Gentlemen, please - we need some positive indicators of how 2009 is going to play out. These are not good signs...
On Jan 3, 9:37 pm, Eric Norris <campyonly...@me.com> wrote: > The jink hit you, too? I was about 13 miles from home out in the > farmland when the upper jockey pulley on my derailleur froze. Had to > stop pedaling--the pulley could not be budged. I hoofed it about a > half-mile to a left turn where the 3/4 headwind I had been riding into > turned into a tailwind. I hoped that the wind would push me the last > few miles into the next town. > > I tried coasting. That was going slow, so I gingerly tried pedaling > again. Somehow, the pulley freed up enough to pedal. Yay! > > Then I got my first flat of the day, in the front. Pulled over and > put the spare tube in, aired it up and ... the spare had a hole in > it. Patched the original tube, put it in, aired it up, and ... the > patch didn't hold. > > Started walking again--it was about two miles to town. Hadn't gotten > far when a friendly fellow cyclist driving *away* from my destination > offered to give me a ride into town. Very nice of him. > > Unloaded the bike at the shop, and found that the rear tire had also > sprung a leak. A huge goats-head thorn was sticking out of the tire. > > Finally got to a bike shop where I installed two new tubes, got two > new spares, and had them put on a new jockey pulley. My wife drove > out to pick me up :-) > > I plan to ride the same bike tomorrow, just to prove that I can ... > Wish me luck. > > --Eric > campyonly...@me.comwww.campyonly.comwww.wheelsnorth.org > > On Jan 3, 2009, at 7:24 PM, CycloFiend wrote: > > > > > Yep, yep, yep.... > > > on Friday I post a response thusly: > > > "Of course, I have (and still do) spent some time fixing flats on the > > trailside. _FEWER_ _NOW_ (emphasis added), but there is a learning > > curve." > > > and on Saturday, I entertain myself in this manner: > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclofiend/3165391970/ > > > Note that in addition to being tubeless (generally carry at least a > > couple), > > I also had stowed my normally-in-the-pack chain tool in the Toolbox > > as well, > > so when I came across the visiting from France rider with the rental > > bike > > and the tweaked sideplates, I was unable to be a OTT* Saviour... > > > I forget, do I count or throw salt for a self-induced jinx? > > > - J > > > *OTT - "On The Trail" > > > -- > > Jim Edgar > > cyclofi...@earthlink.net > > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com > > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > > > Send In Your Photos! - Here's how:http://www.cyclofiend.com/ > > guidelines > > > "That which is overdesigned, too highly specific, anticipates > > outcome; the > > anticipation of outcome guarantees, if not failure, the absence of > > grace." > > > William Gibson - "All Tomorrow's Parties" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
