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JBBOOKS
08-15-04, 04:23 PM
Cut my pre-ride checklist short today as I was more worried about the weather (bad) than the bike.

45 miles in a cool wind. I felt like it was my first ride. Legs burning, heart rate up, speed down. What was wrong? Must be me, it usually is.

At mile 42 I finally stopped to check (I have an aversion to stopping - perhaps an undiagnosed mental illness of sorts). Left pad of front brake in complete contact with the wheel.

I'm home now and my legs are toast. Man, what a jerk I am.

KevinmH9
08-15-04, 04:33 PM
Wow, thats very skilled, was the pad stuck against the tire itself or were you accidently holding the brake and not knowing it?
JBBOOKS
08-15-04, 04:44 PM
No. I had reinstalled the front wheel incorrectly. It was leaning against the brake pad. (insert blushing smiley here)

The_Convert
08-15-04, 04:45 PM
How did you not noticed the sound? Do you ride with an Ipod?
JBBOOKS
08-15-04, 05:37 PM
How did you not noticed the sound? Do you ride with an Ipod?


Between the wind and my panting for air, I guess it was drowed out! :-)
55/Rad
08-15-04, 05:45 PM
Didn't that happen to Lance in the TDF last year? I don't remember the details but he apparently went a long way in one of the stages before he realized his brake was rubbing.

Can happen to the best of them.

*Edit* - correction - 2 years ago. Here's an article: http://www.iht.com/articles/121451.html

55/Rad
cofirecpt
08-15-04, 05:47 PM
Yikes! Started out two days ago like that. I was in a bit of a hurry and put the front wheel in a bit off center. Nothing like climbing for an hour when your actually going downhill eh? Or that "head wind" feeling but the trees are not moving...yuck.
orguasch
08-15-04, 06:17 PM
it could happen to anybody, even the best cyclist it can happen, so stop calling yourself stupid, coz, your not...
bentbaggerlen
08-15-04, 06:49 PM
Took the tandem out for a ride not to long ago, I thought my stoker was having a lazy day, till she asked me what that smell was... It was the drag brake I had left it on for the last 10 miles or so.