Can a cropper this morning on the way into work.
Commuting on my old Apollo MTB with a Single speed convert (DMR chain tensioner) I was heading east up at the top end of Flinders St towards the corner of Spring st (Melb CBD) where I jumped up onto the footpath (from the road) as the cars weren’t giving any room between them & the gutter. I hopped up & then threw my chain as I’m outa the saddle grinding my ridulous ratio for commuting (44/18). With my blunted un-co reflex reaction & not considering my SPDs recalistrant behaviour I went over the ‘bars & with the rear siding out to the left handside I then lowsided coming down on my right side. In front of a bloke waiting for a taxi I was just laying there kakking myself, what else is there to do when you fall off your bike all on your lonesome?
The concrete pavement didn’t offer much of a cusioning so I was there checking the bark off my elbo & knee. My hip hurt heaps but under the lycra looked fine, didn’t even tear it. Bloody bike - well there was no one else to blame.
That’s 3 strikes with this bloody tensioner throwing my chain (other 2x 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 cogs by only a fraction, so I added an extra link & expected the DMR chain tentioner to take up what was now considerable slack.
I should have redid the chain (dropping that extra link) after the chain settled in a little giving me that length I needed, but nah I thought, that was getting too logical.
Commuting on my old Apollo MTB with a Single speed convert (DMR chain tensioner) I was heading east up at the top end of Flinders St towards the corner of Spring st (Melb CBD) where I jumped up onto the footpath (from the road) as the cars weren’t giving any room between them & the gutter. I hopped up & then threw my chain as I’m outa the saddle grinding my ridulous ratio for commuting (44/18). With my blunted un-co reflex reaction & not considering my SPDs recalistrant behaviour I went over the ‘bars & with the rear siding out to the left handside I then lowsided coming down on my right side. In front of a bloke waiting for a taxi I was just laying there kakking myself, what else is there to do when you fall off your bike all on your lonesome?
The concrete pavement didn’t offer much of a cusioning so I was there checking the bark off my elbo & knee. My hip hurt heaps but under the lycra looked fine, didn’t even tear it. Bloody bike - well there was no one else to blame.
That’s 3 strikes with this bloody tensioner throwing my chain (other 2x 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 cogs by only a fraction, so I added an extra link & expected the DMR chain tentioner to take up what was now considerable slack.
I should have redid the chain (dropping that extra link) after the chain settled in a little giving me that length I needed, but nah I thought, that was getting too logical.
