cmb271
Member
Okay this is not so much of a crash as it's a catastrophic failure on the way to a friends house, I was a good 3/4 of a mile from home and as I was riding I was hearing a light ticking sound, I assumed it was my bicycle lock tapping against my gas tank from the vibration since I hang it from my handle bars and didn't think to much of it, right as I hit a patch of dirt and accelerated to I can get back onto the asphalt the rear wheel locked up and I slid into a couple feet into a small ditch.
After yelling some obscenities I look to see the ticking was my chain tensioner was to close to the spokes and caught it at the small curve I already had in the rim ripping half the spokes out of the rim and leaving me stranded till I called my family for a ride. I would simply replace the rim with one from this site : http://custommotoredbicycles.com/he...edanodized_colored_rims_alloyfreewheel_wheels
I already needed a more heavy duty rim and I would simply purchase the 26 inch coaster rim that'd fit my little cheap huffy but I lost my job yesterday and won't have a source of income, and now I don't have a form of personal transportation to look for another job farther then a mile or two since I'm down to a mountain bike I refuse to motorize (It was a gift, it's a very nice expensive mountain bike and the guy that gave it to me asked me not to since he's had it for 20+ years and didn't want a motor to break it down faster then it should).
so now I'm broke, out of a way for long distance transportation and won't see any cash flow anytime soon. I'm not having a good week.
After yelling some obscenities I look to see the ticking was my chain tensioner was to close to the spokes and caught it at the small curve I already had in the rim ripping half the spokes out of the rim and leaving me stranded till I called my family for a ride. I would simply replace the rim with one from this site : http://custommotoredbicycles.com/he...edanodized_colored_rims_alloyfreewheel_wheels
I already needed a more heavy duty rim and I would simply purchase the 26 inch coaster rim that'd fit my little cheap huffy but I lost my job yesterday and won't have a source of income, and now I don't have a form of personal transportation to look for another job farther then a mile or two since I'm down to a mountain bike I refuse to motorize (It was a gift, it's a very nice expensive mountain bike and the guy that gave it to me asked me not to since he's had it for 20+ years and didn't want a motor to break it down faster then it should).
so now I'm broke, out of a way for long distance transportation and won't see any cash flow anytime soon. I'm not having a good week.