he is not bothered about the kids / adults as long as they don't leave litter. I can remember playing there when I was a young'un and still have a ride over now and again on the Beast of East for some fun, no big air though! 

Todays collection from Evans - more Stans, going to try and convert the 650b wheelset to tubeless, same as the 700c wheelset.

Also finally lifted the stem on the Mason as my lower back pain has come back again for some reason.