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So I thought it would be fairly straightforward to convert my commuter bike into a bike tourer, provided it was still in good shape. And it was. Rachael used it well and kept it dry. However.

I had forgotten that as a commuter bike, it had special locking skewers, and forgot to get the key tool from Rachael. (Something nagged at my brain, but I just thought I was thinking of a normal lock, which she didn’t have.) Because I don’t have the key tool yet, I can’t replace the tubes, which are over a year old, and could probably stand to be changed in advance of a 200 km ride. I also can’t replace the rear skewer with the special BOB trailer skewer.

So how about changing the flat pedals for clipless pedals? The pedals came right off the commuter bike, surprisingly enough. But TIME ATAC pedals that cost so much, and are hard to find refused to come off of the touring bike. I added TRI-Flow. I used my prybar to bang on the pedal wrench. After consulting with the bike store guy, I tried to put a pipe on the end of the wrench for more leverage. To no avail. My next step is to track down some PB Blaster from an automotive store and do my part for polluting the environment. I guess I could walk my bike over to the bike store again and get them to help me take my pedals off. Blah.

I have a sneaking suspicion I won’t be leaving for San Antonio tomorrow.

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