Old 04-16-12, 09:38 PM
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DayTrick
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So I took my Davidson out for the first time since the upgrades and less than mile into the ride...my rear wheel came loose and I crashed! Fortunately I was going kind of slow uphill, checking the bike out, and my fall was a softish landing. Bruised hip, scraped elbow, not too bad.

It seems the open cam skewers from my new Neuvations weren't strong enough to hold the wheel in my 20-year-old frame that had the older style horizontal dropouts. The tire jammed into the left chainstay and wouldn't rotate . Down I went in a hurry. So I went back home and swapped the new rear skewer with my old stock Shimano 105 rear closed cam skewer. It tightened down well and hopefully will be OK now. Didn't get a chance to ride today...hopefully later this week.
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