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Some more bike fettling over the weekend.
My Shimano dynamo hub died a death a few months back, & I'd missed the unlimited power of the light when riding at night (had a few cases of lights running out of battery on even 1.5h night loops), so got a new wheel with an SP hub from Spa. Not the widest rim, but will be fine for roady stuff, & I figured it's a pretty good price at £135 (was on offer).
I lent some other wheels to my girlfriend when she was riding to work in the horrible wet, & when I went to take them back the freehub pretty much seized. Guess it got left in the wet a bit too long. Took it into Woodrup & they said the wheel was pretty much a write off as they wouldn't be able to get the freehub - annoying. Wheel stuff - along with hydro stuff - is one of the few areas where I really don't feel comfortable doing myself, but figured since the wheel is allegedly dead, I can't do any harm with trying to clean up the freehub myself. To be continued.
Anyway, on my second ride on the Ritchey I wrote off a front wheel, & thankfully had the rear wheel left of that set so using that as a backup for now. Unfortunately, the weather is going to be snow, strong winds & sub zero temperatures pretty much all week so I doubt I'll have much opportunity to try out the new dynamo.
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