Glad I continue to inspire you Mr B.
I went out on my newly serviced bike last night.
Was smoothly whizzing along with my brand new sprocket, new brakes and new pedals.
Until at the end of a long very steep decent into Lothersdale part of my brake (the disc?) fell out onto the floor.
I stopped to pick it up and burnt my hand. Ouch.
Do you need to bed new disc brakes in?
Are you sure it was the disc? they are pretty big and attached, hopefully firmly, to the wheel. If was a couple of cm square then it was probably a brake pad, still shouldn't fall off though.
Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run
23 miles, 2900ft in forestry tracks at 10.75mph. No electricity 🔌!
Don't roll with a pig in poo. You get covered in poo and the pig likes it.
Er no. That all sounds very odd. And whatever happened should not have.Originally Posted by millipede
But what you should have done was take the wheel out, held it high in the air looking forlorn and the yellow Mavic support car would have zoomed up and sorted you out in a trice.
"...as dry as the Atacama desert".
The mechanic said it was because my bike is so old.
You know what the answer to that is don't you?
Ah but one (of the many) idiosyncrasies of modern cycling is that the neutral support only carry rim brake wheels and then you have to hope it's the right thru axle too!
But what you should have done was take the wheel out, held it high in the air looking forlorn and the yellow Mavic support car would have zoomed up and sorted you out in a trice.
Yes! That's what is was. They've shoved it back in. Will see how it gets on tomorrow!
The mechanic is...?The mechanic said it was because my bike is so old.
You know what the answer to that is don't you?
"...as dry as the Atacama desert".
Well I have now and have had bikes with proper brakes and those gimmicky discy things and I am not convinced discs are not just another way for bike manufacturers to take our money.
On the last bike where I had a choice I chose rim brakes.
"...as dry as the Atacama desert".
It's been a while since I last took the road that climbs 140 metres from Woodhouse to the col between Beacon Hill and Broombriggs Hill, but that was my route today. Then a gentle descent before turning into Priory Lane: this road is 3.5km at right angles to the contours (3 climbs, 2 descents); someone should paint some brown lines across the road to match what the OS map shows. After this the ride became less steep, although the highest point (232 metres) at Hobby Hall was still to come.
Total of 360 metres of climbing in this little 85-minute jaunt around Charnwood Forest.
In his lifetime he suffered from unreality, as do so many Englishmen.
Jorge Luis Borges
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