Drips and drabbles. Oh, and a bicycle-related question....

[e_juliana]

JeebusFUCK, my hip hurts. It's okay when I'm up and moving around, but the first moment of standing up after sitting for a bit is officially No Fun. Yes, I need to go in to my doc. No, I'm not going to this week. Probably in August.

At least it doesn't hurt when I run. Just after. And yes, I'm stretching and doing yoga and all that. Which helps.

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Okay, bike thing for those who know more than I do (DX?):

I've got a mountain/rockhopper men's bike. The rear brake line has slipped out of the stops, which means that the tension is gone, which means that the rear brake is useless. I'm getting no love from any bike repair sites I Google. How the hell do I re-thread the brake line? It would seem that getting a big-ass allen wrench and releasing tension on the cable would work, but something tells me that this is a fix that does not require tools. Any ideas? Other than taking it to the bike shop, which is not so much an option in the next two days?

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Favorite Buffy line ever: How do you like my darkness now?

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I got my birthday present from my parents & grandparents last night. See's candy, pyjama bottoms & a camisole, and one of my grandmother's prized crystal bowls. Only problem is, my mother forgets that chocolate melts when one ships it to the Lower 48 in the middle of summer. It's still edible, thankfully. Just has new! interesting! shapes. I'm very touched (and a bit worried) that my grandmother has started giving me things of hers that she's had for ages.

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serasempre is a lovely lovely woman, and has made icons for redwright. Thank you, hon.

Comments

[e-juliana.livejournal.com]

Maybe stops isn't the right word. I would say clips, but that implies movement. Guides? Okay.

The cable comes out of the part that your hand uses. That part of the cable is covered in plastic. It comes to a point on the frame, where the stop/guide is, and the plastic snugs into the stop/guide. The bare cable continues along the frame to another stop/guide, where it's back to being encased in plastic.

My brake cable & the plastic has come out of one of the stop/guides on the frame, and I can't figure out how to get enough slack in the cable to allow me to snug the plastic back in.

Does that make sense?

[e-juliana.livejournal.com]

And thank you....

[dxmachina.livejournal.com]

Can you unhook the cable from the brake? On mine you just squeeze the two brake pads together, which should give you enough slack to slip the cable out of it's socket. Once it's out, you should be able to get everything lined up properly, and then hook the cable to the brake again.

IM me tonight if you're still having problems. Same ID as here (and everywhere).