More tears splashing on bicycle parts
Well, this week is certainly better than last for bicycles. Last week went something like this:
Saturday: Realize I bought the wrong shifter for my Mom's bike. That I've been neglecting to fix for months. And that I intimated to her she would be taking home tomorrow. Bugger.
Sunday: Cateye light leaps for freedom from my grocery bicycles handlebar. Explodes into many many pieces.
Monday: Replace chain and cassette on commuter. Discover rear wheel axle is broken when it falls out as I'm replacing cassette. Take Xtracycle to work instead. Realize that today is one of the windiest days of the year, and I'm riding the most upright bike I own.
Tuesday: Order new axle. Find spare wheel and end up late to work again. Realize halfway to work that rear tire has a slow leak. Realize one minute later that my pump is dead. Manage to ride very carefully to work on 25 or so PSI remaining in tire. Coworker and I wander up to bike store in Bellevue and get a new pump. Change flat.
Wednesday-Friday: Normal getting rained on, really much better than earlier in the week.
Parts of a bicycle wheel I've broken:
Axle
Cassette
Freehub
Hub shell
Nipples
Rims
Skewer
Spokes
Saturday: Realize I bought the wrong shifter for my Mom's bike. That I've been neglecting to fix for months. And that I intimated to her she would be taking home tomorrow. Bugger.
Sunday: Cateye light leaps for freedom from my grocery bicycles handlebar. Explodes into many many pieces.
Monday: Replace chain and cassette on commuter. Discover rear wheel axle is broken when it falls out as I'm replacing cassette. Take Xtracycle to work instead. Realize that today is one of the windiest days of the year, and I'm riding the most upright bike I own.
Tuesday: Order new axle. Find spare wheel and end up late to work again. Realize halfway to work that rear tire has a slow leak. Realize one minute later that my pump is dead. Manage to ride very carefully to work on 25 or so PSI remaining in tire. Coworker and I wander up to bike store in Bellevue and get a new pump. Change flat.
Wednesday-Friday: Normal getting rained on, really much better than earlier in the week.
Parts of a bicycle wheel I've broken:
Axle
Cassette
Freehub
Hub shell
Nipples
Rims
Skewer
Spokes