... and more jinxing. Yesterday my pal and I were riding up in Palo Alto Foothills Park when he experienced rapid rear tire deflation on a steep climb.
Turns out he had ridden his tires till there wasn't any rubber left on significant portions of the rear wheel. He replaced the tube and put ~ $20 in small bills between the tube and casing as a tire liner and we gingerly descended Page Mill Rd at ~ 5 mph. All the way down my pal could be heard muttering to himself, 'stupid, stupid, stupid!' We went to the nearest bike shop where a robust replacement tire was purchased. A vow was made to always 'pre-flight' the bike before every ride. -JimD On Jan 3, 2009, at 7:37 PM, Eric Norris 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.com > www.campyonly.com > www.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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
