Lapland

[the Ferret]

D+10. An off-bike day. We strolled Nyköping, mostly famous for the Nyköping Banquet which took place at the Nyköping Castle. The Nyköping Banquet (Swedish: Nyköpings gästabud) was King Birger of Sweden' Christmas celebration on Dec. 11. Among the guests were his two brothers Duke Valdemar and Duke Eric, invited for reconciliation after eight years of feud. Later that night King Birger imprisoned Valdemar and Erik in the castle dungeon and, according to legend, threw the key into the Nyköping stream right by the castle (a medieval key was indeed found in the stream in the 20th century). Large parts of the castle remains, including the dungeon.

The Nyköping Castle. You can see the stream on the left side in the photo, just where the key allegedly sank to the bottom on that December night.


The CB also got some attention, having done some 2000 km after first service. New oil and filter (nothing consumed, nothing in the air box drain, oil slightly darker but no metallic), tensioned the chain (play had increased from 25 to 40 mm), checked some bolts and fasteners as well as the fork seals (having dealt with some serious jolts but no bottoming out). All well. I also spent quite some time removing a ton of Lapland bugs, especially from the headers. I tried soaking them in WD40 for half a day but that did nothing. Lots of window cleaner, careful scratching with a credit card and the patience of an angel seemed to be the only way. Lubed the chain again (we used Motul C5 Chain Paste, very happy with it) and that was it. The CB is such a quality package and during this trip I bonded with it. I love the way it just deals really well with all kind of riding. UJM indeed, even if we have had no rain so far and thus only riding in the dry. We'll se how long we're lucky - the forecast was not very promising this afternoon.




However, the impressive performance of the CB, and the complete lack of rain, may have something to do with the RLETs. Luckily I remembered to install them (in less than 60 seconds for both sides) and I suspect the play a part in this. They too were inspected as part of the mini service, and found to be in excellent condition and position, needing no adjustment.

and another Angel gets their wings

Great reporting Olof. The names are great, kinda like Australia's names only vastly different. Reading them is fun even knowing I'm butchering the pronunciations lol