after mashing my hand trying to hold the big round thingymabobber with teeth (research tells me it's called a "flywheel") in place, i came up with that rig on the right. it was part of a former home made bike rack and was part of a river kayak foot brace before that. now it was this ingenious and brilliant way to hold the flywheel (mean spinny thing with the badass hex bolts)...which i'm proud to say i was able to wrench offa there with a peice of pipe i found to use as a cheater bar. the hex key is actually a 10mm...unbelievable! it was a loaner from captain ian and his garage and collection of tools is organised like mine (no offense captain) and so it was serindipity and kizmut and cool that of all the random crap he has too, he happened to have just what i needed. it's a wonderful mysterious life we all lead. such a blessing. not always appreciated.

anyway. you can see the blood trickle from her heart. it's okay old girl. i'm here to help you.