Oct 20 2009Mama Chari

I finally got round to buying a bike. And what a bike…As I’m in Japan its a Mama Chari, and what a mama she is. She creaks a bit, I think the bottom bracket bearing have seen better days, the light if you can call it that, flickers when it wants to, but it does have a switch on the handle bar to turn it on or off. It does have 4 gears which is quite handy, its not exactly the Himalayan foothills, but its still nice to have them, especially going through the underpass.
However over the last few days the nut securing the pedal arm has come loose, so I need to see if I can borrow a socket to tighten that up, I think the dude next door has one, he seems to be quite into cycles.
The name of the previous owner is still on the bike, and on the front mud guard you can see the guys phone number too. I might give him a call, see if he wants to meet up with the old girl, take her for a spin for old times sake. Or I might not.

more pics after the jump….