Hi guys,

weird thing happened today. I rode by bike into work, and after getting on it midday it tried to buck me off when turning right. Just kind of seized up in the back. It was very weird, I got on and off of it a couple times and unsuccessfully tried to ride it before realizing that when turning the handlebars to the right, the brake cable is actuated and the back brakes engaged! Wtf!

Eventually when messing with it (all looked fine nothing catching cable…) I heard a “pop” and now it seems to work fine. Before the pop the brake felt kind of sticky.:. new phenomenon. The bike got rained on and it’s a cheap drop bar bike so maybe it’s more finnicky than other cheap bikes? I thought it was possessed and loudly announced “what the **** is wrong with the bike” when it started displaying symptoms which was kind of embarrassing because some dude walked up behind me right as I yelled that frustrated lols.

anyone else have a corroded cable feel like a ghost? Bike seems fine now but I’m sideeying it…