![Looking down from beside the bike at the handlebars with inner bar ends, a phone mount, and small GP1 Evo grips. There's a large paper bag and hat in the basket.](https://cdn.emilyhorsman.com/DSCF1880-16x9-768.webp)
Cockpit Revamp and New Brake Pads on Egret
Refining contact points and doing some routine disc brake maintenance.
![A wheel in a truing stand with a person standing behind it with a tension meter.](https://cdn.emilyhorsman.com/DSCF5418-16x9-768.webp)
Wheel True and New Derailleur Hanger
Kat trued a bit of lateral wobble out of my rear wheel and I got a spare derailleur hanger.
![A pink rigid bike with black-and-tan tires standing up against a median filled with sand and ice plant.](https://cdn.emilyhorsman.com/DSCF0195-16x9-768.webp)
Quick Maintenance on the Hardtack and Egret
My beloved Tanglefoot Hardtack is coming back to me! Logging some maintenance records here.
![A Crankbrothers Stamp 7 left pedal in a bench vise beside a drill with a bolt extractor and grease port screw hanging on the bolt extractor](https://cdn.emilyhorsman.com/DSCF4597_16x9-768.webp)
Grease Port Bolt Extraction
My seized grease port screw was stopping me from replacing the bearings in my left pedal. But it came out with a bolt extractor drill bit!
![A 9-speed chain with caked on grime.](https://cdn.emilyhorsman.com/DSCF4733_16x9-768.webp)
I’m So Close to Waxing My Chain
Maybe I’ve been reading too much internet while stuck at home with a cold but I’m basically convinced to try switching from drip lube to wax.
![The front of a 1x crankset with the chain case fixing mounts visible](https://cdn.emilyhorsman.com/DSCF4552_16x9-768.webp)
1x Chain Retention Problems
My chain drops on the inboard side and gets real stuck between the motor and chainring. There’s a bunch of different solutions but none of them are perfect.
![A purple Crankbrothers Stamp 7 pedal mounted on a right crank arm of a bicycle.](https://cdn.emilyhorsman.com/DSCF3928_16x9-768.webp)
Crankbrothers Stamp 7 Play
My pedals have gotten pretty wiggly because the polymer igus bearings have worn out.