Great story Mike, you dropout crusher you. Glad you're okay, and I'm glad you were on a Riv when that happened.
All this got me thinking about Yehuda Moon. I bet he keeps plenty of hose clamps and assorted metal sleeves in his saddlebag! http://www.yehudamoon.com/index.php?date=2008-03-17 On Nov 23, 5:23 pm, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I headed out on my Ram today after making some changes to it earlier > in the week. The changes being trading out the 32 Pasela's for Ruffy > Tuffys, putting on cloth bar tape and stripping away the heavy seat > bags for a burrito wrap. Since getting the bike last year I had only > ever run Pasela's on it and pretty much always had fenders and some > kind of saddlebag. Since I now also have an AHH I wanted to make the > Rambouillet a little racier. > > I headed out and the ride certainly felt different but the bike > remained comfortable. The tires seemed to make a huge difference in at > least feeling fast and their design inspires more cornering confidence > than the Paselas. > > I was pedaling along thinking about all this, and some other cycling > related things, when the bike started to make a weird noise. I checked > the cranks and BB but everything seemed find. I got back on it, rode a > short distance (25ft or so) and the noise persisted along with a > feeling of springyness. I thought maybe I had broken a spoke. As I was > checking I noticed that my chainstay was broken all the way through. > It could easily be pulled apart. The bike certainly couldn't handle my > 190lbs. Of course this was like the one ride I didn't bring my phone > on. Some cyclist stopped when they noticed me walking my bike along > Skyline. I was able to borrow a phone and leave a message for my wife > but was pretty much stuck walking home, a good 10 to 12 miles > including down a 4 mile descent. I did not trust the bike to even be > able to safely coast down the descent. > > As I was walking along one of the cyclist returned on his scooter with > some pipe clamps and some metal sleeves. These were used to support > the stay so that I could pedal home. It worked great. Because I use > Silver shifters (friction) I was even able to get clean shifts as I > pedaled home. > > Check out the fix:http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL > PROTECTED]/3054058334/in/set-721576098... > > And the crack:http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL > PROTECTED]/3054058864/in/set-721576098... > > I've sent an email to Grant and will contact RBW tomorrow about how to > warranty the bike. I feel confident that RBW will take responsibility > and address the issue. I am bummed that my ride was cut short and > bummed that a bike that has brought me so much happiness has had this > happen. It hasn't been crashed or used to jump garbage cans. It did > sustain a ding to the top tube a month after I bought it but that > would have no bearing on what happened today. > > I related all this not to belittle Rivendell, it's just one of those > things that happened, but because it was so great that with a simple > fix I was able to ride home. And how great is that that a stranger > came and found me to assist me. And how about friction shifting? If I > had STI or Ergo shifters I'll be it would have been off because the > rear wheel was out of alignment with the frame. > > Luckily I have a new AHH in the basement which I love but I was really > excited about my Rambouillet today as I started my ride. It felt like > a whole new bike. > > One other thing. I was one of those people who was critical of the > Betty Foy headbadge. Grant wished a pox upon us. Look what happened! > > --mike --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
