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Preventitive maintenance is good
On friday I ducked out outta work early to go biking. It was a very nice day and it was even sunny outside. Not the norm in October I fear. This was, a good idea.
The bad idea is this... well first what we did.
We wnt on about a 6 mile ride up a gravel road, hoping to take a right after about 2 miles onto a mountainbiking trail, but that wasn't possible since the trail was closed for the winter (presumadely to prevent trail damage in the muddy rainy months) So we just kept cruising.
Conveniently, about 10 minutes before we needed to turn around, My bike decided to start acting up. I noticed first that It was coming out of the fastest gear awfully easily. Then, what really got me was when i saw the whole chain ring wiggling uncontrollably. It was supposed to be held on wit 5 nut/bolt combos, but 4! of them had wiggled off and disappeared. After trying to ride with the remaiing one tightened to the max and having no luck, trying to borrow one from brendan (his dont require a nut so no dice, and trying to ghettostyle it with a stick and with a rock, i gave brendan the keys and told him to go get the car.
I looked to see if i couldnt find the nut/bolt on the road, and I infact couldnt. There wasn't an obvious temporary nut/bolt to use off another part of the bike as it needs a big not to fix. So i Ghettostyled it with a pair of nits and bolts off the bike lock mount for the bike lock that I no longer have.
What it SHOULD have on all 5 connections.
My ghetto solution.
Needless to say, the ridiculous hack worked. but the moral of the story is 1) I am an idiot, and 2) preventitive maintanence is good. If i only tightened my componenets before riding (or ever...) then this shoudlnt have happened.
The bad idea is this... well first what we did.
We wnt on about a 6 mile ride up a gravel road, hoping to take a right after about 2 miles onto a mountainbiking trail, but that wasn't possible since the trail was closed for the winter (presumadely to prevent trail damage in the muddy rainy months) So we just kept cruising.
Conveniently, about 10 minutes before we needed to turn around, My bike decided to start acting up. I noticed first that It was coming out of the fastest gear awfully easily. Then, what really got me was when i saw the whole chain ring wiggling uncontrollably. It was supposed to be held on wit 5 nut/bolt combos, but 4! of them had wiggled off and disappeared. After trying to ride with the remaiing one tightened to the max and having no luck, trying to borrow one from brendan (his dont require a nut so no dice, and trying to ghettostyle it with a stick and with a rock, i gave brendan the keys and told him to go get the car.
I looked to see if i couldnt find the nut/bolt on the road, and I infact couldnt. There wasn't an obvious temporary nut/bolt to use off another part of the bike as it needs a big not to fix. So i Ghettostyled it with a pair of nits and bolts off the bike lock mount for the bike lock that I no longer have.
What it SHOULD have on all 5 connections.
My ghetto solution.
Needless to say, the ridiculous hack worked. but the moral of the story is 1) I am an idiot, and 2) preventitive maintanence is good. If i only tightened my componenets before riding (or ever...) then this shoudlnt have happened.
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