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10-24-05, 05:34 PM
So anyway, last night I had my back wheel off tightening the cog and cleaning some things up. I realized that I was running late for league play bowling (yes, it is cool) so I threw the back wheel on.
It would seem that I did not tighten the nuts enough because about a half mile from home this evening (and by home I mean the bar that I intended to go to and drink hams) I pulled the wheel out of alignment. I was innocently trackstanding at a light (feeling very proud of myself because I am horrible at it) and was a bit over enthusiastic about getting going again. I pulled up hard on the pedals and noticed that all of the sudden the wheel had wedged against the frame and would no longer turn. So, I pull over to the sidewalk realize what had happened and reach into my bag where the wrench typically resides. Unfortunately, I seemed to have also left that sitting on the counter in my kitchen....good times.
The odd thing was that I had some kind of premonition of something bad happening today and made a point of putting a spare tube and pump in my bag that had been conspicuously absent for about a month. A lot of good that would have done me without my 15mm wrench.
It would seem that I did not tighten the nuts enough because about a half mile from home this evening (and by home I mean the bar that I intended to go to and drink hams) I pulled the wheel out of alignment. I was innocently trackstanding at a light (feeling very proud of myself because I am horrible at it) and was a bit over enthusiastic about getting going again. I pulled up hard on the pedals and noticed that all of the sudden the wheel had wedged against the frame and would no longer turn. So, I pull over to the sidewalk realize what had happened and reach into my bag where the wrench typically resides. Unfortunately, I seemed to have also left that sitting on the counter in my kitchen....good times.
The odd thing was that I had some kind of premonition of something bad happening today and made a point of putting a spare tube and pump in my bag that had been conspicuously absent for about a month. A lot of good that would have done me without my 15mm wrench.