I've been riding my MB to work even though it's getting really cold. I have a ski mask that I wear because it's been in the low 20's and 30's in the mornings here. Well yesterday when I left work it was warmer and I decided not to wear my mask so I just placed it on my bike rack. It has one of those spring loaded pieces on there so I stuck it under there thinking it would be fine. I get about 1/2 mile down the road and my rear wheel locks up and I slide about 20-30 ft before stopping. At first I was thinking that my motor had locked up because of the stories I had read on here, but my motor only has about 500mi on it. I get off and take a look to see that my ski mask has gotten caught in the chain and jammed in the motor sprocket locking up the rear wheel.
I don't know how I didn't see this coming. I know that my bike rack is really close to my rear wheel and I'm usually careful about stuff hanging loose on it. Thankfully I just skidded in a straight line and I was also on the part of the highway where there is a shoulder to ride on or this could have been a dangerous accident. I know was going 23mph when it happened because I had just passed a police radar. I'm just glad the only bad things from this are a shredded ski mask and a bald spot on my tire. It actually almost rubbed all the way through the tire. Looks like that will have to be replaced.
I don't know how I didn't see this coming. I know that my bike rack is really close to my rear wheel and I'm usually careful about stuff hanging loose on it. Thankfully I just skidded in a straight line and I was also on the part of the highway where there is a shoulder to ride on or this could have been a dangerous accident. I know was going 23mph when it happened because I had just passed a police radar. I'm just glad the only bad things from this are a shredded ski mask and a bald spot on my tire. It actually almost rubbed all the way through the tire. Looks like that will have to be replaced.