New Chain, New Tires, Like New Ride
As planned I took my bike into Moto Tecnica. I had to get my new tires mounted and my chain swapped. They did such a great job on my transmission, I felt confident going back to them for more work. The owner, Polo was cool. This time they have a new mascot. A little puppy named Chocolate. Very cute dog except I’m not much of an animal lover.
Polo installed everything within 2 hours. In the process, he accidentally dropped my bike. My brake lever broke. They replaced that. I wasn’t upset with the incident. I mean it wasn’t as if the bike was laid down but rather slowly tilted over. I know he felt really bad and had given me a $10 discount, a can of chain lube, and offered to straighten out my front rim and change my front brake oil the next time I come in. The rim was bent at multiple places due to my riding but they were minor bends and not too bad. He also told me to get bigger tires since the ones I purchased with the stock configuration are lower profile. He said I’d get a better ride from a bigger tire.
I left the place with 2 brand new tires, a new chain, and a new lever. My bike has never rode so smoothly. The chain swap has absolutely change the feel of the bike. It is much smoother on gear shifts and my acceleration is much more consistent. My bike use to hesitate on take off, not anymore. The only thing I noticed but wasn’t a big deal was that Polo forgot to put the valve stem caps on my tires. I had to go to a local auto supply store to pick up some spares.
