New GT5 Trike
Well, GT5 arrived at 01.15 yesterday & was collected from the trucking depot in Cardiff later that day. I had a team of 60-something depot people dotting about looking for a bike in a box. They found it pretty quick considering that a Depot Collect is rarely allowed.
My stress or excitement level eased, knowing I had GT5 in my possession. Just as a chuckle, as we loaded it it began to rain. There'd been heavy cloud building all afternoon & really anything was possible, even flooding which was gripping towns out west. In the end we had fifteen drops on the windscreen & I was able to visit my mum & tidy her yard as well. This would free up tomorrow to assemble or ride (?) my blue trike.
Despite having had a full day, I set up to begin assembly as soon add I could. Bubble wrap was sliced open to reveal a beautiful frame, near new chain rings, nothing showing signs of corrosion (except one bit I couldn't yet see).
The tyres had been deflated. I knew people did this when air freighting, but I thought 8 days from the west was enough to truck. Who knows? Two out of three inflated, the other had a lose valve. The folded frame wouldn't lock in, but I worked around any issues & made a list to complete in the morning. I hit the sack at midnight & shared my bed with a new mum & four black kittens. She was so proud I didn't have the heart to boot them off.
Up at the crack, I quickly addressed my list of issues finding the quick lock cam on the folding frame ceased. So she'd been sitting unused for a while. I ended up with that valve needing reseating & a frayed gear cable at the rear. The only thing frustrating me was that I could look but not sit. I just wanted to so bad.
New owners in the LBS seemed nice & their prices were great, new cable core & even a new spare tube for $16 lefty me cheering. Hunter Valley Cycles, I like.
At the auto shop I picked up a valve care kit with yet another vale tool, spare valves and patches, & shot home.
In quick time the tail end issues were sorted & I got to sit & grin like an idiot while dodging furniture in the kitchen, lounge room areas. kitchen. My son who just turned 20 had a bemused look, I couldn't tell; curiosity about the trike, or pity for his father.
It's work again today, & I'm unsure about gear selection settings, but tomorrow? Yep, it's on.
Reading CGOAB "World Jamboree on Trikes". Two twenty- something Rover Scouts trike from here across Australia, cycle up through Africa, into Asia & northern Europe to attend aworld gathering of scouts in Sweden. Rising GT3s which I think is the earlier version of GT5.
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