The old bicycle is showing signs of wear and tear, mostly rust from the salty humid air, I suspect.\u00a0 The bell (yes, bell) is now rusted solid.\u00a0 Now that I am on the OZ-sourced inner tubes, I do not have to pump the tyres up every 2 days and I have gone more than 2 weeks without an inner tube failure.<\/p>\n
A couple of months ago, one of the pedals snapped and I have now moved onto the $5 all metal locally-sourced version.\u00a0 The bearings seem to have a problem already and these will not last long.<\/p>\n
Early on, I bought the cheap locally-sourced lock and chain.\u00a0 Within 2 months, the lock had rusted up and was unusable.\u00a0 So I bring back into the country a flash, expensive, guaranteed-for-life lock and chain.\u00a0 Last week, the chain snapped right next to the built-in lock.\u00a0 So I am back to the cheap, locally sourced variety.<\/p>\n
My bike seat started deteriorating rapidly a couple of weeks ago and accelerated until bits of foam underneath started poking out.\u00a0 It is now held together by black linen tape ($2 at Oceano).<\/p>\n
But I can’t say I am not getting my money’s worth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The old bicycle is showing signs of wear and tear, mostly rust from the salty humid air, I suspect.\u00a0 The bell (yes, bell) is now rusted solid.\u00a0 Now that I am on the OZ-sourced inner tubes, I do not have … Continue reading