Rob was planning to go on a long ride today, but yesterday, as I was helping him oil the suspension, the right hand steering rod came adrift from the frame - it was attached by means of a bolt on which it pivoted, which helpfully sheared and then refused to come out of either of the bits of trike to which it was attached.

So today he has mostly been trying to separate the head end of the bolt from the steering rod by means of WD40, 3-in-1 oil and, when those didn't work, heating it up on the gas hob and then pouring cold water over it, which finally did the trick.

So tomorrow, he has the equally fun job of trying to extract the other half from the frame. Joy.

On the plus side, at least it happened here, rather than when he was swooshing down a hill at 40+mph...