Subject: RE: TAN 106 - Full of self imporTANceCrappy bike ride at lunch today. Thought I'd blow off an hour or so for a quickie. Start out, shifting is off. Can't get it with the barrel adjuster. Stop by the shop and 30min later, find out my derailleur is bent. Get it as close as we can and off I go. 5 miles later, BOOM. Tire blow out on the sidewall and it takes out the bead. I borrow some duct tape from the farm next door to where I stopped (no HAWT leave my daughter alone or I'll shootr you either ) and cobbled togeher what I could. Ride 7 miles back to the shop (closer than home ) standing the whole way to not put weight on the rear. Exploded the repair and realized I burred the rim stopping on the first flat. Filed down the rim, borrowed a trash tire and made it home. 4 hours, 16 miles. BFD. Knew I should have run. |