Ugh, I did something stupid yesterday...
06-17-07, 07:32 AM
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Ugh, I did something stupid yesterday...
I was cleaning my bike (the Lemond) and I didn't put the skewer on tight enough apparently. I was taking off from a standstill and was really torquing on the cranks when the rear wheel popped loose (older style rear dropouts). I went down pretty hard on the pavement, hitting my right knee, elbow and hand. Got some nice road rash but nothing worse thankfully.
I did scrape up my frame a bit though...
The rear wheel is bent to hell because it hit the inside of the chain stay and the cassette gouged the hell out of the chain stay as well. I feel so stupid...
Anyway, make sure your wheels are on tight. You'd think I'd know this as many miles as I've ridden and as many times as I've had the wheels off my bikes. Have I mentioned how stupid I feel?
I did scrape up my frame a bit though...
The rear wheel is bent to hell because it hit the inside of the chain stay and the cassette gouged the hell out of the chain stay as well. I feel so stupid... Anyway, make sure your wheels are on tight. You'd think I'd know this as many miles as I've ridden and as many times as I've had the wheels off my bikes. Have I mentioned how stupid I feel?
06-17-07, 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Grumpy Pig
Was it your new Mavic?
Glad you're mostly OK.
Glad you're mostly OK.
06-17-07, 08:22 AM
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That suck, sorry...
Good to hear you are sort of OK..
Good to hear you are sort of OK..
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I am glad you were not injured worse.
I used to have problems with a slipping rear wheel with horizontal dropouts. Sometimes tight isn't the issue. I used to crank down the skewer to the point I thought I would do damage to it or the hub bearings and it still would slip. I bought a Shimano replacement skewer and that fixed the problem. The cam is better and the nuts have those serrations that had mostly worn of the old skewer.
I used to have problems with a slipping rear wheel with horizontal dropouts. Sometimes tight isn't the issue. I used to crank down the skewer to the point I thought I would do damage to it or the hub bearings and it still would slip. I bought a Shimano replacement skewer and that fixed the problem. The cam is better and the nuts have those serrations that had mostly worn of the old skewer.
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Originally Posted by barba
I am glad you were not injured worse.
I used to have problems with a slipping rear wheel with horizontal dropouts. Sometimes tight isn't the issue. I used to crank down the skewer to the point I thought I would do damage to it or the hub bearings and it still would slip. I bought a Shimano replacement skewer and that fixed the problem. The cam is better and the nuts have those serrations that had mostly worn of the old skewer.
I used to have problems with a slipping rear wheel with horizontal dropouts. Sometimes tight isn't the issue. I used to crank down the skewer to the point I thought I would do damage to it or the hub bearings and it still would slip. I bought a Shimano replacement skewer and that fixed the problem. The cam is better and the nuts have those serrations that had mostly worn of the old skewer.
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Originally Posted by SDRider
I was cleaning my bike (the Lemond) and I didn't put the skewer on tight enough apparently. I was taking off from a standstill and was really torquing on the cranks when the rear wheel popped loose (older style rear dropouts). I went down pretty hard on the pavement, hitting my right knee, elbow and hand. Got some nice road rash but nothing worse thankfully.
I did scrape up my frame a bit though... The rear wheel is bent to hell because it hit the inside of the chain stay and the cassette gouged the hell out of the chain stay as well. I feel so stupid...
Anyway, make sure your wheels are on tight. You'd think I'd know this as many miles as I've ridden and as many times as I've had the wheels off my bikes. Have I mentioned how stupid I feel?
I did scrape up my frame a bit though...
The rear wheel is bent to hell because it hit the inside of the chain stay and the cassette gouged the hell out of the chain stay as well. I feel so stupid... Anyway, make sure your wheels are on tight. You'd think I'd know this as many miles as I've ridden and as many times as I've had the wheels off my bikes. Have I mentioned how stupid I feel?
Seriously, glad you're ok. It'll serve as a reminder for all of us...
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Originally Posted by SDRider
The skewers are fine. They are Campy Record and the serrations are very sharp. I just don't think I had it tight enough. When it let go it was explosive. You should see the rear wheel. It's a mess...
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Originally Posted by ViperZ
Please post pictures of the carnage
06-17-07, 09:20 AM
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I'm sorry about that for you....mark it down in the "lesson learned" category
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