Originally Posted by shants
weakville....
****ing terrifying. eventually -- after what seemed like a half mile -- the road started to go uphill and i was able to slow down and stop. i was shaking like a mother****er.
this reminds me of a similar story with a tandem bike flying down a long long hill, brakes worn to nothing, lots of mass going faster and faster. i've also heard stories of brakes heating rims up so much that they pop tubes and cause blowouts at high speeds going downhill. yikes.
i had derail problems for a short time, lbs cleaned up my dropouts and we put on some beefier nuts in the rear. it hasn't happened since.