So I spent all day yesterday in bed as I have a sore throat and temperature going on so I decided to chill and try and fight it!
I also detoxed from all the fizzy drinks so by 8pm I had a massive caffeine and sugar withdrawal which I knew was coming so when it came I just went to sleep and I woke up this morning feeling better, and the headache was gone!
This morning I slept until about 10am and then watched some tv in bed until about 14:00 when I had managed to get my Son to wake up and go to the supermarket to get the stuff we needed to make a Sunday roast to make us both feel better as he is the one that gave me the sore throat I think so he is suffering too.
While he was at the supermarket I got the GT ProSeries 24″ completely built up and dialled in ready to ride it to the office tomorrow.
The cranks and sprocket look like they were made for the bike and look really good and the bottom bracket works well but isn’t the exact bottom bracket that I wanted but it will do for now. I think once I start sprinting on it it will fall to pieces pretty quickly but I could be wrong as its made by Gusset so it should be strong!
If it does break up then I will have to buy a new fully external Euro Bottom bracket from Cruical to replace it with as I feel more secure with a fully external BB than I do with the adjustable ones as you always end up having to pad them out with lots of spacers which I don’t like.
Other than the bottom bracket being a bit off I have now found that the brake cable is a bit worse for wear too and that makes the brake stick which isn’t ideal but I can live with it until payday when I can buy a new cable and probably a bottom bracket too. I found a new headset in the parts bin so I will replace the headset bearings too as they are a bit crusty too I found out when I did a quick test ride a while ago. I’m not feeling like changing it now so that can wait until I feel a bit better.
I am going back to bed for a bit before sorting out the roast for tea!