Stupid %$#@$ Commuting

DaveB said:

Road about 4 blocks from work on my way home tonight on the MTB. Took
off from a set of lights and the back wheel grinds me to a halt. I
thought something weird had ahppened with the rear caliper. Stuffed
around with it for a while, and ended up disconnecting the rear brake
ready for a slow trip home, and this time rather than rubbing against
the brake pads the wheel is rubbing against the frame and very wobbly.
Walked back to work and while waiting for the bike ambulance to get
through peak hour and pick me up discovered the problem was that I'd
snapped the rear axle, nice clean break too. Maybe I should buy a new
MTB to match OCR2 from the weekend. My claim is I've gained too much
strength from the Warrandyte ride, although others have claimed the axle
gave out over excessive weight over the years.

DaveB

Broken axle... I had one of those on an old Kmart bike once - 6 speed freewheel that decided to break an axle in the middle of nowhere. I then decided to upgrade. I'm guessing you weren't using an old freewheeler, in which case it's probably from jumping over cars and down stairs and whatever else you crazy MTB'ers do 😉

I had my own mechanical last night as well. Sydney was as windy as a v. windy thing and a piece of plastic, like shrink wrap for packaging, about a metre long flew into my chain and was quickly wrapped up around the cassette and derailer before I could stop. Fortunately, it didn't lock the wheel up. However, I did take ten minutes to pull the stuff out of the derailer, leaving me with lovely black hands. To add insult to injury, the strong wind was a dead straight headwind... grrr.

Ritch

ritcho said:

Broken axle... I had one of those on an old Kmart bike once - 6 speed
freewheel that decided to break an axle in the middle of nowhere. I

erm cough cough mumble mumble... this was also a KMart bike but it has
served me well over the past 8 years and commuting over the past 3
years. Although I did replace rims, brakes and tyres. Next years tax
return maybe.

DaveB

quote='DaveB'ritcho said:

Broken axle... I had one of those on an old Kmart bike once - 6 speed
freewheel that decided to break an axle in the middle of nowhere. I

erm cough cough mumble mumble... this was also a KMart bike but it has
served me well over the past 8 years and commuting over the past 3
years. Although I did replace rims, brakes and tyres. Next years tax
return maybe.

DaveB[/QUOTE]

how many speed is it. got a few old wheels lieing about that your welcome to :-)

ritcho <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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Broken axle... I had one of those on an old Kmart bike once - 6 speed

Doesn't just apply to K-mart bikes, either. My old seven speed
(freewheel) bike, with Campy hubs, breaks rear axles if you look at it
wrong. Cassettes are the best invention ever, IMHO. Except for fixed
gear, of course, which does away with the whole problem of silly axle
overhang.

Regards,

Suzy

On 3 Aug 2004 23:34:36 -0700, Suzy Jackson <[email hidden]> Wrote :

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ritcho <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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Broken axle... I had one of those on an old Kmart bike once - 6 speed

Doesn't just apply to K-mart bikes, either. My old seven speed
(freewheel) bike, with Campy hubs, breaks rear axles if you look at it

And yet my old touring bike has had Campag hubs without broken axles for
over 25 years. It's carried heavy loads over some pretty awful roads in
that time, not to mention commuting and shopping etc. It's a 6 speed
freewheel for which I badly need new sprockets. Making a 6 speed cluster
of 13-34 (13, 16, 19, 23, 28, 34) is looking to be impossible meaning
a change of hubs, a cold set of the frame, new chain rings and because
of that probably new cranks, etc.

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wrong. Cassettes are the best invention ever, IMHO. Except for fixed

Cassettes are an invention of the devil - IMHO of course...:-)

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Humbug

"Suzy Jackson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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ritcho <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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Broken axle... I had one of those on an old Kmart bike once - 6 speed

Doesn't just apply to K-mart bikes, either. My old seven speed
(freewheel) bike, with Campy hubs, breaks rear axles if you look at it
wrong. Cassettes are the best invention ever, IMHO. Except for fixed
gear, of course, which does away with the whole problem of silly axle
overhang.

Regards,

Suzy

I read somewhere once that Campag hubs were more susceptible to broken hubs
than Shimano because of the bearing placement inside the hubs. Consequently
the Campag hubs are built heavier to compensate for this weakness. I did
look at the weights of hubs and the Shimano ones were lighter than the
Campags (this only applies to the rear hubs of course.) Shimano wouldn't let
Campag use the better design. I don't know if this situation is still valid,
I read it about two years ago, maybe on Sheldons site.

Marty

Well, on the topic of %$#@$ commuting, I turned my MTB into a three speed today by accident - and i mean that literally...

Buzzing across the Yarra at Bridge Rd end to have some poor girl in the Laser in front decide to be spontaneous and nice and pick up her friend at the tram stop outside [censored] Smith. Unfortunately, she didn't see me on her tail and about to enter the bike lane that starts there.

Face plant into hatch, followed by 'fun' little skid along the bitumen... I think the girl was more traumatised than I was, and methinks she won't be getting much work done today. Me? I was most concerned for my lovely Ground Effect jacket, which amazingly survived with nary a tear. A few grazes and bruises for me, and tore out the barrel adjuster and cable on the rear shifter... I'll be sore tonight, but it could've been a lot worse.

eddiec said:

Well, on the topic of %$#@$ commuting, I turned my MTB into a three speed today by accident - and i mean that literally...

Buzzing across the Yarra at Bridge Rd end to have some poor girl in the Laser in front decide to be spontaneous and nice and pick up her friend at the tram stop outside [censored] Smith. Unfortunately, she didn't see me on her tail and about to enter the bike lane that starts there.

Face plant into hatch, followed by 'fun' little skid along the bitumen... I think the girl was more traumatised than I was, and methinks she won't be getting much work done today. Me? I was most concerned for my lovely Ground Effect jacket, which amazingly survived with nary a tear. A few grazes and bruises for me, and tore out the barrel adjuster and cable on the rear shifter... I'll be sore tonight, but it could've been a lot worse.

hate to say it but werent you in the wrong?
tailgating, hitting from rear

stiil, coulda been worse. you coulda emualated Jazmo!

flyingdutch said:

hate to say it but werent you in the wrong?
tailgating, hitting from rear

stiil, coulda been worse. you coulda emualated Jazmo!

I immediately questioned if I'd been in the wrong, but no... I wasn't that close to her (although in future I think I'll keep even more distance), and in reality I was off to her left, about to head into the bike lane that started a few metres from there. She saw her friend, got spontaneous, and yanked over to the left, hit the brakes, and the indicator at the same time, not giving me a heap of options...

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I read somewhere once that Campag hubs were more susceptible to broken hubs
than Shimano because of the bearing placement inside the hubs. Consequently
the Campag hubs are built heavier to compensate for this weakness. I did
look at the weights of hubs and the Shimano ones were lighter than the
Campags (this only applies to the rear hubs of course.) Shimano wouldn't let
Campag use the better design. I don't know if this situation is still valid,
I read it about two years ago, maybe on Sheldons site.

The Campy cassette ones use a cartridge bearing (two in the high-zoot
models) to transfer load to the freehub body, which is an enormous
improvement over the old freewheel versions, which just had a couple
of inches of axle sticking out the side, but isn't as good as the
Shimano way, with the outboard right-hand ball-race.

The newer Campy high end hubs (2001? onward) use an oversized
aluminium axle, so they're super light (aluminium) and tough as nails
(oversize) and don't breach the Shimano patent. I've got a pair in my
race wheels. They're pretty good stuff.

Regards,

Suzy

flyingdutch said:

how many speed is it. got a few old wheels lieing about that your
welcome to :-)

Does that offer still stand Dutch? Just got a call from LBS to say cups
are cracked too and recommend new wheel. If I need to buy a new wheel
($60) I may well just go to KMart or Rays and get a new bike for $250.
Mmmmmm two new bikes in one week, am I really that extravagent??

DaveB

quote='DaveB'flyingdutch said:

how many speed is it. got a few old wheels lieing about that your
welcome to :-)

Does that offer still stand Dutch? Just got a call from LBS to say cups
are cracked too and recommend new wheel. If I need to buy a new wheel
($60) I may well just go to KMart or Rays and get a new bike for $250.
Mmmmmm two new bikes in one week, am I really that extravagent??

DaveB[/QUOTE]

yeah, sure.

have a 6spd 26" wheel ready to go. can probably change over cassette/cluster if you run more...

taking things OUT OF the shed. now that will be a novel change 🙄

flyingdutch said:

have a 6spd 26" wheel ready to go. can probably change over
cassette/cluster if you run more...

More?? I wish. Actually running 5 speed. I've got a casette remover if
you don't. Can I drop by Sat or Sun arvo, unless you're planning on
coming past Bulleen at any time.

If you want me to come over drop me some details on email at above
address, just remove NOSPAMMO.

DaveB

quote='DaveB'flyingdutch said:

have a 6spd 26" wheel ready to go. can probably change over
cassette/cluster if you run more...

More?? I wish. Actually running 5 speed. I've got a casette remover if
you don't. Can I drop by Sat or Sun arvo, unless you're planning on
coming past Bulleen at any time.

If you want me to come over drop me some details on email at above
address, just remove NOSPAMMO.

DaveB[/QUOTE]

5 speed. wow. I've heard of that

Sat or Sun arvo are good for me, altho I take the goirls to tennis lessons on Sat am just near tony's place so I can drop by then

as for 'above email address' couldnt see it; i look at this thru a web browser which i gather rmakes me some kind of usenet luddite. but hey, i have carbon04Chorus!!! so nyaaah, nyaaah to those whoa re about to set me straight 😄 (altho advice on what 'newsreader' or cup-and-string to use would be appreciated...)

you can send me a private message, if you like...

flyingdutch said:

Sat or Sun arvo are good for me, altho I take the goirls to tennis
lessons on Sat am just near tony's place so I can drop by then

as for 'above email address' couldnt see it; i look at this thru a web
browser which i gather rmakes me some kind of usenet luddite. but hey,

So we should change this thread to Stupid %$#@#$ news readers. Email
address is [email hidden] . Sat am is fine, running can wait
till the afternoon (oops forgot I'm not allowed to mention that here).

DaveB

eddiec said:

Well, on the topic of %$#@$ commuting, I turned my MTB into a three
speed today by accident - and i mean that literally...

Buzzing across the Yarra at Bridge Rd end to have some poor girl in the
Laser in front decide to be spontaneous and nice and pick up her friend
at the tram stop outside [censored] Smith. Unfortunately, she didn't see me
on her tail and about to enter the bike lane that starts there.

Face plant into hatch, followed by 'fun' little skid along the
bitumen... I think the girl was more traumatised than I was, and
methinks she won't be getting much work done today. Me? I was most
concerned for my lovely Ground Effect jacket, which amazingly survived
with nary a tear. A few grazes and bruises for me, and tore out the
barrel adjuster and cable on the rear shifter... I'll be sore tonight,
but it could've been a lot worse.

Ouch!

Was she cute?

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Regards.
Richard.

On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 14:31:32 +1000, flyingdutch
<[email hidden]> wrote:

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as for 'above email address' couldnt see it; i look at this thru a web
browser which i gather rmakes me some kind of usenet luddite. but hey,
i have carbon04Chorus!!! so nyaaah, nyaaah to those whoa re about to
set me straight 😄

Lovely stuff. I hope it works as well os my 02 Chorus :-)

Quoted message said:

(altho advice on what 'newsreader' or
cup-and-string to use would be appreciated...)

Try Agent or Free Agent. Been using it for about 10 years from Win 3.1
days.

http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php

Other people I know swear by Gravity.

Mozilla Thunderbird might be interesting. I've been using their
Firefox web browser for a while now and it's great.

http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/

Avoid Outrage Excess.

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Regards.
Richard.

Richard Sherratt said:

On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 14:31:32 +1000, flyingdutch
<[email hidden]> wrote:

<snip>

Quoted message said:

as for 'above email address' couldnt see it; i look at this thru a web
browser which i gather rmakes me some kind of usenet luddite. but hey,
i have carbon04Chorus!!! so nyaaah, nyaaah to those whoa re about to
set me straight 😄

Lovely stuff. I hope it works as well os my 02 Chorus :-)

Quoted message said:

(altho advice on what 'newsreader' or
cup-and-string to use would be appreciated...)

Try Agent or Free Agent. Been using it for about 10 years from Win 3.1
days.

http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php

Other people I know swear by Gravity.

Mozilla Thunderbird might be interesting. I've been using their
Firefox web browser for a while now and it's great.

http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/

Avoid Outrage Excess.

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Regards.
Richard.

um, you are assuming i am on a P(iece of)C(rap), me thinks. whilst I have one at home and work , i prefer my G5

Richard Sherratt said:

On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 09:04:48 +1000, eddiec

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Ouch!

Was she cute?

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Regards.
Richard.

She was actually!! Or at least, as cute as someone can be when horribly distressed and a tad freaked out... Must admit, it was a new way to get a girl's phone number!

Hmm.. anybody ever ended up dating someone they crashed into? An interesting approach to meeting new people...