Originally Posted by
akropilot
chunk - chunk - chunk - chunk....
The sound of a branch in your rear wheel, taking out half the spokes before you can get stopped...
And knowing you're 5 miles from the nearest civilization
That's the noise I was going to describe. Happened to me as a kid. The bad news -- it was the front wheel. The good news, it was a typical kids bike that had been rode hard and put away wet. The spokes yanked right out and it just slowed me down. No endo resulted.