Well one could view these jinx events as stimulating the economy.
;>)
That is, if one was inclined to gild the lillys.
-JimD
On Jan 4, 2009, at 7:12 AM, George Schick wrote:
>
> 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
>>
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>>
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>>
>>> "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"
> >
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