The bike shop called to tell me they managed to un-pretzel my frame. I actually had help breaking it for a change. I was walking past Lee behind him in the parking lot and he started walking backwards and tripped over my bike. He bent up my wheel badly. Enough so that I had to bang it against the curb to straighten it enough to ride ( Read more... )

Well, my commuter bike frame getting broken inspired me to get my Sunny day bike fixed up last week. I've been stockpiling parts for it for a while, so it was relatively quick to build up.

( Pretty pictures after the cut )

Last month I had wheel problems, this month it looks like frame problems are on the agenda.

I broke my Crosscheck frame again in pretty much the exact same location (on my way home from work). I didn't have time to finish putting my sunny day bike together from pieces, so I dragged my fixed gear out of the shed to ride to work this morning ( Read more... )

Well, this week is certainly better than last for bicycles. Last week went something like this:

( Whinging about bicycle problems )

Something grinds, bad sound
Chill winter night, homeward bound
Broken seattube found

( Tale of woe and misery behind cut )

This is just not my week for cycling.

Last Wednesday I broke my handlebarsFriday, Saturday and Monday I rode my Crosscheck like normal. As I was coming up the last little hill home Tuesday, I stood up to climb it and something was wrong with my bike. I stopped immediately, thinking at first I'd popped multiple spokes, or broken my axle. If ( Read more... )

So in a previous entry, I whinged about Shimano chains. Mainly that they stink (literally), and didn't have a convienent link like SRAM's chains do ( Read more... )

Ten little, Nine little,
Eight little sprockets.
Seven little, Six little ( Read more... )