Mountain Biking - Pfft, this month is off to a great start.

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Dannihilator
08-02-07, 07:04 PM
Going along, clip a root, get sent over the bars. I'm fine, but broke the rear brake on the dmr, and gouged the carbon fiber handlebar.

Rear brake was an Avid Juicy 7, bar: Easton Monkey Lite Carbon riser. So off to the shop to get a new handlebar and rear juicy 7. And while in the car, I notice that I must have smacked my head against something. Being that my Giro Flak was cracked in the back. Get the bike all sorted out and go get my head checked, no concussion, just a bad headache. So throw on the new bar and brake and rotor, and am now forced to use my full face helmet on my rides until giro send out a new helmet.

To sum it all up,
broken brake
ruined a carbon fiber handlebar.
Broken Helmet.

Yep a great start to this month.

Raiyn
08-02-07, 07:23 PM
Sucks about the brake, but the CF handlebar and helmet are almost gimmies in a crash
[bEn]
08-02-07, 07:34 PM
Dam that sucks. What happened to those mags you had on the dmr?

Dannihilator
08-02-07, 07:37 PM
Was never able to get the rear brake to work correctly. So I just simply donated them the heap and went back to the Juicy 7's
Frunkin
08-02-07, 08:02 PM
almost the same thing happened to me today, tore up my shins pretty bad
never
08-02-07, 08:07 PM
How did you break the rear brake...or what got broken?
Raiyn
08-02-07, 08:09 PM
How did you break the rear brake...or what got broken?

Add it up. He crashed and f'd up his bars.
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He uses hydros
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He mashed the lever and wrecked the reservoir
Terrapin Ben
08-02-07, 08:14 PM
are those from autumn to ashes lyrics? possibly eulogy of an angel? just wondering...
highrevs
08-02-07, 08:15 PM
........just a bad headache. So throw on the new bar and brake and rotor, and .......


Add it up. He crashed and f'd up his bars.
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He uses hydros
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He mashed the lever and wrecked the reservoir

So why did he need a new rotor?
Dannihilator
08-02-07, 08:16 PM
The rotor was my own decision, decided to up the rear rotor to an 8".
Dannihilator
08-02-07, 08:17 PM
are those from autumn to ashes lyrics? possibly eulogy of an angel? just wondering...

Nope, try chop suey!-System of a Down
highrevs
08-02-07, 08:18 PM
The rotor was my own decision, decided to up the rear rotor to an 8".

oh, obviously! Why did i not see that right off the bat...???
Terrapin Ben
08-02-07, 08:23 PM
ohhhh thats right! chop suey. i use to dig that song a lot. it's a good song.
ed
08-02-07, 08:23 PM
Well...you have just solidified my decision to stick with my cheap old EA70 OS bar and cheapo Juicy 5's.

The helmet...a beautiful story. You could be a freakin' veg. laid up in the hospital for someone to wipe yo butt fo ya!
Quick_Torch C5
08-02-07, 08:39 PM
Nope, try chop suey!-System of a Down

SOAD are wicked cool.....

I don't think you trust,
In... my...self righteous suicide
I...cry... when angels deserve to die


Sorry about your mishaps
streetlightpoet
08-02-07, 08:41 PM
Makes my night seem better. Drove a few hours down to the GF's and headed out for a ride. Immediately noticed that my big hit was stuck in the granny gear and decided to ride on anyway. Got to the base of the loop I was going to ride and took the SE KY lift up to the top (bike strapped to the back of an ATV) unstrapped it at the top to find a flat tire, but too slow of a leak to find where to patch. Got a ride back to the house and called the 3 mile ride down the road good for the day as it was then dark.
Glad to hear the knock to the head wasn't worse, hope your next ride goes better!