I have had a couple of blond moments on the bike recently: -
1) Was cycling to work and started hearing a clacking/ringing coming from the front wheel (or so I thought!) I was thinking 'oh god has a spoke come loose, is the wheel going to fall apart - I can't be late for work' so stopped and checked ever spoke in the front wheel, but all seemed fine, so I got on the bike again and rode on, but was still hearing the noise, and was getting really worried, made it into work ok, and wiped my brow! Took it really easy on the way home, just in case. It was only when I took my panniers off the bike that I noticed that one of the stays for the rear mudguard had worked loose of its bolt and was waving about, banging on the spokes - oops!
2) Was cycling home today and was hearing this 'clunk' 'clunk' 'clunk' coming from the crank/pedals and was wondering 'oh dear, am I going to lose a pedal, is the crank going to fall apart' went on being careful and trying not to hammer the bike, it was only when I happened to look down past the lower rail/chain stay of the frame that I noticed that the crank was hitting the stand on every revolution! D'oh
Really should engage that brain sometimes!
1) Was cycling to work and started hearing a clacking/ringing coming from the front wheel (or so I thought!) I was thinking 'oh god has a spoke come loose, is the wheel going to fall apart - I can't be late for work' so stopped and checked ever spoke in the front wheel, but all seemed fine, so I got on the bike again and rode on, but was still hearing the noise, and was getting really worried, made it into work ok, and wiped my brow! Took it really easy on the way home, just in case. It was only when I took my panniers off the bike that I noticed that one of the stays for the rear mudguard had worked loose of its bolt and was waving about, banging on the spokes - oops!
2) Was cycling home today and was hearing this 'clunk' 'clunk' 'clunk' coming from the crank/pedals and was wondering 'oh dear, am I going to lose a pedal, is the crank going to fall apart' went on being careful and trying not to hammer the bike, it was only when I happened to look down past the lower rail/chain stay of the frame that I noticed that the crank was hitting the stand on every revolution! D'oh
Really should engage that brain sometimes!