| They're always oppressing me |
[Nov. 17th, 2008|02:56 pm] |
The bike shop called to tell me they managed to un-pretzel my frame. I actually had help breaking it for a change. I was walking past Lee behind him in the parking lot and he started walking backwards and tripped over my bike. He bent up my wheel badly. Enough so that I had to bang it against the curb to straighten it enough to ride.
I didn't realize till this morning, partway to work that it was the *frame* that was bent.
I turned around and went home at that point, called my boss and told her I would work from home Friday.
The truly sad part is we were all stone sober, just hanging around in the QFC waiting for people to finish up.
My rear triangle looked a bit like this:
That's why Ben (who was trying to help me fix it) kept muttering about my wheel dish being off. The frame is off, not the wheel. But we couldn't see it in the dark.
The thing that gave me a chuckle was what the bike shop said when they called to tell me my bike was done.
Mechanic: "You know the rear wheel is unsafe, the braking surface is totally concave."
Me: "No no no, I've got 1.8mm of rim left, that's at least 0.8mm more than minimum safety margin.[1]"
I did end up assuring her that I had decided to swap the rim regardless. Between Lee falling on it, the fact that it has had a lot of braking surface worn off and other things, it's probably time to change it. It doesn't hurt I have a spare rim to hand to do it with, so I don't even have to go buy anything.
[1] Yes, I actually have a caliper just for this. |
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[Aug. 3rd, 2005|07:52 am] |
God I hate Mavic rims. Another fucking spoke pull through. A hand built 36 spoke wheel with less than 3000 miles on it. GGGgrgragggaghhhh! |
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| Ride a bike, ride a bike, ride a bike. |
[Feb. 8th, 2005|03:53 pm] |
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On a more bicycle related note, I replaced my derailleur, derailleur cable, chain and fixed my spokes on my rear wheel. The index shifting is precisely on now, doesn't squeak, and is marvelous. Of course, now I realize that one of my freehub pawls is sticking, so I need to get the thing opened up and flushed out. Which I'll have to have a shop do, since a freehub cracker is not one of the standard bike tools.
I think I'm just going to buy a new wheelset, so I can drop this one off at a shop and let them take care of it at their leisure. Then I can use it as a spare wheel. I've lost count of the number of times I've had to pop out my rear wheel and use a substitute. |
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| Singlespeed here I come |
[Feb. 3rd, 2005|09:57 am] |
So in a previous entry, I whinged about Shimano chains. Mainly that they stink (literally), and didn't have a convienent link like SRAM's chains do.
Today, about a quarter mile from work, my chain evidently broke partway. Just enough to jam in my derailleur and bend it. Also, somehow at the same time managing to bust *another two* spokes on my rear wheel.
So, if I can manage it, I'll be limping home as a single speed. I joked about that last time.
I hate being prophetic. It's never about good things.
Unfortunately my multi-tool's chain tool is complete shite. It's not long enough to push a pin completely through, which makes me want to kill the designer. So I might have to bus it, or hitch a ride with someone.
Update: I managed to persuade my chain tool to fully push a pin out of the chain by wedging a penny betwixt the chain plate and the end of the tool. So, I now have my chain joined without the derailleur giving me a singlespeed with a 38/15 gearing. Unfortunately the two broken spokes are drive side ones right next to each other. So I don't know if I can fix my wheel well enough to ride home on it.
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Update the second: So, I fiddled with my wheel, and I think I can get home on it. I'm going to have to change my route a little to avoid the worst hills, but I should be ok. |
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