RIP Orinoco
Arrived at The Bike Station's Fix Your Own Bike workshop at 1630 yesterday with intermittently squeaky but basically functional bike. Tried to remove headset, to investigate squeak. Stem jammed in steerer. Bike station dude put forks in vice, twisted handlebars in bid to release stem. Stem twisted like a pretzel. Removed remains of stem with hacksaw. Removed forks and headset. Steerer had millimetre-deep grind along the bottom, explaining the squeak. Investigated available replacement forks, trying to find a fork/headset combination that would fit. Discovered that I had a mutant extra-long fork. Eventually found a long-enough fork. Discovered that replacement fork had threads of nonstandard pitch, and would not accept any of the available headsets. Stripped mudguards, saddle and handlebars from bike, left rest for scrap. Left at 2030 on foot, carrying small bag of parts.
RIP Orinoco, January 2000 - May 2010.
RIP Orinoco, January 2000 - May 2010.