Wisetrips Travel Blog

Thursday, February 10,  2021 My rear brake stopped working on my recent mountain bike ride at Almaden Quicksilver County Park . I was shocked, as I had my rear brake pads replaced by Michael at Silva Cycles recently. I thought my rear brake cable had broken, but that was not the case. When I brought my bike to Silva Cycles, Michael found that my new rear brake pad was missing (last replaced in November). How and why did it f…

For the past year, Alex has not been driving his 2008 Lexus RX-350 AWD very often, and the relatively new Interstate Battery has not been getting charged. When Covid-19 hit us in March 2020, Alex stopped driving his Lexus to Bellarmine High School altogether, as all his classes moved online. After 3 months of not driving, the battery died ultimately. However, I could recharge it on a battery tray, which worked fine for a whi…

On Thursday, November 5, 2020, the upper rack of my KitchenAid Dishwasher KUDS35FXSS2 broke. The wheels on the upper rack fell off. After I removed the rack, I noticed that the tabs that hold the wheels in place had broken off. Using Repair Clinic , I was able to find replacement (S-Union) parts on Amazon  for $23.99 4. W10253546 (W10712394) - Adjuster 5. W10195839 (WPW10195839) - Adjuster 6. W10195840 (WPW10195840)- Po…

During one of his latter surfing sessions at Rockpile Beach in Laguna Beach, Alex damaged his Firewire Tomo v4 LFS surfboard. When we returned to Santa Cruz on October 10, 2020, we dropped off the surfboard at the Midtown Surf Shop for repair. Since BE Sanding was very busy, we let Trey repair our board. On Friday, October 23, Trey messaged me that the board had been repaired for $90. I will try to pic…