I was in a similar situation a few months ago while riding a 200k brevet (hosted by the SFR in case anyone's interested). The dude's bike had very little space around the rear triangle and 1 of his 24 spokes on his rear wheel broke. Fortunately for him, I'm fairly handy in bicycle mechanics and had the correct spoke wrench. I made a few adjustments to make the wheel rideable and away we went! He got his wheel fixed enough to ride to the nearest bike shop and I had a nice excuse for a break (which I needed! LOL).
I don't know if Topeak still sells this spoke wrench but I carry this on my key ring as it weighs nothing. http://www.flickr.com/photos/deanlung/2930440829/ On Jul 1, 1:36 pm, Michael Hechmer <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: > Very nice ride today. Thirty miles out and back on the oddly named > Pleasant Valley Road. It is indeed pleasant, just not a valley. A full > 1600 feet of climbing before your done. Anyway I was just about to start > up the last couple of miles of steep uphill when I saw a rider standing on > the other side of the road. He said something snapped and then the bike > got really hard to pedal. A quick examination turned up a broken spoke and > a 21 mm tire wedged against the chain stay. No space; vertical drop outs > so no way to cheat a little. I skipped the lecture as he appeared anxious > enough already. I asked him if he was headed to Cambridge ( 5-6 miles of > downhill.) Nope, his car was in Underhill, back up the hill he was going > down. > > Nothing I could do to help. > > Michael -- 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.
