Something grinds, bad sound
Chill winter night, homeward bound
Broken seattube found
Nothing looks to be too wrong right?
Not quite. My seattube is no longer attached to the bottom bracket. It's broken off just above the lug. The really bad part being that *this* is my backup bike. I'm riding it since my Crosscheck is broken. Normally it's used to haul groceries and for short about town trips.
It's making me seriously consider the merits of the Co-motion Americano. The Americano is a solo bike built with tandem strength components. It unfortunately also comes with a tandem strength price-tag.
Luckily, I just called the bike shop, and my frame replacement for this disaster came in yesterday. So hopefully, I can reassemble the bike and have my new Surly running tomorrow. God I hate driving.