wrecked my front wheel last night
02-23-06, 01:23 AM
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So I rode down to the bar with my friend on his Miyata conversion, me on the ol' Azuki. My girlfriend broke up with me and I was (still am) in a horrible state of mind. I had a Dirty Bastard (8.3%), Brassworks (6.0%) and an IPA (7.2%) and then we saddled up to ride home. I was probably well-buzzed. Coming to a t-intersection, I was being all distracted, and ran straight into my friend as he turned really fast in front of me, which wouldn't have been a problem if I was watching where I was going and wasn't being so emo.
Clipped a pedal, went down on my left side, messed up my knee and elbow, got up and went to ride and noticed the front wheel was rubbing. No biggie cause I can undo the brake. Well, turns out, the wheel is bad to the point its rubbing on the fender! Had to walk the bike a lot of the way home on the big hills. Anyways, the wheel is a beautiful anodized red MA3 on a Velocity track hub, so if I can't true this out it will be tragic. Please keep the wheel in your thoughts and prayers and ask God to be with my red spoke wrench.
Clipped a pedal, went down on my left side, messed up my knee and elbow, got up and went to ride and noticed the front wheel was rubbing. No biggie cause I can undo the brake. Well, turns out, the wheel is bad to the point its rubbing on the fender! Had to walk the bike a lot of the way home on the big hills. Anyways, the wheel is a beautiful anodized red MA3 on a Velocity track hub, so if I can't true this out it will be tragic. Please keep the wheel in your thoughts and prayers and ask God to be with my red spoke wrench.
02-23-06, 01:30 AM
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good luck fixing your wheel and a fast recovery.
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i wonder how a deep-v would have handled this.
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a deep v wouldn't have noticed.
that's what you get for being emo. hah.
anyway, hope it's okay...that sounds pretty bad, it might need to be banged back into shape. if only i could remember the thread about that...slamming tacoed wheels back into shape.
that's what you get for being emo. hah.
anyway, hope it's okay...that sounds pretty bad, it might need to be banged back into shape. if only i could remember the thread about that...slamming tacoed wheels back into shape.
