- Audio Recordings
- Practicing my work to get timings
- knolling
- tech docs
- displaying work in arts centre
I continued to work on recording bicycle audio. I worked with multiple recording devices. Firstly I had a go2 recorder. Which was a handheld device. This did not work, the clarity of the audio was poor it was almost like using my phone again. I managed to get a marantz recorder with a Rhode Microphone.
The audio was better but it was incredibly quite. I talked to Tim about it and he said that the microphone is designed to take outside and detect sounds from far away. Not appropriate for the close work that I wanted to get.
I started using my Blue Yeti microphone which is what I use for voice overs. This worked significantly better. However I was still getting static sound so I used audacity to edit out the static and reduce noise.



Above is the audio I have that has been reuploaded. I did these after the fact as the files I originally made are lost and corrupted. But this gives you a sense of some of the audio clips I was aiming for.
I repeated disassembling and rebuilding my bicycle from start to finish multiple times to get an idea of how long it was going to take me. It took me a long time to get an idea of the list of assembly. This was changed multiple times but the list below is the sequence in which I was going to build my bicycle.
Item No. | Section | Time (min) |
1 | Install saddle | 1 |
2 | Install seatpost | 1 |
3 | Attach bike to bike stand | 1 |
4 | Fit Fork | 3 |
5 | Fit Headset Bearings | 2 |
6 | Fit stem | 2 |
7 | Fit stem cap | 1 |
8 | Fit Handlebars | 2 |
9 | Fit BB | n/a |
10 | Fit chainrings ? | 3 |
11 | Install crankset | 5 |
12 | Install front derailleur | 2 |
13 | Install rear derailleur | 2 |
14 | Install brake lever | 3 |
15 | Install break lever | 3 |
16 | Install break pads F ? | 2 |
17 | Install break pads R ? | 2 |
18 | Install break calliper F | 2 |
19 | Install break calliper R | 2 |
20 | Install break outer housing F | 5 |
21 | Install break outer housing R | 5 |
22 | Install gear outer housing front mech | 5 |
23 | Install gear outer housing rear mech | 5 |
24 | Pull gear cable through F | 2 |
25 | Pull gear cable through R | 2 |
26 | Pull brake cable through F | 2 |
27 | Pull brake cable through R | 2 |
28 | Wheels | |
29 | Fit Freehub | 2 |
30 | Fit break disc rotor R | 3 |
31 | Fit break discs rotor F | 3 |
32 | Fit cassette | 3 |
33 | Fit inner tubes and tyres F | 5 |
34 | Fit in er tubes and tyres R | 5 |
35 | Install both wheels | 2 |
36 | Set up brakes F | 4 |
37 | Set up brakes R | 4 |
38 | Install Pedals | 2 |
39 | Set up rear mech | 5 |
40 | Set up front mech | 6 |
41 | Adjust lever position on bicycle etc | 2 |
42 | Fit bar tape | 10 |
43 | Fit pannier rack | 4 |
44 | Fit bottle cages | 5 |
45 | Fit GPS Mount | 2 |
46 | Fit bell | 1 |
47 | Fit light F | 1 |
48 | Fit lights R | 1 |
Total Time | ||
137 |
Knolling
Something that I have done as a mechanic the process of nulling looks incredibly theatrical, I think that it will be employed in my performance.

Tech Docs
I started to look at the items on my bicycle and was thinking about how far I should disassemble certain objects. I decided that the best thing to do was leave the complex items. I have the benefit of access to technical documentation through my workplace. We use this to order spare parts. But it gives a good overview of how far you can disassemble each item.



Email Chain
I started contacting the arts centre about my performance. I got back the details that I would be in the theatre space so I started looking into how I could use the space. Below is the tech information I recieved. I went to visit the location in this week. I was a little concerned about how people were going to interact with the project. Would they be able to come down and walk around the space ?
I was passed from Nick to Pete, whom I called twice in this week. I discussed my project of assembling my bicycle on stage. We talked about the practicalities of lighting and what I was going to require. This was really helpful and all of my issues were answered.