Monday Evening

Fixed the flat on the Jamis (I HOPE!), using the last of of Chinese c-ment. The hole was rather near another patch, so I'm thinking maybe the tire needs to be replaced. It is getting a little threadbare. I wasn't paying total attention when I took the tube out so I didn't notice EXACTLY its position, but there is definitely a little hole in the tire, in a likely area, that could be the culprit. So I think a tire is in order. Someday.

I got the upper head set thingie off the Schwinn with my LARGEST CHANNELOCKS, cutting new threads in the head set thingie. It is TOTALLY BOOGERED now! I think what happened was:

A. The headset was improperly installed at the shop several years ago over boogered threads,

or, MUCH more likely,

B. The washer with the tab on it got jammed in the groove and mangled the threads a bit.

The threads DO seem a big mangled down towards the middle of the threaded stem on the fork. And my wife thinks I should work in a bike shop! Yeh, as the mangler!