Back to hybrid riding.

[Simon Mason]

AS well as the cracked crank (thanks for replies) the rear
wheel bearings on my road bike are knackered again (hub
sounds like a cement mixer) so it's off the road again after
only 400 miles. So with the leaden skies, it was back to the
hybrid which has been sulking in the corner of the garage
for the past few weeks.

You know what it said? "I knew you'd come back; we've been
through 20 000 miles together, so that brief 400 mile fling
with that Italian floozy with its flimsy cranks was only an
mid-life crisis affair".

So no more puncture and traffic worries this morning :-)
Bunny wabbits and dicky birds all around and the smell of
flowers in the air. Not in too much of a hurry for new
wheels and crankset just yet.

--
Simon M.

[Vernon Levy]

> You know what it said? "I knew you'd come back; we've
> been through 20 000 miles together, so that brief 400
> mile fling with that Italian floozy with its flimsy
> cranks was only an mid-life crisis affair".
>
A bike does not have to be Italian to be 'frail'. it seems
to be a trait of racing bikes - I bought a Raleigh R100
s/h but in mint unused condition. The steering head
bearings self destructed in less than 150 miles. I
couldn't believe that a key component could fail in such a
short time. Stripping the steering head revealed a paper
thin bearing cage (heaven knows where the rest of the
metal disappeared to) with no evidence of there ever being
any lubricant present.

> So no more puncture and traffic worries this morning :-)
> Bunny wabbits and dicky birds all around and the smell of
> flowers in the air. Not in too much of a hurry for new
> wheels and crankset just yet.

Out on the Galaxy this morning. Never let me down so far.

[Simon Mason]

"vernon levy" <not@home.net> wrote in message
news:c9c34j$iot$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > You know what it said? "I knew you'd come back; we've
> > been through 20 000 miles together, so that brief 400
> > mile fling with that Italian floozy with its flimsy
> > cranks was only an mid-life crisis affair".
> >
> A bike does not have to be Italian to be 'frail'.

Agreed. It was more of an allusion to an Italian mistress
than a reference to 1970's Fiats ;-)

> Out on the Galaxy this morning. Never let me down so far.

Mines a Raleigh Pioneer Trail with Schwalbe Marathon Plus
tyres, like you say I've been everywhere with it, over
fields, along riverbanks, up hills ,over glass paths and I
can ride it with 100% confidence. Barring the odd patch of
oil on roundabouts.

--
Simon M.