Update on bicycle maintenance workshop

After all the rain we've had this week, it looks like Saturday is going to be OK for our bicycle maintenance workshop (hooray!). Let's meet at Provenzanos - we'll use the parking lot to work on our bikes. Please be here and ready to work at 10:15 (so arriving between 10 and 10:15 is probably a good idea).

I've just talked to Graeme and he has a list of things he'd like people to bring on Saturday.

1. a bicycle
2. a set of allen keys (he said if you don't have a set you can buy them at many 100 yen shops - see photo here)
3. if the front wheel of your bicycle does NOT have a quick release lever, please bring a wrench("spanner" in UK English...). Graeme said it's best to have a "box end" wrench rather than an "open end" wrench (check here if you don't know what that means).
4. an adjustable crescent wrench ("adjustable spanner" in UKese)
5. tire levers (Graeme says they are sometimes available at 100 yen shops, too - they look like this)

Do your best to bring what you can - we'll share! Another thing to consider is this: Next week we hope to continue the bicycle lesson by learning some basic rules as well as some riding techniques from Graeme. Japanese traffic law says that kids aged 1-12 years MUST wear a helmet. Graeme Christie's rule says that all Kidz Group riders (even 13-year-old riders...) must wear a helmet.

Safety first!

If you want to bring a lunch and eat here after the workshop, you are welcome to stay for a while. See you soon, cyclists!