Can anyone explain this?

Paul said:

I appreciate that this isn't really a proper question but I am intrigued to fine out what
happened. Short of someone actually kicking the bike over hard and striking the left front brake
arm I'm at a loss.

I'd be interested to hear anyone's thoughts,

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Paul said:

I had a strange thing happen today. My bike was proped against a kerb whilst I went into a shop.
It's a pretty windy day so I wasn't too suprised to find that it had blown over (it had fallen
onto it's right side, away from the kerb).

What I was suprised to find was that the left front brake block (opposite side to the one on which
the bike was lying) was wedged right under the front rim!

Quoted message said:

I'd be interested to hear anyone's thoughts,

In my first massed start road race I crashed whilst turning left. The bike slid from under me , left
side down. The right hand side of the saddle was severely grazed.

It's niggled me ever since.

There are strange forces at work sometimes.

John B

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Quoted message said:

I had a strange thing happen today. My bike was proped against a kerb

whilst

Quoted message said:

I went into a shop. It's a pretty windy day so I wasn't too suprised to

find

Quoted message said:

that it had blown over (it had fallen onto it's right side, away from the kerb).

What I was suprised to find was that the left front brake block (opposite side to the one on which
the bike was lying) was wedged right under the front rim! It touch a fair amount of force pulling
on the brake arm to

pull

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the block out from under the rim!

I can't work out how on earth this happened. Even if the bike fell heavily and struck the front
brake lever as it landed (which it probably wouldn't since the right pedal would have hit the
ground first) this wouldn't have caused enough force, it is not possible to jam the brake block
under the

rim

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how ever hard you compress the lever.

With the brake block, arm pulled back into place every thing is fine, the front wheel is true and
secure and spins between the brake blocks. The

front

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brake works without problem.

I appreciate that this isn't really a proper question but I am intrigued

to

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fine out what happened. Short of someone actually kicking the bike over

hard

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and striking the left front brake arm I'm at a loss.

I'd be interested to hear anyone's thoughts,

Paul.

One of God's little jokes mate....funny, ain't she ? ;-)

Dave.

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What I was suprised to find was that the left front brake block (opposite side to the one on which
the bike was lying) was wedged right under the front rim! It touch a fair amount of force pulling
on the brake arm to pull the block out from under the rim!

I can't work out how on earth this happened.

What sort of brakes? Cantis?

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Did all the electrical devices in the area stop working for a time? Do you have gaps in your
memory? Are you feeling sore in unexpected places?

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Couldn't resist it. Well, it *is* a Friday afternoon, hence the suitably silly mood....

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Dept. of Chemistry, University of York

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Couldn't resist it. Well, it *is* a Friday afternoon, hence the suitably silly mood....

You think it funny that every day good decent honest hardworking cycling folk are being abducted by
aliens and returned to earth with misaligned brake blocks?

Tony

John B said:

In my first massed start road race I crashed whilst turning left. The bike slid from under me ,
left side down. The right hand side of the saddle was severely grazed.

It's niggled me ever since.

There are strange forces at work sometimes.

It is indeed a funny old world, John.

A most strange thing happened to me on Tuesday evening. Having made friends with several bottles of
red wine, I fell over on exiting a taximeter cabriolet. The following morning - I calculate that
would be a Wednesday - I woke up after a fashion, wandered around for a while, looked in the
bathroom mirror and stated to myself: "Yuk. Blood".

My splendidly grazed forehead and nose, together with a lovely black, blue, yellow and puce eye made
me believe that aliens were no doubt afoot the previous night.

There could well be some other more plausible explanation but I cannot for the life of me think of
what it may be.

If only I had a digital camera. JPEGs. .-(

James

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V brakes.

Paul

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I'd be interested to hear anyone's thoughts,

Paul.

Leaving the very plausible explanation of extraterrestrial involvement aside, perhaps it was some
malicious yob stamping on your brake just to [censored] a cyclist? Hmmmm..... nah, I'd go with the
little green men explanation. They're the same buggers who seem to manage to put puncture holes in
inner tubes at least 20 degrees away from where the nail/thorn/whatever is stuck in the tyre.

Have fun!

Graeme