Re: Do you check your bike before every ride?

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"Fred Fragger" <fred_fragger@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Went for a ride through some local woods this afternoon and, after some
> fairly heavy terrain followed by a particularly hard climb, I decided to
> pull over for a break because I was knackered. I got off the bike and
lifted
> the rear end by the saddle to swing it round and lean it against a tree
and
> the bloody rear wheel fell out! To make things worse, this happened just
as
> a group of walkers went past and they had a good snigger. Thankfully the
> wheel went back in and there was no damage.
>
> Anyway, got me thinking, I clean and lube my bike after every ride (it's
> only 2 months old :-] ) but I never check all the fixtures and fittings.
> Guess I need to reconsider my priorities?
>
Yes!