Maintenance day

Due to the wet weather the chain on the Nishiki was realy dirty - it took about 5 cycles of hot water, chain cleaner fluid, WD40 and hot water again before I stopped finding dirt in the chain cleaner. I tuned up the rear derailleur too, as first gear was being a bit of a bear. I couldn't do it with the limit screws alone, so I had to fiddle with the cable length and then the limit screws, which was a bit tedious - by the end I was making adjustments of around 1-2mm on the cable length! I noticed the bolts were a bit loose on the chainrings, so while I was at it I took the bash ring and inner ring off, cleaned off all the gunk, and reassembled - the rings look almost new now!