thems the brakes

w00dsy · Post by **w00dsy** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 4:35 pm

Norbs said i should tell this story here, but i was too afraid too. Don't judge me fuckers. Anyway i had to bring my bike home from my parents place the other day, i rode there and then drove home and the bike wouldn't fit in the back of the car with the wheels on. Quick release wheels are great, but the fucking brakes are hard to get around, but after a fair amount of pulling and swearing i got the bloody wheels out. Same thing putting back on, once i'd managed to sweat my bollocks off jumping on the wheels to jam them back in, the quick release system is a thing of beauty. Stupid bloody system those brakes i thought to myself. Norbs did inform me of something i'd wondered, there's a way to release them apparently. I'll look into how it's done one day. Go on laugh at me you pricks

c.j · Post by **c.j** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:20 pm

Just make sure you re-attach them. I have set off and got a few meters from home and realised "oh shit, no brakes". Luckily I hadn't reached the down hill part.

ysu · Post by **ysu** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:21 pm

at least you wont' forget to fasten the wheel nuts...that can be painful when the front leaves you on the forest trail...I know...

GT VIRUS · Post by **GT VIRUS** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:45 pm

ysu wrote:at least you wont' forget to fasten the wheel nuts...that can be painful when the front leaves you on the forest trail...I know...

Also just as painful when it happens on the road... Except someone undid the nuts on my bike what time

Post by **Hz-Lab** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:59 pm

visit 2011 and get some new fangled disc brakes...lol

w00dsy · Post by **w00dsy** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:43 pm

brakes are for pussies

Post by **Hz-Lab** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:35 pm

Brakes help you go faster

wobblysauce · Post by **wobblysauce** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 12:15 am

mm... lol...

and Hz don't use brakes.. he uses he's Face like Chuck Norris.

Post by **norbs** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 11:30 am

Well I got a bloody good chuckle out of it.

And the best thing is, he can now do a rear and front derailleur adjustment, which is more than I can say for myself!

mrleisure · Post by **mrleisure** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 11:49 am

norbs wrote:Well I got a bloody good chuckle out of it.

+1

The deraillers are not very hard to adjust norbs , the two screws are only limit the inner and outer travel of each unit , there are plenty of good tutorials on youtube to show you how it's done

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Another good tip is don't put unfizzed up Coke in your drink bottle as it tends to explode after the first bump you go over and go all over your legs and bike which make riding home a bit sticky

. Yep done that a few years a go on a hot day and running out of energy

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CLP · Post by **CLP** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 2:50 pm

mrleisure wrote: Another good tip is don't put unfizzed up Coke in your drink bottle as it tends to explode after the first bump you go over and go all over your legs and bike which make riding home a bit sticky . Yep done that a few years a go on a hot day and running out of energy .

that's a good tip

in a similar vein, don't store a heap of jelly babies (or snakes or any other similar lolly) in your jersey pocket on a hot day..

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