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What did you do to your bike today? (v2)
CHROME_RIMS_YO:
i bombed a hill, and at the bottom had to hit the brakes hard at a busy stoplight. my brakes goosed and the vibration was so bad that the brake pad came loose and got lodged in the spokes of my rear wheel. it was too jammed to roll, so i started walking it up a slightly mellower street up that same hill a couple blocks away. about halfway up a car rolled by my slowly and yelled OOH IT SUCKS TO BE YOU RIGHT NOW! HA HA HA! before i could yell anything back, they stopped in the middle of the street and put it in park and 2 doors opened up. thinking i was about to get jumped or bikejacked i threw my bike into the bushes behind me, ripped out a loose fat chunk of asphalt from a pothole in front of me and reached for my knife. i had no escape on this long stretch of road with a bike that wouldn't roll and i figured i was gonna have to fight. i yelled YOU WANT MY BIKE, FUCKING TRY TO TAKE IT THEN! and the doors slammed and they sped off around a corner. then i kicked the shit out of my brake until the pad loosened and then booked it home down side streets and alleys.
then i got home, smoked a bowl to feel less murderous and got out everything i need to set up a different pair of brakes since these the fly brake arms i'm running keep slipping with the brake pad fully tightened down. plus the pads were toed in so that the top of the pad had about 2mm of space when the bottom of the pad hit the rim and they still chattered and vibrated loose. i haven't checked my spokes, but i bet i'm gonna need to true the rim where the pad snagged. i figure i'll put my evo2 on, then at least i'll have a functioning brake that won't lock up my rear wheel the same way 2 times in a week leaving me an easy target for grimy ass scumfuck bike thieves.
barcodebilly:
how old are you buddy, i have candy
Mark Cult:
Counter bored my stem and started polishing a headset.
GUMP_:
Started polishing up my rawed redneck. Then decided to put my race xlt face plates on it so it's like a big brother version to the lil' redneck looks cool
Wrecked:
Idiot moment right off the bat today.
I woke up this morning and headed out the door to go take some measurements for the new bike shop we're starting and see that I've left my new wheel leaning against my truck tire all night right next to the sidewalk.
I rode BattleGround/Vancouver yesterday on my trails/DJ/bike, I didn't want to run the knobby Aitken that was on it in the park so I grabbed the wheel I laced up the other day that had an Aitken street tire on it and swapped them out when I got to BG park.
When I got home, I took the wheel out of my turck, set it down and unloaded the rest of my gear. I was tired, and fell asleep early and clearly forgot the wheel outside. Luckily no one in my neighbor hood decided they needed a brand new Marmoset laced to an Envy front rim with DT Swiss double butted spokes. It sat outside for 14hours, plain as day, and easy grab. Luckily, all my neighbors are old folk who don't have a clue about bike gear and theft is extremely rare.
I'm headed back down to the shop to take shipment of our counters/displays now then it's back home to build up my T1 Ruben!
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