I had a wonderful day at Makara Peak, starting with a run up and down the green runs, Koru and Lazy Fern.
Back in the carpark I’d intended to take a Pivot bike for a test ride, but alas, my model had not arrived. I decided to make the most of it and go up again. I went up to the top, and it was muggy and so a sweaty struggle up, but well worth it.
The ride down Peak Flow was superb, for the first time it really clicked, all the switchbacks felt great and my confidence was much higher than ever. I put it down to the warm up ride down initially.
When I got home I finally got around to trying to sort my right hand pedal – I managed to get it apart, and realise that the bearings are probably stuffed. I sorted disassembled, cleaned it, and regreased it. There is a lot of horizontal play in the pedal since I loosened the nut, but we’ll see how it goes.
In the process realised I had some tools that were perfect for working on the bikes.