Today Temp : 17 - 34 c
Today Spend : Rs 850 Total Spend : Rs 12270
We went for searching for a better and cheaper guesthouse from the old bus stand to the main bazaar in the morning,as Chee is quite familier with, there are lots more choices here as a tourist hub,my priority is free Wifi, as i need to communicate with friends who helps out to send the spare rim. After merry hunting for a few, we settled for a quiet nice guesthouse in Ree-yul with clean room,attached bathroom,hot shower and most important is the free Wifi for Rs 400,after negotiating down from Rs 500,as we might need to stay extra days here while we go sightseeing in Leh. After breakfast we went to the Moti Market,as Chee mentioned there are 2 bikes shops but are not confident that they have 20" rim. The 1st shop we went,surprisingly i saw there is one or two 20" rims there,but the owner was not there,most likely went for his lunch break,after waited for 30min, the owner came back only to my disappointment that,he is not going to sell the rim,as he need to setup another bike, no matter how hard i persuaded him to let go, Chee advised me to try the 2nd shop, as he too had bad experience with the same owner,very cocky fella. The 2nd shop owner named Ali is a young man and speak ok English, he has 2-3 rims that are steel chromed,looks pretty strong,but i wanted my original spokes and quick release hub, he was patient enough to switch over and true the alignment of spokes to the rim, but the hub is not compatible with mine one is 32 holes, the new rim is 28 holes.So now i have to carry 2 extra spanner to open my front wheel,if there is a puncture. The whole process took 2.5 hour
and cost only Rs 450. With this biggest problem solved,i quickly send a message to Victor in Malaysia to cancel my earlier plan of courier a new rim which for sure will be more costly. I am glad everything is back to normal and hope the new rim will last till the end of my trip,for that I am very thankful for those who have help out especially to Victor,Darly,and Foo and others,i definitely owe you all a meal when i get back. The 1st real test of my new rim will be day after tomorrow when Chee and I will attempt to ride up the mighty Khardungla 5602m , the highest motorable road in the world.Can you imagine that with a cheap basic 20" rim?
Today Spend : Rs 850 Total Spend : Rs 12270
We went for searching for a better and cheaper guesthouse from the old bus stand to the main bazaar in the morning,as Chee is quite familier with, there are lots more choices here as a tourist hub,my priority is free Wifi, as i need to communicate with friends who helps out to send the spare rim. After merry hunting for a few, we settled for a quiet nice guesthouse in Ree-yul with clean room,attached bathroom,hot shower and most important is the free Wifi for Rs 400,after negotiating down from Rs 500,as we might need to stay extra days here while we go sightseeing in Leh. After breakfast we went to the Moti Market,as Chee mentioned there are 2 bikes shops but are not confident that they have 20" rim. The 1st shop we went,surprisingly i saw there is one or two 20" rims there,but the owner was not there,most likely went for his lunch break,after waited for 30min, the owner came back only to my disappointment that,he is not going to sell the rim,as he need to setup another bike, no matter how hard i persuaded him to let go, Chee advised me to try the 2nd shop, as he too had bad experience with the same owner,very cocky fella. The 2nd shop owner named Ali is a young man and speak ok English, he has 2-3 rims that are steel chromed,looks pretty strong,but i wanted my original spokes and quick release hub, he was patient enough to switch over and true the alignment of spokes to the rim, but the hub is not compatible with mine one is 32 holes, the new rim is 28 holes.So now i have to carry 2 extra spanner to open my front wheel,if there is a puncture. The whole process took 2.5 hour
and cost only Rs 450. With this biggest problem solved,i quickly send a message to Victor in Malaysia to cancel my earlier plan of courier a new rim which for sure will be more costly. I am glad everything is back to normal and hope the new rim will last till the end of my trip,for that I am very thankful for those who have help out especially to Victor,Darly,and Foo and others,i definitely owe you all a meal when i get back. The 1st real test of my new rim will be day after tomorrow when Chee and I will attempt to ride up the mighty Khardungla 5602m , the highest motorable road in the world.Can you imagine that with a cheap basic 20" rim?
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| Moti Market in Leh |
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| The 1st cocky bike shop |
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| The 1st cocky bike shop |
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| The 1st cocky bike shop |
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| The 2nd very good bike shop |
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| The shop owner Ali is working on my rim |
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| The busy lanes of Moti market |
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| The busy lanes of Moti market |
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| Our room in Ree-Yul |
5 comments:
Wonderful news, now you should be back to action.
Good to know you've got a replacement rim.
Cycle safe!
docolmo,hopefully everything work
Mike,hope it work, and tomorrow will put the rim into real test, by cycling up Khardungla.
Good job. Good news!
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