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user error.
Can a cropper this morning on the way into work. Commuting on my old Apollo MTB with a Single speed convert (DMR chai tensioner) I was heading east up at the top end of Flinders St toward the corner of Spring st (Melb CBD) where I jumped up onto the footpat (from the road) as the cars weren’t giving any room between them & th gutter. I hopped up & then threw my chain as I’m outa the saddl grinding my ridulous ratio for commuting (44/18). With my blunted un-c reflex reaction & not considering my SPDs recalistrant behaviour I wen over the ‘bars & with the rear siding out to the left handside I the lowsided coming down on my right side. In front of a bloke waiting fo a taxi I was just laying there kakking myself, what else is there to d when you fall off your bike all on your lonesome? The concrete pavement didn’t offer much of a cusioning so I was ther checking the bark off my elbo & knee. My hip hurt heaps but under th lycra looked fine, didn’t even tear it. Bloody bike - well there was n one else to blame. That’s 3 strikes with this bloody tensioner throwing my chain (other 2 times didn’t cause any falls etc). Yeah sure, I know it’s all my fault When I originally installed it the new chain it would not make the cog by only a fraction, so I added an extra link & expected the DMR chai tentioner to take up what was now considerable slack. I should have redid the chain (dropping that extra link) after th chain settled in a little giving me that length I needed, but nah thought, that was getting too logical -- Marx SS |
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