It's so refreshing to see a man who's not afraid to like magenta. You never, EVER see that these days, you know?

I just struggled for 20 minutes to take off my crank arm......without taking off the crank bolt first. Gee, I wonder why that didn't work.

http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/73...0e804e0d61.jpg

judging by the disc im sure this is on a touring bike in the middle of nowhere, but if you thought to bring bailing wire, why not extra chain?

cassette must look awesome after that, must shift awesome

hopefully that's narrow wire.

I don't think that is bailing wire. It looks more like coat hanger.

Bailing wire---junk, temporary
Coat hanger---1st class, permanent

... Or a barbed wire fence.

Could of been a mountain bike as well.

From experience I'll tell you that when you break a chain in the middle of nowhere, you will go to extreme lengths to repair it. I didn't have bailing wire, but I was able to pound the chain back together with an Allen wrench and a rock. Now I carry a chain tool.

I'm going with barb wire fence here.

Why would you have a pair of tin snips, but not a chain breaker?

You don't. But the farmer living on the hill is far more likely to have a pair of snips than a chain breaker.

I'm impressed by the knotting. Looks like a boy scout or a sailor fixed that chain.

+1

You guys don't know how to tie a bowline?

Boyscouts4lyfe.

Usefulperson4lyfe.

Pretty sure I'm gonna grow up to be RGNY.

Double half-hitch I remember.

Dunno about bowline.

Around the tree and down the hole?

Its a great knot. Can't untie it by pulling, but one little push and it's free. Guess it would be the knot of choice for repairing a chain.

http://pages.swcp.com/~nmmc/climbroc...ts/bowline.GIF

Narrow 8,9,10 speed chains with mushroomed pins don't take we'll to being re-joined by pushing the pin back in. That could have been fixed with a spare master link though.

Can't tell if these are jackass or genius:


http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/in...6_31902137.jpg
Folding bike / wheelchair mashup.

http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/in...1_0RTXXXRW.jpg
Wheel-powered air filtration system.

http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/in...9_RTR2FAFJ.jpg
I want this.

From: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2...ntions/100511/

jackawesome, especially if that secone one is in china, air quality is noxious there

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http://images.craigslist.org/3I13Ne3...f087171dc4.jpg

They make disc brake aerospokes?

lol I think that thing is awesome.

For srs.