While I generally don't like mayo (nasty stuff), sorry about your crash, be careful with that tooth so you don't have to get a fake.
Also in the DDC,cancer in the stomach,brain, liver, spine somewhat due to a heart doctor who refused to look elsewhere.

Well, if you didn't see it on TV then it must not be true.


Hope you get well soon Mayo.

I had something similar happen about 6 years ago, landing on my face, sans helmet when the front wheel came off going downhill. It was my fault though, I didn't put the wheel on tight enough. Flew over the handlebars and got hit in the back by the bike catching up with me. Worse was the fact that I was going to meet a cute bicycle courier from Calgary. At least she understood, even though my face was all bloody and I couldn't really walk straight. The only good that came of it was that the Bike Doctor in Missoula Montana replaced my bent up fork with a sweet looking homemade fork they had lying around, a great improvement. Just remember check those quick releases.

Giro's crash replacement policty seems pretty weak. 30% off retail? You can get the helmet on sale for less than that. I believe the Bell policy was closer to 30% of retail. If I remember correctly, I paid around $30 to replace a $90 helmet (which I bought on sale for around half of that).

Cheap shot? You have got to be kidding. You are the KING of the cheap shot. Now I suppose you will call ME a name and take cheap shots at me, William. That is about all you are good for.

Sometimes you actually have good things to say if you would just refrain from taking cheap shots at people and calling people names. It just makes you look very, very small.

Regards,
Sandra

Heal quick Mayo.

It's getting a little tense. Anyone read the forum guidelines lately?
https://www.bikeforums.net/trash/22263-forum-guidelines.html

Just want to remind everyone of the "Ignore" option.

If you constantly are bothered by what a specific person has to say (writes) then you can simply "turn them off" so you don't have to see what they post.

L8R

Ahh yes; assume you know everything there is to know and place some hard bitten stereo type.

I think based upon both our responses we can assume tons, and know little. We're probably not that bad in person. Probably.

This is funny coming from someone who sent me a PM calling me a w a n k e r.

Sort of a double standard, don't you think?

HOWEVER, since more than one person has said I take to many shots and the like, I will extremely tone down on my replies. Apologies to those who've been offended, hurt, teary eyed. I'll throttle back.

No offense here Willie. You were expressing your opinion, just like I was. Truth or fiction, Mayo has proven one thing: a fixie rider needs a thick skin.

If we can thicken it up here, all the better.

Thanks, William. You made my morning.

I've played 'em all. And you, my boy, are a Stradivarius.

Now, take two grains of salt and call me in the morning.

165...where should i ship those batteries?

I ditto both of Karsten's remarks.

I think he was trying to prove that we need helmets, now, that's just an opinion again..

Back to cycle.

Call you what?

I have been saving up quite a few...I think I am good for now.

You got to admit, that "hold the mayo" comment was kind of funny. No offense intended to anyone on my part, especially Mayo.

Get well, man. Keep posting, fact and fiction.

Put them in an old tube sock, it's then a modified street bolo!

Though, I've never done nothing like that.

Reference has been made to crashes as a result of improper quick release tightening of the front wheel. Since being a dedicated "fixie" and not using quick release skewers anymore, I have wondered about the wisdom of them. A 15 mm wrench for tightening and loosening an axle nut weighs very little. It takes maybe 3 seconds to loosen a track nut. This quick release thing it seems to me was a marketing gimmick to give novices the idea that they needed an ultra fast wheel change to emulate Lance and the others, as they pull over on the side of the road on a $199 Target bike with narry a team car in sight. Many new cyclists do not understand the cam action of quick releases, and the result, especially with the front wheel, can be catastrophic.

What we ended up doing was provide an aide to thieves to get a wheel very quickly, at least to the ones who were not into theft to the extent of getting a 15 mm wrench as a tool of their trade. To add insult to injury they started to provide quick releases to the seat post, which then resulted in the response of people removing seat and post from the frame when they went into the store to get a quart of milk.

Sometimes it is better to regress!

Quick releases came about due to the ingenuity of Tulio Campagnolo. At the time wheels were nutted on with big wing nuts, on a freezing climb he flatted and couldn't get the nuts off to swap tubulars. When he returned home he started work on what has become the modern quick release.(Or so the story goes).
I have never had a quick release come loose and my rear fixed wheel used to be held on with one. Using a QR just requires engagement of the brain, something lots of people have trouble with. Maybe using a QR correctly could be a prerequisite for voting, having children, getting a drivers liscence, and other events that impact everyone.

Thans for the history on Q. releases Rev.

I think the fact remains however that they are unnessasary for novices, and children especially. Sometimes a group of kids bundle all their bikes together and put a chain through all of them in all sorts of configurations. When they get them apart, it is very possible that a front quick release lever will catch on another bikes spoke and loosen the cam. They then mount and bomb down the local hills with abandon.

My son's lever was opened for some mysterious reason when he parked it downtown for a short duration. I suspect someone just opened it just to be mischievious. I caught it in time fortunately.

A local Honduran kid was coming down the local hill when the front wheel decided to go its own way. The result was that he lost 4 brand new adult top teeth.

I don't know whether the above would all pass your intelligence test, but I think it is irrelevant. They are using a technology that is far in advance of their needs and adds to the risk of their passtime. Before they have figured out how to fix a flat (most phone home to Dad to come and get them and bike), we expect them to emulate Tulio Campagnolo.

I was not aware that childrens bikes have quick releases.

You can buy bikes at WalMart with QR hubs now. I'm sure that every newbie who takes a bike home from Chuck's shop is instructed in the correct use of a quick release skewer. Unfortunately the same isn't true of a big box store. I'm not sure that the trained monkeys they have assembling the bikes know how to work a QR properly.

Quick releases are safe when used right. At our club century, I've seen quite a few riders who did not know how to use them right. I've showed them how to do it.

Are you sure they are childrens bikes?