Cleaning Time

I meant to clean my bike over the Christmas break but didn't.  Needless to say it was filthy!  I don't think I had cleaned it since the rain really started. I put a fender in the back this year but don't have one in the front.  This is mainly because my fork is bent and it makes it hard to find fenders that fit properly.   I'm pretty sure the fork was bent in my accident over a year ago.  

When I was riding home on Thursday I got a flat tire.  So it was easy to fix it since I already was taking my bike apart.  Apparently I rode over some broken glass because there was a piece of brown  glass about a quarter of on inch long wedged in my tire. 

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I spent a lot of the day getting all kinds of dirt and grime off my bike.  My rear derailleur was full of gunk.  I spent a long time on it getting all of it out.  It probably hasn't been this clean since just after I bought it.

It will be dirty again on Tuesday but at least I remove all the layers of dirt that had built up.  Definitely should not go this long without cleaning it.  It won't be to long before I buy and nice bike and will be cleaning it more often.

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